10 Essential New Skills To Learn To Advance Career

In India school system favour memorisation and homogenisation of thoughts among the students in the school which may lag them in every aspect of life and in the knowledge economy as well. But western schools tend to favour individual expression and originality far greater than eastern countries.

They were old days when people learn some specific skill or get a degree which make us employed. Now we have to be tech driven. There is always something new, new technology, new tools and maybe new work. We have to know or do these things to improve our productivity and capabilities to satisfy demand. The people, who are eager to learn and grow their skills, will be more valuable than who stick to what they know and who refuse to expand their skills and capabilities. These things are equally true for artists, musician, scientist, engineers and architects etc.

Creativity and being able to teach yourself new techniques and ideas that can upgrade your profession involve an immense amount of work on oneself over an extended period of time. It involves proactive thought and action rather being orthodox, orthodox thinking will not work in today’s time due to rapid change in economic conditions technological progress and increasing complexity of the world.

We always thought of skills when we thing of younger generation to teach them but we can also learn some skills at any age and at any place. Whenever we think of skills, we all ponder over the skills which are likely to increase in demand in future?

Which skill should we learn that can work even after ten years? So here, I am trying to list out some of the demanding skills that will work for all. We can learn these skills form online source as well as offline sources. For online learning, I am recommending some of the best websites.

Mental Elasticity

https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20180515-how-to-become-an-elastic-thinker-and-problem-solver

Creativity

https://www.indeed.com/career-advice/career-development/creativity-skills

Communication skills

https://www.skillsyouneed.com/ips/communication-skills.html

Adaptability

https://www.theforage.com/blog/skills/adaptability

Leadership and social media marketing

https://aboutleaders.com/leadership-social-media-marketing/

Organizational and time management skills

https://www.timedoctor.com/blog/time-management-and-organizational-skills/

Analytical and research skills

https://blogs.kent.ac.uk/aspirations/skills/analytical-and-research-skills/

Machine learning and artificial intelligence

https://www.coursera.org/courses?query=artificial%20intelligence

Cyber security

https://www.simplilearn.com/tutorials/cyber-security-tutorial/cyber-security-skills

Block chain

https://www.coursera.org/courses?query=blockchain

 

*Above links are for reference purpose only.