Main Skills Needed for Enterprise Development by Company Size – Italy

Key Insights:

• Customer handling skills consistently ranked highest across all years (50.0% in 2010, 40.1% in 2015, 32.0% in 2020)
• IT General training showed high initial values but declined significantly (48.5% in 2010 to 15.5% in 2020)
• Teamwork skills experienced a steady decline (43.2% in 2010 to 28.5% in 2020)
• Problem-solving skills dropped from 42.9% in 2010 to 25.2% in 2020
• Specialist skills showed resilience, increasing from 36.2% to 47.7% in 2015 before settling at 35.3% in 2020
• Numerical literacy had the steepest decline, dropping from 16.7% in 2010 to just 1.4% in 2020
• The period 2010-2015 shows the most significant reductions across almost all traditional skill categories

Chart Type: Line Chart

Colors Used: Primary color #18baa8 with varying opacity levels for different skill categories

Chart Description: This line chart displays the evolution of training for key enterprise skills in Italy from 2010 to 2020, showing the percentage of all enterprises providing training for each skill type. The chart reveals significant changes in skill priorities over the decade, with notable declines in most skill areas between 2010 and 2015, followed by varied recovery patterns by 2020.