Magazine: Dr László Szűcs: “Digitalisation must and can be learned”

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Home office and digital skills

Dr Szűcs told that already back around 2015, one of the most important innovation objectives was the digitalisation of HR processes. Then the pandemic came and accelerated this trend by forcing home office work from March 2020. The sudden changes caused difficulties for many employers. One of the most important tasks was developing their IT systems. As people started working from their homes, the employment strategies of companies changed, together with the role of communication and the place where the actual work is done. Social spaces appeared in the office buildings, so that workers feel better on those days when they aren’t working from home.

Dr. László Szűcs, lawyer with PwC Legal

Research by PwC has found that employees younger than 30 years like to work in the office, because they feel professionally they can develop that fastest this way. Those workers who are between the ages of 30 and 50 years prefer home office work. Digital skills differ very much across age groups – employees older than 50 years face a big challenge when they must use digital tools on a daily basis. The good news is that these skills can be improved.

Managerial attitudes and future trends

„Learning is the key to survival”

Dr Szűcs opines that it is also an interesting trend that digitalisation launches many projects where team members aren’t selected from the employees of a given subsidiary, but from a region that covers more countries. These people meet online once a week and discuss the project matters. Which professions will be very much in demand in the future? Everything that has something to do with digitalisation. 10-15 years from now we will be living in smart homes, we will keep our money in smart banks and our workplaces will be party or fully digital. Dr Szűcs believes that if we are willing to start going in this direction already now, we will feel more comfortable in this brave new world. //