Trends of digital transformation in contemporary national employment policies
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.31558/2307-2318.2025.4.3Keywords:
globalization, public policy, employment, human resources, national employment policy, labor market, workforce, transformation, labor resource provision, digital economy, digital transformation, digital technologies, digital divide, digitalizationAbstract
The article is devoted to the main trends in digital transformation that are reflected in the current national employment policies of countries around the world.
It was emphasized that digital transformation is both a catalyst for globalization and a powerful factor in economic development. The content and degrees of manifestation of nine policy areas reflecting the use of digital technologies in the field of employment were revealed and characterized based on an analysis of the ILO study on assessing the level of integration of digitalization into national employment policies. Differentiated regional emphases were identified regarding the use of digitalization to improve the quality of employment services, according to the results of the analysis of policy directions by geographical region.
It was concluded that the introduction of digital tools is possible at different levels of digital development based on the systematization of the experience of individual countries (Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Republic of Korea) in developing national employment policies. Although digital divides reduce the effectiveness of employment policies, they are not a critical obstacle when digital solutions are implemented strategically and in stages.
It was argued that the effectiveness of digital transformation in employment largely depends on institutional coordination and active tripartite social dialogue, which ensures that digital tools meet the real needs of the labor market.
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