Essential Global Career Skills

The world is fast moving towards AI (Artificial Intelligence) involvement in almost every aspect of our lives. Many currently-in-demand skilled occupations and lucrative career options could soon become redundant over the next decade.

The future generations will need skills which could help them to defy the impact of AI in their careers. They will need skills to be able to adapt and resurge when their careers are threatened by AI. The smart way would be to use AI and bots as productivity enhancing tools, as opposed to complete replacements.

The future decades will need global citizens who can break the chains of traditional careers and move into the concept of transitional careers – where one could instil and foster a few different career options during the 40 odd years of their adult lifetime.

The skills needed by the future generations would be constantly evolving, with the only constant factor being change. They will need excellent communication skills in English, ability to learn using non-traditional teaching styles, a good professional network, diversity-based integration, cross-cultural communication, cultivating life skills, and shock-proof themselves from the global attack from AI and bots on their careers.

What to study after completing secondary education will become an evolving challenge. The parents will not always be able to guide their children since they might not foresee the unknown challenges they could face in the future. The decision is not anymore between becoming a doctor, or engineer, or lawyer, or teacher, or healthcare specialist, or an ICT professional. It is about being able to accept that each person will need to constantly adapt and work across different industry verticals and careers in their adult lifetime.

We would like to invite all young students out there who are about to complete their secondary education during the next 3 months to 2 years’ time to understand how to build a global career and become successful global citizens.