The skills gap is so big that nearly half of workers will need to retrain this decade.

[usonian]

The World Economic Forum’s 2023 Future of Jobs report says

Over the next five years, WEF wrote, A.I. and digitization will change nearly a quarter of all jobs.

But business’s highest priorities for worker skills are evergreen, largely intangible traits and soft skills like creative thinking, motivation, and lifelong learning. Employers’ desire for strong cognitive skills reflects the growing importance of complex problem-solving.

These 10 skills are most in demand.

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More here: https://fortune.com/2023/05/01/most-important-skills-employers-want/

[alwaysinasnit]

1. These are all the skills that cretins like DeathSantis are trying to wipe out.

[burrowowl]

2. SCARY!

[usonian]

3. For the more practical folks, I recommend electrician skills.

Something has to power all those computers, cars, well, damn near everything.

[harumph]

12. Yes, this is true - skilled trades underated career paths.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

4. Meanwhile, the morbidly rich will hire people to help them avoid taxation

They will also simply donate to more ReNAZIcans and maybe increase capitalization of "foundations" and "societies" that work to keep the peasants powerless.

[raccoon]

5. I guess it depends on the type of job. In my experience,

Most employers just want workers to be docile
robots. And employers are about as supportive as a string of cooked spaghetti.

[RobinA]

9. True That

I work in a healthcare setting and I am one of probably 15ish people with advanced degrees. We are given no opportunity to acquire more knowledge and skills (no, one day seminars are not advanced training) and are treated like we are freshman in college. They want to hand us a manual and have us work our way through it. Problem solving? We aren't even consulted. An intelligent high school graduate could do my job as they want it done. Instead they've got Master's and doctoral level people. Some people leave, some remain but check out, some stay and bang their heads against the wall until they can't take it anymore. Truth is, leaving is not much of a solution, unless you get lucky. Wherever you go will be the same story. I know, I've worked at those other places too.

[betsuni]

6. But creative thinking, curiosity, flexibility, lifelong learning, reading, thinking ...

I don't believe many companies hire those people, too much trouble. They like conventional.

[Buns_of_Fire]

7. Sounds like 10 skills for just surviving.

Well, maybe except for #9 and #10, which might only be relevant if one's life path leads towards politics and/or pimping.

[Johnny2X2X]

8. STEM

We need more engineers and scientists. We have for a long time. College should be free, but absent that it should at least be free for technical degrees. Without note engineers out economy will not reach its potential.

[ck4829]

10. Take money from billionaires and we should be making art and writing poetry

[Renew Deal]

11. I think #4 will be harder to teach than any hard skills.

It's a good opportunity for all workers, but especially recent college grads.