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World Youth Skills Day

World Youth Skills Day is celebrated every year on 15th July. Strictly speaking, it denotes not just one day but an entire week dedicated to the acquisition and development of skills in young people. But why? Young people constantly need to adapt to new requirements and challenges. According to generationunlimited.org, as many as 85 % of the jobs that will exist in 2030 have not yet been “invented”, i.e. they will develop in the future in response to changes in society and the workplace environment. Today, the most important skill a young person must possess is the ability to learn new skills.

Summaries

9 Podcast

Want a Job? The AI Will See You Now

MIT Technology Review Podcast
Anthony Green
MIT Technology Review, 2021
8 Podcast

Skills Obsession

What a Mindset of Enablement Actually Looks Like
Stacia Garr
The Skills Obsession, 2021
9 Book

Innovation + Equality

How to Create a Future That Is More Star Trek Than Terminator
Andrew Leigh and Joshua Gans
MIT Press, 2019
8 Article

Jobs of Tomorrow

Mapping Opportunity in the New Economy
Vesselina Ratcheva et al.
World Economic Forum, 2020
7 Article

Four Skills Tomorrow’s Innovation Workforce Will Need

The young digerati will lead innovation, but they’ll also need to develop business awareness, an entrepreneurial attitude, bottom-line focus, and ethical intelligence.
Tucker J. Marion et al.
MIT Sloan Management Review, 2020
7 Book

The Entrepreneurial Attitude

Lessons from Junior Achievement’s 100 Years of Developing Young Entrepreneurs
Larry Farrell
McGraw-Hill, 2018

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