#workplace-skills

#workplace-skills

Despite the headlines lambasting young employees as " lazy" and " entitled ", a Big Four consulting firm is taking matters into its own hands and offering training for recent grads. PwC will give its new young hires "resilience" training to toughen them up for careers as management consultants. The firm has introduced the initiative in the UK to help Gen Z brush up on their "human skills," including communication with clients and handling day-to-day work dynamics, like pressure or criticism.

That job description you're reading might not mention AI, but an employer will likely still expect you to know how to use it. A new snapshot of job listings from career platform Ladders showed that, while the number of AI roles listed on the site has tripled since 2021, the share of postings mentioning AI has decreased. It's an indication that more employers are viewing technology as an everyday skillratherthan as a differentiator, Marc Cenedella, founder and CEO of Ladders, told Business Insider.

I think the mindset shift is probably the most exciting thing because my guess is that the future of work belongs not anymore to the people that have the fanciest degrees or went to the best colleges, but to the people who are adaptable, forward thinking, ready to learn, and ready to embrace these tools. It really kind of opens up the playing field in a way that I think we've never seen before.

JPMorgan's CEO Jamie Dimon emphasized the need for education to address the skills gap in corporate America during the Business Roundtable CEO Workplace Forum.

Teams that think critically tend to be more productive because they're not wasting time on problem-solving. They're more innovative, too, because they're constantly exploring ideas.