Enhancing Digital Skills Towards Career Readiness: A Recent Systematic Review

Abstract

This systematic review examines the convergence of digital skills and professional preparedness by conducting an extensive search on Scopus and Web of Science databases, with a specific emphasis on keywords including "digital skills", "technology", "career readiness", and "education". After conducting an extensive search, a total of 26 articles were found. These articles were carefully examined to identify and summarize three primary topics: the incorporation of digital skills in education, the influence of digital skills on professional preparedness, and the difficulties related to improving digital abilities. The amalgamation of these papers offers significant perspectives on the intricate correlation between the enhancement of digital skills and the readiness for a professional job. The results emphasize the significance of integrating digital skills into educational systems to adequately prepare persons for the changing requirements of the contemporary labour market. Furthermore, the analysis underscores the substantial impact of digital skills on improving preparedness for careers, underlining their crucial role in building prosperous professional paths. Nevertheless, obstacles to efficiently improving digital skills have been recognized, highlighting the need to remove hurdles to promote a more complete approach to developing digital literacy. This abstract enhances the scholarly discussion on digital skills, education, and career preparedness by concisely summarizing the existing knowledge in this rapidly evolving domain.