10 MUST-HAVE QUALITIES OF FUTURE SPECIALISTS
Prospective students and their parents wonder what professions, higher education institutions and specialties will help to build a career in the near future. What skills should be developed to become an excellent professional?
Meet the top 10 professional qualities that will be the most relevant in 5 years. The list was introduced in January 2016 in Davos during the World Economic Forum.
- Complex Problem Solving. Instead of narrow specialists in different branches, people who know how to solve the tangle of problems will be required. They will have to understand the causes rather than eliminate undesirable consequences. For example, today the doctor will recommend a young lady who wants to lose weight to exercise and stop eating sweets. But problems can be in the endocrine system, in family relationships, in the daily routine. The specialist of the future will study the problem as a whole and show the way to solve it.
Intellectual classes: constructing, programming for children to develop logic, teach to solve complex problems. At the same time, patience and persistence are trained.
- Critical Thinking. It is a higher way of thinking when people assess and doubt both the information received and their own beliefs. The constant analysis allows them to minimize mistakes and make reasonable decisions.
- Creativity. Thinking that only people of a certain type can create is wrong. Any person can develop the ability to think uniquely and create a new quality. Let’s consider robotics for kids. From a young age, young technicians solve fascinating problems and create complex machines. They surprise adults with their unique approaches. Creativity is possible in any profession.
- People Management. Basketball player Michael Jordan said, “Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence win championships.” It is a cohesive and motivated team that achieves success in business rather than a single person. Managing people is a whole science of recruiting, making decisions, handling during conflicts, stimulating employees. Management psychology should be studied by everyone striving for success in society, career, personal life.
- Coordinating with Others. Success will be achieved by those who know how to communicate with people, who consider others equal to themselves. Respecting elders, helping younger people, not being overpowered by successes: these are the principles of the Academy of Professions of the Future. It knows how to raise talented and worthy people!
- Emotional Intelligence. American psychologist Daniel Goleman became famous for his 1995 book, Emotional Intelligence. Modern people do not have time to respond emotionally to internal and external events. Mr. Goleman believes that we have to learn to empathize with people, understand their emotions, and be aware of our own ones. All this encourages personal and professional growth.
- Cognitive Flexibility. Teach your child to think quickly, switch to another topic, think and do at the same time. Flexibility of mind is developed by playing chess, modeling, computer courses for schoolchildren.
- Service Orientation. The role of service will grow on the market saturated with goods and services. The customer will choose the seller who serves faster, exceeds the customer’s expectations and is interested in the customer’s opinion.
- Negotiation Skills. Negotiation skills include: the ability to understand your opponent, to present your advantages favorably, to be flexible, and to win on your own terms. This value will grow.
- Decision making based on your own opinion. How to avoid wrong decisions? Whose opinions should be taken into account? The professional of the future will be a tactician and a strategist, making strong decisions and winning.
So, five skills are related to the field of communication. The Future Professional will understand, respect people, manage them masterfully and provide first-class services. The remaining skills describe mind capabilities: the ability to quickly grasp the essence, to see the problem as a whole, to doubt, to think flexibly and creatively, and to make proper decisions.
Computer courses in Kyiv perfectly develop child’s thinking. Develop your brain, learn to interact with people, and these skills will allow you to fulfill your potential in society!