The job market of the future is all about skills
Aneesh Raman
December 13, 2022
The end of the year is often a time for reflection. Reflection about the biggest changes in the year that’s past as well as the biggest changes in the year to come.
I’m ending this year with a longer-term view, thinking about how many of the changes reshaping the world of work today are actually part of a much larger shift, one that’s been unfolding for years and is impacting not just labor markets but how all economies and societies function.
At the heart of this shift is skills, and the realization that we’ve been thinking about skills all wrong: overestimating skills for those who developed them through the traditional pathways like higher education, and underestimating skills for just about everyone else.
