Labor Market Now Demands Digital Skills

Atameken's experts mapped out the key shifts reshaping the labor market: artificial intelligence, automation and digitalization are transforming familiar professions and creating new ones. The change isn't limited to IT — technology is spreading fast into manufacturing, construction, agriculture and transport.

That's because in-demand specialists now need more than professional expertise: digital literacy, comfort working with AI tools, data analysis skills and the ability to critically assess information all matter. Those who don't keep building these skills risk falling behind even within their own field.

Start with something simple: list the tasks where your staff already handle data or reports daily. Then check whether they have an AI helper for that work, or whether everything still runs on manual spreadsheet checks. A similar shift is happening in business: at 1Cifer, every role — from director to accountant — gets its own agent that answers questions about company data in plain language.