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Exploring and Preparing for the World of Work
B1. Exploring Work Trends and the Importance of Transferable Skills By the end of this course, students will:
OVERALL EXPECTATION
B1. demonstrate an understanding, based on research, of a variety of local and global trends related to work and employment, including the effect some of those trends have had on workers’ rights and responsibilities and on the role of transferable skills in career development today
SPECIFIC EXPECTATIONS
B1.1 identify some recent and evolving technological, economic, and social trends that have influenced the world of work, both locally and globally, noting their impact
on the kind of work we do and how we do it as well as on workers’ rights and respon- sibilities, and analyse the possible impact of those trends on their own choices now and in the future
Examples
Trends that affect the work we do: the growth of automation, robotics, artificial intelligence, and new digital technologies, which has brought about a wide range of changes, including: increasing opportunities in STEM fields (science, technology, engineering, mathematics), technological advancements in industries such as manu- facturing and the agri-food industry, growing demand for highly skilled workers who perform “knowledge-intensive tasks” and for skilled tradespeople familiar with new technologies; globalization, which has created a growing demand for remote workers all over the world who bring strong communication and collaborative skills to team-based global projects; significant social changes, such as an aging population and the retirement of many current workers, which has led to increased opportunities in health care and support service jobs
Trends that are changing how we work: the growth of platform economies, which has increased opportunities for entrepreneurship and eliminated a variety of traditional
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