21st Century Skills = 21st Century Careers
“The world economy no longer pays you for what you know; Google knows everything. The world economy pays you for what you can do with what you know.” – Andrea Schleicher, Director for Education and Skills for the OECD
A recent study found that 65% of today’s grade-school kids
will do jobs that
haven’t been invented yet. We have never seen such
a rapid pace of accelerated change. The only competitive advantage in this new
economic landscape is our ability to learn and adapt, which necessitates we
have a self-education plan to be continually upgrading our skills.
To navigate this challenging job market, the Partnership for
21st Century Skills has identified three types
of skills that we all need to be continually working at developing, which they
call 21st-century
skills:
Learning Skills:
Learning skills involve how we process information and connect
the dots between different subjects. It also involves developing our ability to
collaborate and communicate the values of our ideas in a clear and concise way.
1.
Critical Thinking
2.
Creative Thinking
3.
Collaboration
4.
Communication
Literacy Skills:
Literacy skills involve how we recognize truth from fiction on
social media networks on the web. It also involves knowing how to use
information technology to share your stories and inspire people.
1.
Information Literacy
2.
Media Literacy
3.
Technology Literacy
Life Skills:
Life skills are all about taking initiative, creating a vision
for our career and developing our personal brand. We
all need to work on being more confident leaders who get things done.
1.
Flexibility
2.
Initiative
3.
Social Skills
4.
Productivity
5.
Leadership
In today’s job market, employers want to hire and work with
versatile people who have a variety of these 21st century skillsets. They also
want to see a record of continual learning achievement and a digital
portfolio that demonstrates their competence, creativity
and forward-thinking.
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