PIDS: Pinoy workers lack 'soft skills' for digital age

Filipino workforce lack soft skills like adaptability, problemsolving and collaboration needed to adapt to emerging technologies, which could have consequences on the country's competitiveness and ability to innovate, according to a new study by the Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS).

-  LOUELLA DESIDERIO

In a discussion paper titled "Toward Measuring Soft Skills for Youth Development: A Scoping Study," authors De La Salle University distinguished university professor and university fellow AÍlan Bernardo, PIDS senior research fellow Jose Ramon Albert, former supervising research specialist Jana Flor Vizmanos and research analyst Mika Muñoz, found that the current workforce often lack soft skills or transversal competencies (TVC) needed to thrive amid technological advancements like artificial intelligence, as they were largely trained for a pre-digital era.