Mapping soft, hard and digital skills: factors for a professional success: Mapeamento das soft, hard e digital skills: fatores para sucesso profissional

Considering the importance of the People Management area and that people are considered the most valuable asset for companies, this work aimed to contribute to this theme. The study aimed to map the main soft, hard and digital skills considered factors of professional success, internationally, in the corporate and academic environment. A Systematic Literature Review was carried out in 58 articles that address the topic, from which information was read and extracted for the study. As a result, it can be seen that the study of these skills is a topic that has been attracting interest internationally and that soft skills is considered the most important skill for professional success. Finally, it was concluded that skills are directly related to professional success, which consequently increase employability

Digital skills for those in transition – where next

How do digital technologies support life transitions? This chapter will provide an overview, accommodating findings presented within the previous six chapters, and highlighting areas for future research. In this context, it is clear that different learning landscapes allow for different learning approaches and enable uses of sometimes specific digital technologies. In learning contexts, a “formal curriculum offers a core range of subject needs; the informal curriculum provides opportunities for these to be developed in another context and with the support or involvement of parents, family or friends; and the non-formal curriculum provides opportunities for young people to work in teams and groups on authentic problems and products” ([1], pp. 200-201). There are implications for developing effective uses in the future that relate to supporting learners in different life transitions. An analysis of individuals in a specific life transition, and the importance of uses of digital technologies and associated digital and soft skills in a learning setting will be offered