Development of 21st Century Skills as a Response to Youth Unemployment

Vukmirović, Valentina and Domazet, Ivana and Pavlović, Dejana (2021) Development of 21st Century Skills as a Response to Youth Unemployment. In: International Scientific Conference Strategic Management and Decision Support Systems in Strategic Management. Faculty of Economics, Subotica, pp. 80-87. ISBN 978-86-7233-396-1

Text vukmirovic, domazet, pavlovic.pdf - Published Version Available under License Creative Commons Attribution Non-commercial No Derivatives. Download (308kB)

Abstract

The intense development of technology and socio-economic implications of the Covid-19 pandemic caused
a transfer of work activities from physical to virtual environment. Thus, the need for digital competencies
development, especially among young people entering the labor market, has become particularly important. The
Covid-19 pandemic resulted in a reduction in supply and demand on the labor market in numerous areas of the Serbian
economy, which is not the case of the IT sector, which expanded in 2020 and achieved an export surplus. This sector
also records a deficit in the number of available professionals, both in Serbia and in the EU. Employers point out the
difficulties in finding suitable candidates, while young people feel that they are not sufficiently informed about the
needs of the labor market. The problem of high rates of youth unemployment is directly related to economic migration,
which further reduces the supply of qualified professionals in Serbian labor market. Therefore, this paper focuses on a
review of previous research in the field of digital competencies needed for a competitive position in the labor market
of the 21st century. The paper also examines the competencies of young people in Serbia in terms of ICT skills as well
as successful practices at the EU level that are focused on reducing the deficit of digitally competent individuals. By
linking the development of digital competencies of young people and reducing the unemployment rate, this paper
provides a basis for further scientific research regarding the stated issue.

Item Type:	Book Section
Additional Information:	COBISS.ID=43133961
Uncontrolled Keywords:	21st century skills, digital competences, labor market, youth unemployment, Serbia
Research Department:	Digital Economics
Depositing User:	Jelena Banovic
Date Deposited:	30 Jul 2021 11:48
Last Modified:	28 Nov 2021 22:02
URI:	http://35.240.28.64/id/eprint/1628
Author Links:	[error in script] No links available.

Actions (login required)

View Item