Alternatives to Traditional Degrees, Your Ideal Career, & More
Career Insights Digest #5
Today at a Glance:
Career Tip: 10 questions to help you understand how AI will affect your job in the future
Expert Insight: Alternatives to traditional degrees
Study Finding: Most young people feel uncertain about their career path
Book Lesson: 7 steps to creating a picture of your ideal career
Cheat Sheet: How to stay calm
Career Tip: 10 Questions to Help You Understand How AI Will Affect Your Job in the Future
Futurist: Thomas Frey
To understand how AI will affect your job in the future, ask yourself:
Which aspects of my current job could potentially be automated by AI?
What unique human skills do I possess that AI may struggle to replicate?
How might AI augment or enhance my current role rather than replace it?
What new job opportunities might emerge as AI becomes more prevalent in my industry?
How can I adapt my skill set to remain relevant in an AI-driven job market?
Which industries are likely to be most disrupted by AI, and which might be more resilient?
How could AI affect wage structures and income inequality in my profession?
What new collaborations between humans and AI systems can I envision in my line of work?
How might AI affect the power dynamics between employers and employees?
What new metrics for job performance might emerge as AI becomes more integrated into work processes?
For 15 more questions, read the full post here.
Expert Insight: Microcredentials and Certificates are a Flexible Alternative to Traditional Degrees
Expert: Peter DeVries, CEO at Modern Campus
Key takeaways:
Getting a high-quality certificate might be a better choice than a degree for finding a good job in a lasting career.
Microcredentials could change higher education by making learning more flexible and personalized, helping people keep upgrading their skills over time.
Colleges and universities can find a balance by offering microcredentials that meet current job market demands while still giving students a broad education that helps them keep learning and adapting throughout their careers.
Apprenticeships are becoming more popular in the U.S., offering a way to bring microcredentials into higher education and helping students earn industry-recognized certificates.
Read the full interview: Modern Campus Helps Students Make Better Career Choices
Study Findings: Most Young People Feel Uncertain About Their Career Path
Researcher: Morning Consult
Key findings:
66% of young people do not know exactly what career they want to pursue.
74% of young people believe more career and education information would expand their options.
62% of respondents feel they lack control over their careers due to external, personal, or family factors.
Read the full report here.
Book Lesson: 7 Steps to Creating a Picture of Your Ideal Career
Book: What Color Is Your Parachute?
Author: Richard N. Bolles
The "Flower Exercise" is a self-assessment tool designed to help you identify your ideal career. The exercise is structured like a flower with seven petals, each representing a different aspect of your life:
Skills and Knowledge: Identify your skills and the types of knowledge you enjoy using most.
Preferred Work Environment: Consider the type of environment where you feel most productive and comfortable (ex., indoors or outdoors, structured or flexible).
Values: Reflect on what matters most to you in a job (ex., helping others, making a lot of money, having work-life balance).
People You Enjoy Working With: Think about the kinds of people you work best with (ex., specific demographic, personality type).
Geography: Identify where you want to live and work (ex., a specific city, country, type of community).
Salary and Level of Responsibility: Consider your financial needs and the level of responsibility you're comfortable with in a job.
Purpose and Goal: Define your mission or the impact you want to have in your career.
Cheat Sheet: How to Stay Calm (Without Any Hacks)
Creator: Greg Isenberg
Excellent point about microcredentials. Earlier this year I did one about roadmapping. It was free and because it was sponsored by the Productboard I got to learn the tool too.
I may he wrong, but I feel like we can't fully predict how AI will affect our jobs, because we can't predict what it will definitely be able to do