Basic Digital Skills for Employability

Overview

Digital transformation is changing the labor market and making digital skills and other transversal abilities increasingly necessary to improve employability, especially for unemployed individuals or those with limited access to training. In this context, frameworks such as DigComp define the essential digital skills for the safe and effective use of technology, while various studies highlight their positive impact on job placement, although digital divides persist, hindering access to opportunities. At the same time, skills such as communication, initiative, and teamwork are considered complementary to digital skills in meeting current employment demands. Within this framework, the proposed training program is geared towards developing digital skills applicable to the workplace, improving employability through practical tools, and promoting retraining and lifelong learning.

Goals

Analyze the impact of digital transformation on the labor market and identify the digital and transversal skills needed for employability.
Apply basic strategies for organizing the digital environment through the management of files, folders, and cloud storage tools.
Prepare basic professional documents (resume and cover letter) using text editing tools.
Manage basic information using digital tools (spreadsheets and data organization).
Design simple digital presentations for communicating your professional profile.
Use digital job platforms and communication tools for active job searching.
Use collaborative digital tools and basic artificial intelligence applications in simple work tasks.

Access requirements

Students must be between 25 and 64 years old on the date the training begins.
To access this micro-credential, students must meet at least one of the following requirements:
− Have a disability of 33% or higher.
− Be beneficiaries of the Minimum Living Income or the Guaranteed Social Income.
− Being people in a situation of deprivation of liberty.
− Being at risk of social exclusion or having special difficulties in labor market integration, which is certified by a Social Services report or a technical report from the entity specifying the causes leading to the situation of risk of exclusion.
− Being victims of gender violence or having children who depend on them.
− Being victims of terrorist acts.
− Being young people under guardianship and ex-guardians on the path to emancipation.
− Being job seekers.
-Be refugees or asylum seekers who can prove the final favorable resolution of the refugee status, if they have applied for it, issued by the Ministry of the Interior.

Academic program

Contents

BLOCK 1. CONTEXT AND DIGITAL COMPETENCIES (6h)
1.1. European Digital Competence Framework (DigComp)
1.2. Digital transformation and the labor market.
1.3. Key digital skills for employability.
1.4. Digital soft skills.
1.5. Training resources and academic guidance.
BLOCK 2. DIGITAL BASE AND ORGANIZATION (4h)
2.1. Efficient organization of the digital environment.
2.2. File and folder management.
2.3. Use of cloud storage (Google Drive/ OneDrive)
2.4. Digital Good Practices. (practical part)
BLOCK 3. OFFICE AUTOMATION APPLIED TO EMPLOYMENT (12h)
3.1. Text documents.
3.1.1. Text document editing programs and their basic use.
3.1.2. Application in a pre-employment environment
● Preparation of curriculum vitae.
● Cover letter.
● Use of professional templates.
3.2. Spreadsheets.
3.2.1. Spreadsheet editing programs and their basic use.
3.2.2. Basic data management
3.2.3. Creating tables and lists.
3.2.4. Practical applications in work environments.
3.3. Presentations.
3.3.1. Programs for creating presentations and their basic use.
3.3.2. Designing professional presentations.
3.3.3. Presentation of the professional profile.
(Practice: “Employability Kit”)
BLOCK 4. ACTIVE JOB SEARCH (4h)
4.1. Digital employment platforms.
4.2. Search strategies.
4.3. Creation and use of professional email.
4.4. Introduction to LinkedIn.
(Practice: registering for real offers)
BLOCK 5. DIGITAL TOOLS AND AI (2h)
5.1. Collaborative tools (Google Drive, Calendar)
5.2. Introduction to the use of AI in the workplace.
5.3. Practical applications (writing, CV improvement, etc.)
BLOCK 6. FINAL PROJECT (2h)
6.1. Updated resume.
6.2. Practical document in Excel.
6.3. Personal presentation.
6.4. Active profile on employment platforms.

Methodology and activities

Lectures/expository method
Practical classes
Seminars
Individual work
Assessment
Exhibitions, debates and presentation of works and projects
Active methodologies

Evaluation criteria

Objective tests
Oral tests
Case studies, exercises, and problems
Attendance, participation or attitude in teaching activities, seminars, tutorials, etc.
-Works, memoirs, internship reports, written reports and projects

General information

Credits: 3 ECTS

Duration: 01/05/2026 – 31/05/2026

Teaching modality: In person

Location: Faculty of Education (Central Building) and Computer Lab of the FGULL.

Registration fee: €72.50

Valued at: €217.50

Registration

More info and registration help

The cost of tuition for this Microcredential will be subsidized by the 'Plan for the development of university microcredentials', investment 6 of component 21 of the Addendum to the 'Recovery, Transformation and Resilience Plan', financed by the European Union – Next Generation EU, year 2025.

Flexibility

Short courses available in various formats (in-person, online, or hybrid). Ideal for learning without interrupting your professional life.

Employability

Content created and delivered by professionals and experts in the field, designed for immediate application.

Certification

Endorsed by the University of La Laguna. You will receive an official ECTS certificate, valid in the European Higher Education Area.

Teaching staff

Mónica Yballa González Delgado

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Basic Digital Skills for Employability