Why Life Long Learning Matters…
The more you learn, the more you earn and the less likely you are to become unemployed.
Education pays! Why? Because employers believe educated employees learn tasks more easily, take more initiative and are better organized.
Learning skills pays! Why? There are two main reasons:
- Employers are losing experienced, highly skilled workers due to older workers retiring in large numbers. Why should this matter to you? As these jobs become vacant, employers need employees that are highly skilled. Keep in mind these jobs typically pay high wages.
- Employers are starting to move their jobs outside of the U.S. to save money and speed up production time. Although jobs requiring a variety of skills are moved or “outsourced”, a large number of them are entry-level. Why should you care about this? The number of available entry-level jobs is shrinking, but the number of jobs requiring advanced technology skills and strong interpersonal or “people” skills is increasing rapidly.
Employers need you! But, they need you to have the “high tech – high touch” skills necessary to do the job.
IT’S ALL YOU! DON’T expect your future employer(s) to plan for or initiate your personal and professional development. It will be up to YOU to keep up as the skills and knowledge requirements of your career change. Be aware that your employer may or may not offer skill training or support for further education for its employees to keep up with these changes.
