36% want a change of scenery (12% “definitely”, 24% “probably”): they look around to find a new job.
He wants a higher salary, sure, but he also aims to find a better work-life balance and to learn new things, perhaps the deepest legacy of the pandemic two-year period. In that 36% the precarious and 31-45 year olds stand out. The so-called “yolo” philosophy, which is becoming more and more widespread and the economy that is being structured around the “you only live once” formula, is growing, the desire to seize the opportunity and set up on your own by getting rid of old toxic ties.
But what is the dream job of Italians? And what skills are required of them? Again: what technological tools do companies make available to employees? And what are the privileged channels for the remote relationship of employees, those platforms that have become the simulacrum of a physical office since 2020, but which is now being repopulated? These questions are answered by the Hi-Tech Observatory of Swg, Italian Tech and Reply, in which it turns out that if it is true that 35% would still prefer the old permanent job, much has changed between 18-30 year olds: 37% would like in fact, to work independently and grow over time, given that within 5 years 53% would like more money but also more responsibility.
Everyone, in any case and overwhelmingly, knows that without digital skills you can’t go anywhere (83% of the interviewees with a peak of 93% among those who have yet to begin the job market). Yet, among the skills that they consider fundamental, Italians put digital and computer skills only in second place with 39%, which nevertheless rises to 45% among those with a scientific background, behind problem solving and decision-making skills (40%). In third place, knowledge of foreign languages and, at a distance, open-mindedness, the ability to manage stress, to work in a team and to create and take initiative, follow.
The famous “soft skills”, which have been in the toolbox of human resources specialists for years, increasingly attentive to the global profile of candidates, in addition to specific skills. The idea that technical-scientific jobs are those that offer more outlets is well established (50% against 15% for the humanities, but 35% think they give the same opportunities), even if the question vanishes when the interviewees are offered pairs of “operational” versus “concept” or “specialist” and “transversal” jobs.
The idea seems to emerge that every part of one’s training contributes to making us workers ready for the future. In terms of tools, on the other hand, 60% of employees have made available laptops and tablets for companies. With different percentages: if in the public it is an exception that concerns 31% of workers, in the private sector it is almost a rule (67%). Online storage services follow at 38%, a smartphone at 36% and cloud software at 33%.
Unsurprisingly, by switching to the platforms with which millions of people managed to save their jobs during lockdowns and quarantines, videoconferencing triumphs, from Zoom to Google Meet via Teams. What about professional social networks like Facebook Workrooms? They don’t seem to break into the hearts of employees: just 13% use them.
For the future, the Italians interviewed by Swg for Italian Tech and Reply, 67% think that people will often change companies and 62% that flexibility has now replaced the strict Fordian timetables. Offices (52%) will be spaces in which to meet for specific appointments or where to spend perhaps the famous “short week”, which for 78% would guarantee a better daily balance, would attract more talents (70%) and would support productivity (64% ).
56% have no doubts: they would prefer a 4-day week even in presence rather than current smart working (26%). This is for personal predispositions.
Compared to contribution of technology respondents try emotions positive like curiosity, hope and trust (79%) more than negative ones (48%).
The percentages of those who, in the wake of these advances, also see a parallel advance in terms of wages, gender or geographical discrimination, balance with the pessimists.
The wind changes a bit, but it often happens when it comes to robots instead: 51% fear that artificial intelligences will steal their jobs. In many areas, artificial minds are already believed to be able to fight against human beings but in many areas, from assistance to people to professional resources, human intelligence still appears unbeatable.
