smart working as a necessary condition for choosing the company. There Generation Z (i.e. the generation born between 1997 and 2012) considers the remote work essential is preferably used for choice of workplace. This is what emerges from the study “Future-Proof” condotto Dell Technologies, in collaboration with the research company Savanta ComRes, on a representative sample of adults aged 18-26 in 15 countries around the world and focused on social and economic recovery strategies.
Smart working essential for 6 out of 10 young people of Gen Z
For Generation Z, the ability to work flexibly and remotely is seen as very important. The 63% (six out of 10 young people) consider the I work remotely the conditioning element the choice of workplace. However, the ideas of young workers do not find favor with the world of work as reported recently Smart Working Observatory of School of Management of the Milan Polytechnic which declares around 3,6 million remote workers in 2022, down by almost 500 thousand compared to 2021.
“The data in this study is not surprising and companies of any size and sector must take them into account, given that the Gen Z is the one that will characterize – and condition – the world of work in the coming yearsthe. In the near future – marked by a hybrid mode of working between remote and face-to-face, it will be essential to base the corporate culture on the concept of trust. The role of business leaders will necessarily have to evolve, not limiting itself only to supervising profits and losses, but becoming real motivators, attentive guardians of the health, safety and well-being of their collaborators. A scenario that business leaders will be able to achieve by leveraging technology and data to create rewarding work policies both for company competitiveness and for employee loyalty and productivity” he declared Philip Ligresti, vice president and general manager of Dell Technologies Italy.
Lack of adequate digital skills training
Another relevant element reported by the study is the lack of digital skills for young people under 26. Half of Generation Z believe they do not having had adequate education. 50% of the interviewees do not feel that they have received adequate preparation with the technological skills necessary to achieve their career goals during their studies ranging from 6 to 16 years. One out of two young people in Italy declared that they have learned only basic computer skills at school, while about 14% believe they have not received any technology and digital education. THE data collected are higher than the global average (44% and 12% respectively). At the European level, the data are substantially in line with those of England (52% and 10%) and Germany (47% and 12%), but far from those of France (43% and 10%) and Spain (42% and 16 %).
To bridge the digital skills gap, 40% of Italians surveyed suggest make technology courses more interesting and available across all levels of education. 27% suggest that themandatory technology courses up to 16 years it would encourage young people to pursue more digitally oriented careers.
