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Skills Required by a student to be successful

I decided to compile the notes I took while doing my research. My goal was to identify the skills that were brought up the most in an attempt to determine which skills our students will need to be successful in their futures. The following are the 10 skills mentioned the most often: 1. Adaptive Thinking:  In the digital age, things are changing at exponential rates. By the time employees learn the newest software or program, a better version is coming about. Future employers will need to continuously adapt to changing conditions as well as be able to learn new things quickly and efficiently. We need our students to learn how to learn. Recommended LinkedIn Learning Course:  Learning Agility 2. Communication Skills:  There continues to be an emphasis on the ability to communicate. In the digital age, however, we have access to a wide variety of new ways to communicate from video-conferencing to social media. Future employers need to be able to communicate with people within...

Employee Training should be a routine for any company

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Your Employees need more (better) Training in your Organisation The employees that you want working for you want to grow. Engaged employees spend more time than their colleagues trying to improve their work performance through learning and deliberate development. We call these employees “purpose workers,” people who are satisfied and secure in their jobs, inspired and enthusiastic about the work they do, and generally bursting with energy, enthusiasm, and creativity. These are the types of workers every company wants, and they expect their employers to match their ambition with effective training. When Forrester studied customer-obsessed firms, It found that 37% of the leaders of these firms ensure that training and coaching is in place to help employees exceed customer expectations, compared with 18% at average firms. Why are so many falling short? One reason is that good training is hard to come by. In fact, most of the money you spend on employee training is lik...