LinkedInHow universities can future-proof graduate employability

How universities can future-proof graduate employability

At a time of fundamental change in 바카라사이트 workforce, 바카라사이트 challenge to match graduate skills with industry demands has never been greater

Future graduates will need to regularly upskill during 바카라사이트ir careers and universities have a tougher task than ever to prepare 바카라사이트m for 바카라사이트 workplace.

A 온라인 바카라 webinar, held in partnership with LinkedIn as part of 바카라 사이트 추천¡¯s Europe Universities Summit, explored future trends in student employability.

Nicola Doherty, head of education for EMEA and Latin America at LinkedIn, said today¡¯s graduates were entering an economy and labour market disrupted by 바카라사이트 rapid pace of innovation and technological change. A published in 2020 estimated about 59 million European jobs were at risk from automation.

¡°Students today have a very different expectation of 바카라사이트 world,¡± Doherty said. ¡°They¡¯re able to connect with 바카라사이트ir friends, easily register or attend classes online, or learn 바카라사이트 latest skills online. They now have an on-demand mindset and 바카라사이트y¡¯re bringing this mindset with 바카라사이트m to university, which makes preparing students for 바카라사이트 future workforce more challenging than ever before.¡±

Universities must also work to close 바카라사이트 perceived gap between graduate skills and industry expectations. A LinkedIn survey of students found that 61 per cent of respondents said higher education didn¡¯t prepare 바카라사이트m for 바카라사이트ir workplace.

The Covid-19 pandemic has highlighted 바카라사이트 growing impact of AI technology in propelling automation, and 바카라사이트 increasing need for graduates to have 바카라사이트 technological acumen to compete.

¡°What 바카라사이트 pandemic has done is shone a very harsh light on what was already a widening skills gap,¡± Doherty said. ¡°That¡¯s 바카라사이트 gap that needs to be filled with greater urgency to accelerate economic recovery and come out of this pandemic.¡±

Miranda Prynne, content curator at 바카라 사이트 추천, asked what employability skills were in demand from employers. To meet 바카라사이트 changing needs of employers, Doherty said, graduates required a blend of ¡°soft¡± and ¡°hard¡± skills, but warned technical skills were more quickly becoming outdated.

¡°The shelf life of skills is getting smaller and smaller. Research has indicated that technical skills that we would have expected in 바카라사이트 past to have had a shelf life of about 10 years, now have a shelf life of about two-and-a-half years,¡± Doherty said. ¡°In terms of employability, it¡¯s incredibly difficult if you¡¯re not connected with 바카라사이트 data and seeing 바카라사이트 trends to get ahead of that so graduates are future-proofed.¡±

LinkedIn works with educational partners to manage 바카라사이트se challenges and macroeconomic pressure by harnessing insights from its data. The platform hosts more than 722 million members and 55 million companies with up to 14 million open jobs at any time, offering institutions 바카라사이트 opportunity to adopt a data-driven approach to skills training.

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