Digital age: new possibilities for labor market and education

Abstract

The article analyzes the impact of the development of digital technologies on the state of world labor market and education. According to experts, new technologies will be able to destroy many jobs, but also create new ones. The main driver of creating new jobs will be the service industry. It is considered the importance of developing new transversal skills in the digital era, taking into account generational special features and also new opportunities for various types of professions. The main characteristics of digital nomads are their mobility and permanent connection to the Network. In the face of new challenges of the modern world, such as the COVID-19 pandemic and the forced global social isolation of people, it is necessary to rethink the global labor market and move to new opportunities for remote work, including the education system. It is also specifies the legal and institutional prerequisites for the education system and professional activities in remote work pattern.