A survey of 15,000 employees in 34 countries (including 1,000 in France) conducted by the Dutch temporary employment giant Randstad highlights high expectations among employees for ongoing training in digital skills.
A strong demand for continuing education
58% of French employees surveyed believe their employer should invest more in digital skills training. This demand for continuing education is ten points lower than the average for the 34 countries (68%), slightly lower than the demands expressed by British (63%), Spanish (1%) or Italian (67%) employees, but higher than those expressed by Dutch and Danish (56%) or German (52%) employees.64% of French people would take digital training if they were 18 again
If they were 18 years old again and had the opportunity to return to an initial university course, 64% of employees surveyed in France would choose a digital-related university course (72% in the 34 countries on average) and 54% would prefer the STEM field.The proportion of employees who would opt for a digital-related course is around 72-75% among Italian, British and American employees, around 62-63% for Canadian, Swedish or Danish employees, and drops to 52% among employees in Germany.
The survey was conducted online with a panel of employees between the ages of 18 and 65, working a minimum of 24 hours per week.
Randstad does not specify whether the demand for continuing education is more pronounced among highly qualified employees or among employees already familiar with digital tools, or vice versa. This makes the results of this survey difficult to interpret.
In France, a survey conducted in 2017 by CEREQ had shown that the more familiar employees were withdigitaltools, the more likely they were to access digital training.
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