Abstract
In the context of intelligent digital technologies progressively supplementing traditional work tasks, the expansion of the gig economy has accentuated the phenomenon of job polarisation and redefined workers’ need for skills. This transformation is primarily evidenced by the growing demand among gig workers for emerging employment opportunities and the corresponding professional skills, thereby posing new challenges to the development of vocational skills. Consequently, re-evaluating the avenues through which gig workers acquire training and learning becomes crucial at this stage of the gig economy’s robust development. This research focuses on the mechanisms of informal learning, aiming to analyse the characteristics of gig workers’ participation in training, learning, and development, as well as to examine the shifts in skill demands within the gig market.