Competencies of the Future: Transforming Education in the Digital Economy

The global community has been «taken over» by global digitalization. Businesses have been digitally reshaped by the complex nature of Industry 4.0 technology. Industry and entrepreneurship are transforming business processes. The diffusion of “end-to-end” digital technologies into the global economy also requires a reconsideration of the role and place of humans in this process. In this regard, the article considers a comprehensive understanding of the necessary skills of the digital future, analyzes their various aspects, defines the conceptual apparatus of digital skills development problems. The problems faced by business and the modern education system at different levels of digital skills training are highlighted. Existing and nascent but promising approaches to solving educational problems are summarized and analyzed. The tools of competence forecasting in accordance with the future market conditions, taking into account international factors of change—innovation and technological progress—are considered. The author's position on the formation of the HR model of the near future is formulated.