The last report of Social Debt Observatory of the Argentine Catholic University titled “Young people between 18 and 24 years old who neither study nor work in urban pre-post-pandemic Argentina (2017-2021)”, it indicates that half of young Argentines between 18 and 24 years old are outside the educational system. A quarter of them do not work either, which is why they are considered “doubly excluded, both from education and from the labor market.”
This situation, which puts a million and a half young people in a very compromised position in relation to their future and at risk of social disintegration, coexists with another, much more encouraging statistic that represents a great opportunity.
There are tens of thousands of digital trades that today are not covered due to lack of trained profiles. They are the ones that the so-called Knowledge Economy and cover a wide range of jobs such as support staff technology, web designers, digital marketing specialists, video game developers and audiovisual productions, service providers and solutions in the Cloudto name a few.
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Unlike the traditional trades whose demand and compensation appear to be plummeting, the digital labor market shows great dynamism, driven by the pandemic.
To date, according to Argencon, the association that brings together companies in the sector, the Knowledge Economy is the second export complex in net volume of foreign currency income for our country, only surpassed by the agricultural sector.
This figure reveals the socioeconomic importance that the sector has acquired as an exporter of high added value, something that should not surprise us given that the Argentine digital talent It has a well-earned prestige internationally. Today there are already a dozen Unicorns created in our country – a name given to technology companies listed on the global market and whose market value exceeds one billion dollars.
Several reasons make digital trades represent a concrete outlet for social and professional progress, especially for young people.
Firstly, because both the skills and the work culture required are totally similar and close to them, precisely because they are digital natives.
In addition, the training required to enter the digital labor market in an initial job is assimilated in a short period of time that goes from 4 to 8 months, depending on the specialization.
The industry also offers attractive career paths, which do not require staying in a particular desk, city or country. The digital nomad is the archetype of the emerging worker of this trend.
In order for this opportunity to materialize with a massive and transforming reach of the realities of the vast number of young people who are looking for a future with better opportunities, it is necessary to democratize access to short and free training proposals, given that today social differences create opportunities only for those who can afford their training at a private academy.
The technological literacy it is vital for anyone in the global economy and education in digital trades is a determining factor for people to access better paying jobs and therefore a more prosperous life. But to the training, we must add the accompaniment: without support and pedagogical follow-up, the model does not work. It is necessary to think of a comprehensive and inclusive proposal for education to overcome poverty, integrating actions of the formal and informal educational system, and this includes monitoring, accompaniment and a perspective that takes into account the social and economic context of people. to empower Only from that place can an education for the future be built.
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