The All-Important Education and Employability Skills In the past, all you needed for a job was to be available. Then, you needed an education. Nowadays, even more is expected. Here are the three education and employability skills that all companies look for.

Why do job patterns change? When trying to find a job, it’s very useful to find out what factors will affect future jobs. Here are three of most important to look out for.

Economic growth: Monitor local and international economies, as these can greatly affect job opportunities!

Technology: As technologies grow exponentially, so will jobs! If you learn to use these technologies, doors will open everywhere.

Consumer behaviour: Our society runs on supply and demand. The more demand, the more jobs there will be.

Your Job, Your Future! Although your future job will be a huge part of your life, it is sometimes hard to find one. This brochure will help you find your ideal future job!

Jobs, present and future Which industries employ the most people?

That is the question you should be asking yourself. Look at the chart below to see the answer.

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Academic: provides the foundation for good communication skills, a capacity to analyse, evaluate and solve problems and to learn new assignments and new ways of doing the job when technology changes.

Personal management skills: positive attitude, ability to take responsibility and be accountable, ability to deal with changes in the workplace and be innovative,

Future Job Trends Where are job trends are headed in the future?

a) For university graduates?

Management skills, which are usually gained through experience following a period of formal education and training, will account for about 11 per cent of all new jobs.

Occupations requiring a university degree are expected to account for 25 per cent of new jobs.

b. For those without a university degree?

Those with extensive post-secondary but less than university degree requirements will account for 35 per cent of new jobs.

c. For those requiring high-school or specific training?

Occupations requiring high school and/or occupation-specific training are expected to account for 19 per cent of new jobs.

What new occupations and industries are emerging?

Soon, there will be hundreds of news types of jobs, most of which nobody today can imagine. For example, here are few that didn’t exist a few years ago: webmaster, multimedia specialist, computer security specialist, global positioning systems technician, direct broadcast satellite technician, avionics technician, and electronic commerce specialist.

What kinds of jobs are available in different industries?

Here are a few facts that might help you in choosing your future job.

The service-producing industries need people in a broad range of occupations – about 11 per cent of jobs are in management occupations, 21 per cent in business, finance and administrative occupations, and 28 per cent in sales and service occupations.

The largest share of employment in the manufacturing industry is in occupations that are unique to processing, manufacturing and utilities.

In the construction industry, trades, transport and equipment operators represent 69 per cent of that industry's employment.

In primary industry, 68 per cent of employment is unique to that industry, although these industries also employ people in management, business, finance and administrative, natural and applied science and sales and service occupations.