Research and news to ponder
2023 Skills Priority List – Top 20 Occupations in Demand Nationally
| Top 20 occupations in demand |
|---|
| Registered Nurses |
| Advertising and Sales Managers |
| Software and Applications Programmers |
| Generalist Medical Practitioners |
| Motor Mechanics |
| Construction Managers |
| Child Carers |
| Aged and Disabled Carers |
| Retail Managers |
| Metal Fitters and Machinists |
| Human Resource Professionals |
| Electricians |
| Civil Engineering Professionals |
| Chefs |
| Early Childhood (Pre-primary School) Teachers |
| Advertising and Marketing Professionals |
| Occupational Therapists |
| Solicitors |
| Social Workers |
| Physiotherapists |
Top 10 skills of 2025 – according to the World Economic Forum https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2020/10/top-10-work-skills-of-tomorrow-how-long-it-takes-to-learn-them/
Getting young people to do things for themselves – Lucy Sattler from Study Work Grow.
A great read for educators, parents and carers about the importance and value of young people being the ones to initiate contact and communication. Plus some tips for this.
“When we let young people take their own first steps (or simply refuse to do it for them) we are actually giving them the skills they need to be able to do this for themselves later on.
If they've had to make the effort themselves, there's a greater chance that the young person will engage with the process and get more out of it, which is all down to the Ikea Effect”