Conference – “Knowledge industry and skills: what solutions for tomorrow’s world?
At a time when the issue of skills and recruitment has become paramount for the professions in its sectors of activity, the Syntec Federation and its member unions have revealed the results of two studies on education and training, as well as a series of proposals and commitments to optimize the match between skills needs and training provision.
15 proposals and 7 commitments
On the basis of these findings, Syntec has formulated 15 major proposals aimed at transforming the skills ecosystem. These 15 proposals concern the education system, continuing training, professionalization and the financing of systems.
While the IPSOS study reveals that both the general population and the student body pay particular attention to guidance issues,Syntec’s first proposal concerns the need for transparency and information on training offers. It proposes telling the truth to young people and families about the job integration, diploma success and further study rates of all training courses, by making it easier to understand and access these rates using an attractive, legible Nutriscore-type visual. It also calls for improvements in mathematics teaching and for accelerating the integration of soft skills into training courses.
With regard to continuing training, the 6 organizations propose to rethink integration and professionalization systems, for example by setting up “internal success paths” within companies, extending eligibility for sandwich courses, or creating a skills transfer period for employees who commit to sharing their knowledge and experience with young people. The question of retraining is also addressed and promoted through a genuine liberation of the systems, which must be simplified by targeting the largest possible number of people. Lastly, with regard to the financing of training, they put forward the idea, among others, of experimenting with the accounting of training expenditure as an investment and not as an expense.
Aware of their responsibilities, the Federation and the 5 trade unions are in turn committed to contributing to efforts in training and professionalization. By 2025, they aim to have 5% of the sector’s workforce on apprenticeship schemes, improve gender parity within the sector, and train all employees in energy efficiency…
“Our companies, from the digital, engineering, consulting, events and professional training sectors, aim to gain in competitiveness and capacity for innovation, to build a stronger and more independent France and Europe, and to offer freer and more fulfilling working environments; in a word, to contribute to meeting all the major challenges facing us, be they social, strategic, economic… This is the meaning of these 15 proposals and 7 commitments,” continue the presidents of Syntec’s member organizations.
Find out more about the two surveys, as well as 15 proposals from the Syntec federation and 7 commitments in the attachments.