RESPONSIVE SKILL TRAINING FOR EMPLOYABILITY AND SUSTAINABILITY FOR GLOBAL ECONOMIC SETTING

Abstract

The world is currently undergoing a Fourth Industrial Revolution attributable to technological changes. The skills that have expressly driven economic development in the past, like agriculture and manufacturing, are losing their place, and the employment of the future will be determined by technology, which will demand more technically skilled personnel than ever. The current article examines the need for responsive skill training and essentially identified both hard and soft skills for future jobs such as; problem-solving, critical thinking, artificial intelligence specialization and creativity. It also discusses the roles of training institutions, government, individuals and employers for these essential skills that are high in demand. It concluded that, for employability and sustainability of the future employees should possess both soft and hard skills. Consequently, it is essential to change the narrative by not just giving attention to hard skills but also to soft skill training. To achieve these, the stakeholders (both trainers and trainees) should adequately play their roles to ensure a seamless empowerment of the citizens through the necessary skills in order to be globally useful in the economic development. Keywords; Skill Training, Employability, Sustainability, Economic Challenges