{"id":13257,"date":"2022-07-12T11:20:23","date_gmt":"2022-07-12T01:20:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/explorecareers.emotedigital.com.au\/?p=13257"},"modified":"2024-01-22T12:47:12","modified_gmt":"2024-01-22T01:47:12","slug":"got-skills-show-em-off-this-world-youth-skills-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/explorecareers.com.au\/got-skills-show-em-off-this-world-youth-skills-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Got Skills? Show \u2018Em Off This World Youth Skills Day!"},"content":{"rendered":"
You probably can\u2019t have a conversation about youth employment and careers without also hearing about skills.<\/strong><\/p>\n Soft skills, hard skills, entrepreneurial skills, stretchy skills or work skills – it\u2019s easy to be confused about all these skills and how exactly you\u2019re supposed to get them!<\/p>\n When we talk about skills, we\u2019re talking about a full remit of capabilities. Skills tend to start small and are built on over time. This will be through the opportunities you\u2019re offered (at school, for example) and the opportunities you actively pursue.<\/p>\n Everyone\u2019s skills will be different!<\/strong><\/p>\n World Youth Skills Day 2022<\/a> is a chance to celebrate these differences but also helps young people better understand their skills in work and employment.<\/p>\n World Youth Skills Day is acknowledged on the 15th of July each year. In 2014, the United Nations General Assembly<\/a> decided to make this an annual event highlighting the importance of helping to equip people with the skills needed for employment, work and entrepreneurship.<\/p>\n Celebrating and acknowledging this annually gives us all a chance to reflect on the ongoing changes across various industries and the impact these changes have on the skills young people might need to focus on.<\/p>\n It\u2019s a fantastic opportunity to further open the conversation between workplaces, young people and education providers to ensure everyone\u2019s on the same page! (FYI – kinda what we\u2019re all about here at Explore Careers!).<\/p>\n Ultimately, World Youth Skills Day hopes to keep everyone informed, forge better connections between young people and the world of work, and provide advice to policymakers responsible for ensuring young people get the best start in work after school.<\/p>\n One of the core aims of World Youth Skills Day is to reduce some of the barriers young people commonly face in accessing career opportunities.<\/p>\n The COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated several transitions in the workplace that were already happening, adding more layers of uncertainty around the desired skills and competencies that are currently in demand across various industries.<\/p>\n It\u2019s no secret that bridging the gap between full-time education and full-time work has been an ongoing battle for young people.<\/p>\n World Youth Skills Day wants to help take the hard work out of uncovering what young people need now by:<\/p>\n If you missed it, we recently caught up with Richard Wallis<\/a>, Managing Director for KFC<\/a> APAC, and he said something that resonated with us: as a young person, you probably won\u2019t have a lot of neatly defined skills – YET<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Skills come as you get out there and start grabbing hold of different experiences and seeing what they can teach.<\/p>\n It doesn\u2019t mean you don\u2019t have any skills yet, but reframing skills in this way can help you put on the right kind of growth mindset that sees you accepting where you\u2019re at so you can start heading to where you want to be.<\/p>\n Here are our top three tips for identifying your skills right now:<\/p>\n Instead of worrying about what you lack, focus on what you can do. You\u2019ll have the beginnings of lots of excellent skills and abilities. Just because they\u2019re not fully formed and defined yet doesn\u2019t mean they\u2019re not valuable.<\/p>\n You might find our blog on skills versus attributes<\/a> helpful here!<\/p>\n What skills are essential to you? What do you want to be known for, and how do you see yourself adding value in the workplace?<\/p>\n What types of activities make you feel energised and engaged? What skills are connected to these activities?<\/p>\nWhat is World Youth Skills Day?<\/strong><\/h4>\n
How is World Youth Skills Day Making a Difference?<\/strong><\/h4>\n
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Identifying Your Skills NOW: Our Top 3 Tips<\/strong><\/h4>\n
1. Focus on where you\u2019re at now.<\/strong><\/h5>\n
2. Think about what you want to be able to offer.<\/strong><\/h5>\n