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Broadskilling for Students: A Research Plan to Determine Relevant Skills for Future Work
(2018)
  • Richard D Busby
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Abstract
Broadskilling Resources Were created to enable students to plan to be relevant to the future of work. Resources are categorized to enable students to:

  1. Become Future Aware: Develop your own informed view about the future of work. It is up to you to navigate your destiny. The step provides context before selecting a career.
  2. Plan to be Relevant: Determine a plan to develop relevant skills, based on your own analysis of the opportunities in the future of work and your own self-awareness. You need to establish a clear direction before decisions about your path.
  3. Build your Personal Brand: Provide evidence of skills. A resume is not enough. Build an indisputable portfolio of skills to attract employers. 

The site includes downloadable research plans and curated content to enable students to start their own reserach to explore the requirements of the future economy, then define a plan to develop relevant skills that align with their strengths and areas of interest.

Keywords
  • Career Readiness,
  • Workforce Development,
  • Early Talent Development,
  • CTE
Disciplines
Publication Date
Summer July 1, 2018
Comments
The Broadskilling Site, Learning Blog, Research Plan and Curated Content library was founded in July 2018. The origins of Broadskilling were based in feedback from Human Resources professionals about talent gaps noted when recruiting to fill emerging roles in leading corporations.
The author was a Human Resources Capability Development and Training professional for 15 years, prior to working as a Director in a leading STEM Academy (2008 to current). Both fields have been phenomenal learning experiences. An instructinal designer by training, the author has a unique perspective about the role of education as a means to enable student success with the opportunity to become the early Talent Pipeline to careers in the future of work. Systems change takes a long time. We need solutions now. Therefore Broadskilling focuses on enabling students to have a plan.
Citation Information
Richard D Busby. "Broadskilling for Students: A Research Plan to Determine Relevant Skills for Future Work" (2018)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/richard-busby/17/