Press release No. 277 of 27 July 2018
WIESBADEN – Training soft skills and general IT skills is a key element of the continuing training strategies of German enterprises. As reported by the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), the results of the fifth round of the European Continuing Vocational Training Survey show that one in two enterprises ranked customer handling skills (50%) and technical, practical or job-specific skills (52%) among the most important qualifications for the future development of the enterprise. The same applied to team working skills (43%) and problem solving skills (30%). 35% of the enterprises considered general IT skills, which are becoming more important as part of digitalisation, to be among the most important future qualifications.
