Volume 8 No.2, October 2021 NIGJBED. All Rights Reserved. Website: www.nigjbed.com.ng 187 Nigerian Journal of Business Education (NIGJBED) Volume 8 No.2, October 2021 DIGITAL EMPLOYABILITY SKILLS REQUIRED BY FUTURE SECRETARIES FOR OPTIMUM PRODUCTIVITY IN BUSINESS ORGANIZATIONS 1 Ezeh Patrick Chinweike pcezeh@gmail.com 2 Ezeahurukwe Nkechi Lawrencia nkechiezeahurukwe@gmail.com 3 Ameh Angela Ojochide Department of Office Technology and Management Federal Polytechnic Idah, Kogi State. angelameh.aaa@gmail.com Abstract The advances in Information and Communication Technology combined with lifestyle trends, points to a future workforce that is more productive and more capable than ever before. Employers of labour are presently on the lookout for future secretaries who possess digital employability skills for optimum productivity in business organizations. This paper therefore, is a literature review aimed at identifying digital employability skills required from future secretaries for optimum productivity in business organizations. Digital employability skills required by future secretaries for optimum productivity include: electronic record management, application of photo based social media, the use of video based social media among others. The researchers recommend that: the curriculum used for the training of secretaries should be reviewed to include skills in electronic records management procedures, training institutions should be adequately funded to enable them install modern ICT equipment for effective training and proper acquisition of social media application skills, short training programmes should be organized for secretaries at intervals to enable them keep abreast of new technologies in the office among others. Keywords: Employability, Secretaries, Skills, Productivity Introduction Disruptive innovation and new opportunities and challenges in the world of work are some of the examples of the impact of the fourth industrial revolution. Today, organizations have moved forward using digital technologies such as the internet of things, artificial intelligence and big data. Many jobs will automatically be with digital technologies, (Manyika, Lund, Chui, Woetzel, Batara and Sanghvi, 2017). The authors assert that less than 5 percent of jobs will be fully automated; however, about 60 percent of work will be semi-automated. The authors further stated that over the next few years, the employment landscape will change, with the world of work emphasizing the importance of digital employability skills as regards the employment of secretaries.