HIGHLY PREPARED EXPERTS FOR INDUSTRY 4.0
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Accepted
28 March 2026
Available Online
15 September 2017
Abstract
OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS THERE HAVE BEEN GRADUAL CHANGES TOWARDS THE NEW TECHNOLOGY, BUT FROM NOW ON, THERE IS ALREADY A DIFFERENCE IN THE PACE AT WHICH THINGHS NEED TO CHANGE. PROGRESS AWAITS NO ONE, AND EVERYTHING THAT IS NEW MUST BE ABSORBED AS FAST AS P OSSIBLE. MOST OF THE DISCUSSIONS ON THE 4.0 INDUSTRY HAVE AS THEIR MAIN CONCERN THE LACK OF SPECIALISTS IN THE FIELD, THE LACK OF SPECIALISATIONS THAT CAN SUSTAIN NEW TECHNOLOGY OR THE LACK OF NEW SPECIALISATIONS REQUIRED BY THIS ONE. UNFORTUNATELY, TECHNI CAL OR INDUSTRIAL SPECIALIZATIONS ARE NOT THE ONLY NECESSITIES THAT WILL COME IN HAND WHEN DEALING WITH THE CHANGE TOWARDS NEW. THE LACK OF SOFT SKILLS WILL BE FELT AS COMMUNICATION AND COLLABORATION AMONG VARIOUS INTERESTED COUNTRIES SHOULD BECOME BETTER. GREAT ORGANISATIONS ARE ALREADY BEGINNING TO REALISE THAT THERE IS A LACK OF SOFT SKILLS AT THEIR CURRENT EMPLOYEES OR AT THE PEOPLE TO COME TO JOB INTERVIEWS. HOW DO WE PREPARE EMPLOYEES FOR THE NEW TECHNOLOGY REGARDING EXPERT SKILLS AS WELL AS SOFT SKIL LS?
Keywords
SOFT SKILLS
4.0 INDUSTRY
NEW TECHNOLOGY
SPECIALIZED SKILLS
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