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Hiring outstanding employees is the goal of every company. Digitalization impacted the way companies work and the environment they are surrounded by. Considering this change, employees are facing new challenges for which a concrete skill set is needed. By conducting qualitative interviews, a distinct skill set required by companies was identified. The outcome is that soft skills moved to the forefront, playing a major role when coping with the digital future. In a further step, recommendations for talent management regarding recruitment and development of high potentials are given. With the implementation of technology and the adaption to the human resources perspective, companies will be able to master digital transformation.
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The authors would like to thank the following people who shared their time and knowledge for this study: Harald Heppner; Klaus Chatzidimpas; Meik Bödeker; Michael Köster; Siegmar Moltzahn; Ana Pereira; Inês Ribeiro; and Günther Singer. With the interviewees, it was possible to gather empirical data and overcome any gaps in the existing literature for this research paper.
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Leite, M.P., Mihajlovski, T., Heppner, L., Branco, F., Au-Yong-Oliveira, M. (2019). The Impact of the Digital Economy on the Skill Set of High Potentials. In: Rocha, Á., Adeli, H., Reis, L., Costanzo, S. (eds) New Knowledge in Information Systems and Technologies. WorldCIST'19 2019. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 931. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-16184-2_69
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