2022.01.11

The right skills and learning throughout your working life are increasingly important

For the industry to continue to develop and grow successfully, the right skills are needed. The rapid technological changes also mean that more people will need to build on their knowledge during their working lives. Skills supply is an important issue for APPLiA and its members.

Focus areas within skills supply:

Getting more people to choose technology

We need more young people choosing technology to secure the future skills of technology companies. Under the umbrella of ”Hack the World”, we work to promote interest in technology among young people. Sometimes our initiatives are aimed at teachers, sometimes directly at young people, and sometimes at parents and other adult role models – but the ultimate target group is always young people.

A world-class education system

The Swedish education system needs to maintain consistently high quality – from primary school to university. Regardless of place of residence or background, all children, young people and adults should have equal opportunities for a good education. Education needs to be more tailored to the labour market and developed in close dialogue with the business community.

Attracting foreign labor to Sweden

If Sweden is to lead technological development, it requires an education system that matches the development of the technology industry, but also that Sweden is attractive to qualified workers from other countries.

Lifelong learning for professionals

Digitalization, automation, artificial intelligence and electrification represent a technological paradigm shift. The survival of companies requires that they keep up with the rapid technological development. The technological shift places completely new demands on the workforce and means that the knowledge intensity of the entire production chain increases. And this development will continue.

Read more about how APPLiA, through the Swedish Technology Companies, works to provide skills at Technology company.se.

Photo: Brooke Cable