INTEGRATION OF FUTURE ECONOMISTS IN THE LABOR MARKET THE IMPACT OF TECHNOLOGY ON THE PROFESSION OF ECONOMIST Cover Image

INTEGRATION OF FUTURE ECONOMISTS IN THE LABOR MARKET THE IMPACT OF TECHNOLOGY ON THE PROFESSION OF ECONOMIST
INTEGRATION OF FUTURE ECONOMISTS IN THE LABOR MARKET THE IMPACT OF TECHNOLOGY ON THE PROFESSION OF ECONOMIST

Author(s): Alina Somitca, Sorin Somitca
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, Philosophy, Social Sciences, Education, Psychology, Essay|Book Review |Scientific Life, Epistemology, Communication studies, Philosophy of Science, History of Education, Societal Essay, Philosophy of Education
Published by: Association of Social and Educational Innovation (ASEI)
Keywords: education; labor market; integration; information technology; digital skills;

Summary/Abstract: The professions in the economic field, especially accounting, belong to an area where most of the activities are suitable for digitalization, and more and more companies are interested to move towards efficiency in this segment in order to benefit by reducing the costs for obtaining the highest possible performance. The special current context, namely the health crisis caused by the Covid pandemic transformed immediately afterwards into a global economic crisis, has attracted countless restrictions on population movement while social distancing has led the business and political environment to put a special emphasis on digitalization. In is well known and no longer stranger for anyone that repetitive actions in a company should be replaced by automated processes, so as to reduce the inevitable human errors, but also to make the activity as efficient as possible. The use of technology and digitalization does not mean that the professions of economists, accounting experts, will disappear and be replaced by technology. On the contrary, their role will be transformed into the voice of experts who makes checks and gives advice to entrepreneurs, an expert who will be relieved by technology of repetitive tasks.Digitization will lead to major changes so that the activities carried out by professionals in the economic field will be interdependent with the use of sophisticated computer systems and artificial intelligence to analyze, report and develop the desired results. The need for digital skills for students with economic profile is essential for their integration into the labor market.

  • Issue Year: 8/2021
  • Issue No: 15
  • Page Range: 39-47
  • Page Count: 9
  • Language: English