Which specific skills tomorrow’s professions will call for is uncertain, as technology transforms the professional landscape at an unprecedented rate. Not just individual jobs but entire sectors are at risk of becoming obsolete. While technological advancements are opening up new specialties elsewhere, they will be available with those who are equipped with the skills to seize the opportunity.
Over the past three years the proportion of job advertisements requiring ‘critical thinking’ has risen by 158%, ‘team work’ by 19% and ‘creativity’ by 65% (FYA, 2017). Along with increasing innovation across economies there is a rising need for people entering the workforce to contribute both technical skills as well as soft skills (OECD, 2017).
Education is now called upon to deliver not only core knowledge but flexibility, creativity, communication and collaboration – a suite of attributes that facilitate the kind of adaptivity required as work pathways are less defined.
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