Summary
The session explores how governments should adapt labor market policies to address rapid job transformations. Speakers emphasize the need to shift from occupation-based to skill-based approaches, focusing on transferable skills, lifelong learning, and social protection. They highlight the importance of portability of skills and investment in taxonomies.
Key Takeaways
- Shift focus to transferable skills and lifelong learning.
- Governments should invest in skills taxonomies.
- Prioritize portability of skills across sectors.
- Protect people, not specific job positions.
- Embrace agility and dynamism in workforce policies.
Paradigm Shift: Skills Over Occupations
“The only thing that we do know about the future is that we're pretty bad at predicting it.”
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