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Sustainable Careers for Middle-Skilled Workers in the Smart Technology, Artificial Intelligence, Robotics, and Algorithms (STARA) Era: An Overview on Upskilling and Reskilling

Akıllı Teknoloji, Yapay Zekâ, Robotik ve Algoritmalar (STARA) Çağında Orta Düzey Becerili Çalışanlar için Sürdürülebilir Kariyer: Beceri Geliştirme ve Yeni Beceri Kazanmaya Yönelik Genel Bir Bakış

Merve Gerçek(KOCAELİ ÜNİVERSİTESİ, HEREKE ÖMER İSMET UZUNYOL MESLEK YÜKSEKOKULU)0000-0002-7076-8192
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54–71
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2025-06-30
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It also presents the methods, approaches, and challenges within these areas, offering recommendations for upskilling and reskilling processes at the individual, organizational, and societal levels to provide career sustainability.

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Objective & Hypothesis:As Smart Technology, Artificial Intelligence, Robotics, and Algorithms (STARA) are becoming increasingly prevalent in work environments, significant transformations are occurring in employment relations, as well as in the methods and tools used to complete tasks.
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Key Findings & Data:These transformations are also redefining the skills and competencies that employees are anticipated to acquire.
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As Smart Technology, Artificial Intelligence, Robotics, and Algorithms (STARA) are becoming increasingly prevalent in work environments, significant transformations are occurring in employment relations, as well as in the methods and tools used to complete tasks. These transformations are also redefining the skills and competencies that employees are anticipated to acquire. This article focuses on middle-skilled workers, whose jobs represent a substantial portion of labor demand in global markets, making their availability crucial for economic development. Given their heightened vulnerability to the widespread adoption of STARA, upskilling and reskilling initiatives are essential for sustaining their health, productivity, and well-being. Based on sustainable career ecosystem theory, this overview presents the literature on upskilling, which enhances existing skills, and reskilling, which involves acquiring new ones, both of which are crucial elements of human resource development. It also presents the methods, approaches, and challenges within these areas, offering recommendations for upskilling and reskilling processes at the individual, organizational, and societal levels to provide career sustainability.

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Akıllı Teknoloji, Yapay Zekâ, Robotik ve Algoritmaların (STARA) iş ortamlarında giderek daha yaygın hale gelmesiyle birlikte, iş ilişkilerinde ve görevlerin yerine getirilmesinde kullanılan yöntemler ve araçlarda önemli değişimler yaşanmaktadır. Bu değişimler, aynı zamanda çalışanlardan beklenen beceri ve yeterlilikleri de dönüştürmektedir. Bu inceleme, küresel pazarlarda işgücü talebinin önemli bir kısmını karşılayan ve ekonomik kalkınma için kritik öneme sahip olan orta düzey becerilere sahip çalışanları ele almaktadır. STARA’nın yaygın şekilde benimsenmesine karşı daha hassas konumda olan bu çalışanların sağlık, verimlilik ve refahlarının sürdürülebilmesi için beceri geliştirme (upskilling) ve yeni beceri kazanma (reskilling) girişimleri büyük önem taşımaktadır. Sürdürülebilir kariyer ekosistemi teorisi temelinde bu incelemede, insan kaynakları geliştirmenin önemli bileşenleri haline gelen beceri geliştirme ile yeni beceri kazanmaya ilişkin literatür gözden geçirilerek bu alanlardaki yöntemler, yaklaşımlar ve karşılaşılan zorluklar tartışılmıştır. Ayrıca, kariyer sürdürülebilirliği için bireysel, organizasyonel ve toplumsal düzeyde beceri geliştirme ve yeni beceri kazanma süreçlerine yönelik öneriler sunulmuştur.

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Gerçek, M. (2025). Sustainable Careers for Middle-Skilled Workers in the Smart Technology, Artificial Intelligence, Robotics, and Algorithms (STARA) Era: An Overview on Upskilling and Reskilling. İzmir Yönetim Dergisi, Cilt: 6 Sayı: Özel Sayı Özel Sayı, 54–71. https://ajindex.com/articles/1337479

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