Xi Jinping’s government faces a major challenge in the coming years in reskilling its workforce, adapting it to the challenges of automation and digitalisation. Beijing spent 56% of its global investments on education in 2019
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These pandemic-pervading months revolutionised the lexicon of work, coining new terms and affording novel nuances to some words. Here are ten words that will leave their mark on the present and the future.
Young entrepreneurs have a host of ideas in times of crisis to facilitate entrance into the workforce, especially for the most vulnerable sectors of the population. Here are some of the most innovative ones
The new minister gave Parliament an outline of his ministry’s policies. Here are some highlights also in light of the redrafting of the National Recovery and Resilience Plan
Especially during the last year, with the pandemic and lockdown, people have felt the need to have every possible kind of help at home. This also applies to keeping in touch with the outside world and continuing to work
With the imposition of lockdown and museums and exhibitions closing their doors, we have had to reinvent ourselves in this sector too. Among virtual tours and support campaigns, however, the results from trying out digital technology have been very positive, according to a report compiled on the subject in the UK
The Biden administration’s new labour secretary, a former mayor of Boston, has an extensive record as a trade union member. He now faces the challenge of post-pandemic job recovery
“We need to invest in public day-care centres, kindergartens, all-day schools. Women should not have to shoulder the whole burden of care”, says Linda Laura Sabbadini, president of the Engagement Group Women 20, “March 8th is an opportunity to reaffirm the strength of women, since they keep the country on its feet”
The job of the e-commerce manager is to coordinate all the company’s departments, from customer care to data analysis, while devising the strategy and path to be followed to increase online sales. But there are no universities in Italy offering specialist courses in this subject
One year ago saw the outbreak of the pandemic in Italy. Employed, NEETs, unemployed: key trends and figures 12 months after the arrival of the virus. At least 444,000 fewer jobs
From free psychological counselling to making meeting rooms available for staff’s children: many companies have implemented extraordinary measures for their staff during the Covid pandemic. Companies’ efforts are being recognised with the “Parità virtuosa” [“Virtuous equality”] award
From providing support in terms of patient management to preventing the spread of infection among doctors during the pandemic, to managing the heaviest and most dangerous jobs on construction sites, what is the secret behind these successful achievements? The integration between human labour and robotics.
Our country should stop selling cars with diesel or petrol engines by 2035 and switch to electric cars. New skills, new professional profiles and more research will be needed
“Psychology and the Good Life”, taught by Laurie Santos at Yale, has become the most popular course in the history of the prestigious American university. Yet there is no shortage of examples in Italy as well
Software developers, engineers and computer scientists will be leading the first phase of creating a virtual reality for avatars. But eventually a detailed world will have to be created, and this will only be possible with architects, designers, mathematicians and many other professional profiles.