{"id":70181,"date":"2021-05-31T15:27:37","date_gmt":"2021-05-31T13:27:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bbs.unibo.it\/?p=70181"},"modified":"2021-06-07T15:41:22","modified_gmt":"2021-06-07T13:41:22","slug":"the-tech-masters-at-bbs-building-your-future-on-solid-foundations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bbs.unibo.it\/en\/the-tech-masters-at-bbs-building-your-future-on-solid-foundations\/","title":{"rendered":"The Tech Masters\u2019 at BBS: building your future on solid foundations"},"content":{"rendered":"

“<\/span>Data are the raw materials on which to build the future and plan the rebirth<\/b>“.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

These were the words uttered at the opening ceremony by <\/span>Alec Ross<\/b>, American technology policy expert, entrepreneur, author, and venture capitalist and Distinguished Visiting Professor at BBS. The first to heed these words were our own students, particularly those who chose to invest in a <\/span>Tech Master’s<\/b> program that is one of the <\/span>most attractive from an employment point of view<\/b>, precisely because its strength is based on its ability to provide skills that are <\/span>in great demand in a business context<\/b> that makes data, and the digital tools used to collect, organize and interpret them, the key to overcoming the challenges of contemporary reality.<\/span><\/p>\n

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What will be the most in-demand professions in the coming years?<\/b><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>The answer comes from the <\/span>Forecasts of employment and professional needs in Italy in the medium term (2019-2023)<\/span>\u00a0 found in the annual Excelsior report<\/a> prepared by <\/span>Unioncamere<\/span><\/i> (association of Italian Chambers of Commerce) and <\/span>Anpal<\/span><\/i> (the National Agency for Active Employment Policies). The report indicates how “<\/span>Digital Transformation and Sustainability<\/b> will have a decisive weight (…) coming to include <\/span>between 26 and 29% of workers<\/b> (…) in the next 5 years. Companies will be looking for <\/span>between 275,000 and 325,000 workers<\/b> with specific <\/span>mathematical and IT<\/b>, digital, or Industry 4.0-related <\/span>skills<\/b>. A change that will not only affect digital professions, such as IT professions or new sectors related to big data or the development of artificial intelligence but most professional figures in all sectors\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n

To become a key player in the professional scenario of the near future, you will need <\/span>digital skills<\/b>. Even if you are aiming for a career in the world of finance and consulting. <\/span>AIPB<\/b>, the Italian Private Banking Association, in its study <\/span>The Future of Private Banking: Leadership, Talent and Innovation<\/span><\/a>, carried out in collaboration with <\/span>Strategy&<\/b> and <\/span>PwC<\/b>, has, in fact, highlighted how, partly due to the pandemic, there has been an extraordinary growth in digital technology, so much so that <\/span>92%<\/b> of private operators said they expect “a strong growth in investments in this area”. This growth requires <\/span>hybrid figures<\/b>, halfway between <\/span>finance and technology<\/b>, with the skills to ensure the proper management of data and the optimization of relationships through innovative tools.<\/span><\/p>\n

In this scenario, <\/span>higher education<\/b> is of fundamental importance, and at BBS this takes the form of “Tech” Master’s programs, i.e., oriented towards new technologies, focusing on digital technology without neglecting sustainability, a cross-cutting element in all Bologna Business School programs, and which aims at providing the necessary tools to access the professions of the future.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Employability and proximity to businesses: the strengths of the Tech Masters\u2019 at BBS<\/b><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>What guarantees <\/span>a high level of employability<\/b> to the four Full-time Masters in the Tech area at BBS – Data Science and Business Analytics, Data Marketing and Analytics, Digital Technology and Innovation Management and Finance and Fintech \u2013 is the strong <\/span>orientation to the business world <\/b>that is realized through a series of distinctive elements, fundamental for those who are about to make a choice that can change their future.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n