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A strategy for facing new employability trends using a low-code development platform

dc.contributor.authorMetrôlho, J.C.M.M.
dc.contributor.authorRibeiro, Fernando Reinaldo
dc.contributor.authorAraújo, Ricardo
dc.date.accessioned2020-09-16T11:04:21Z
dc.date.available2020-09-16T11:04:21Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.description.abstractThere is currently a high demand for professionals with digital skills in the areas of Information and Communication Technologies. As such, in future this trend is expected to increase. Higher education institutions are unable to train adequate numbers of qualified people to respond to employers' requests. In other areas, it is expected that increasing computerization and automation will have a significant impact on reducing certain types of jobs, which highlights the need and importance for many workers to develop new digital skills in order to be better prepared to face future challenges. It also seems clear that many of the needs may be met by people who, while not having a higher education in ICT fields, such as that taught in higher education institutions, these can be suppressed by people with specific training which is more focused on a particular technology or focused on certain development niches. In this context, low-code development platforms can play an important role in training or retraining people from areas with lower market demand for ICT areas. Their characteristics and potential make them suitable for technicians with higher qualifications in other areas, and other professionals, to acquire new skills through retraining or supplementing / recycling pre-acquired basic knowledge that may become productive labour in the IT world. In this paper we describe a strategy, and several case studies, where a low-code development platform is used to reskill STEM professionals and/or professionals who, having basic IT knowledge are in precarious activities, to perform ICT professional activity. This strategy not only contributes to the needs of IT professionals but also enables many professionals to make timely retraining into areas of greater competitiveness, greater job stability and better working conditions. Throughout the paper, we present case studies that are part of this strategy and that have had positive results. These case studies include Enterprise-Higher Education collaborative training, reskilling for unemployed people with higher education in other areas, and training for those who are active, working in areas where labour needs are likely to decrease in the mid-term. The paper also identifies the benefits and contributions resulting from the use of the OutSystems low-code platform to implement this strategy.pt_PT
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dc.identifier.citationMETRÔLHO, J.C. M.M.; RIBEIRO, F. R.; ARAÚJO, R. (2020). A strategy for facing new employability trends using a low-code development platform. In International Technology, Education and Development Conference, 14th, Valência, 2-4 March - Proccedings. [ S.l.]: IATED Academy. p. 8601-8606.pt_PT
dc.identifier.doi10.21125/inted.2020.2341pt_PT
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.11/7250
dc.language.isoengpt_PT
dc.peerreviewedyespt_PT
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/pt_PT
dc.subjectLow-codept_PT
dc.subjectOutSystemspt_PT
dc.subjectReskillpt_PT
dc.subjectEmployabilitypt_PT
dc.titleA strategy for facing new employability trends using a low-code development platformpt_PT
dc.typejournal article
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oaire.citation.conferencePlaceValencia, Spainpt_PT
oaire.citation.endPage8606pt_PT
oaire.citation.startPage8601pt_PT
oaire.citation.title14th International Technology, Education and Development Conferencept_PT
person.familyNameMetrôlho
person.familyNameReinaldo Silva Garcia Ribeiro
person.givenNameJosé Carlos
person.givenNameFernando
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