{"id":1676,"date":"2020-02-07T17:00:26","date_gmt":"2020-02-07T17:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/careers\/?p=1676"},"modified":"2025-10-22T15:16:36","modified_gmt":"2025-10-22T14:16:36","slug":"skills-you-need-now-to-land-the-jobs-of-the-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/careers\/2020\/02\/07\/skills-you-need-now-to-land-the-jobs-of-the-future\/","title":{"rendered":"Skills You Need Now to Land the Jobs of the Future"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A panel of employers recently discussed the future of careers and the aptitudes the workforce of the future will require*. Representatives from FDM, Virgin Media, SAP and the Institute of Student Employers all agreed that careers of the future do not need new skills but for these skills to be used in a different way.<\/p>\n

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\u201cwe can teach all of the skills we require; what we are looking <\/em><\/strong><\/h3>\n

for is people who want to learn. \u201c<\/em><\/strong><\/h3>\n

Lindsey Rowe, Chief of Staff\/Head of People & Programmes Office SAP<\/p>\n

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Virgin Media value their staff being creative and quickly bringing ideas to life. According to Karen Handley, Global Head of Future Careers at Virgin Media they use \u201cSquads\u201d to bring people together across the whole company. This means people with the right skills are picked to work together on specific projects. Using this Agile way of working, staff can react to unexpected situations and make continuous improvements. Many employers now believe large teams can hinder collaboration and communication among members.<\/p>\n

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\u00a0\u201cLearning is about experience and application, because the new currency is skills.\u201d<\/em><\/strong> World Economic Forum<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n

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PwC is one company who are changing their approach to recruitment, they have announced\u00a0New World, New Skills<\/em>,<\/a> \u00a0whose goal is to help their staff learn new skills and to develop technologies to support their clients. This new approach includes novel methods of recruitment including game based assessment. Andrew Bargery, Campus & Schools Engagement Leader for PwC reveals the company wanted to use new technology to reduce the time it takes to recruit and make for a more engaging candidate experience. He notes that:<\/p>\n

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\u201cwomen are doing slightly better in the new gaming [based] recruitment\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/h3>\n

Andrew Bargery, Campus & Schools Engagement Leader for PWC<\/p>\n

According to Artic Shores<\/a>, who create recruitment games for employers, Siemens UK found that the use of gamification doubled the number of female candidates progressing beyond the final stage. They assert that the use of gamification in recruitment has helped level the playing field by eliminating bias in the assessment stage.<\/p>\n

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An article in the Financial Times<\/a> quotes Linda Luong, senior early careers consultant at Jaguar Land Rover JLR. She sees<\/p>\n

\u201cacademic performance as just one of many different indicators of future performance.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/h3>\n

At assessment, JLR looks for candidates who demonstrate a \u201crange of skills which the business values;\u00a0 such as problem solving, working in teams and a willingness to learn\u201d. The importance of these skills means that work experience and extracurricular activities also rank highly for employers.<\/p>\n

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What does this mean for students at Bath?<\/h2>\n

The Harvard Business Review<\/a> has this advice:<\/p>\n

Think about the skills that you have now and the job you want and then:<\/p>\n