Valeria Kazachenko. Job applications in 2030: Do students have the right skills?

https://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/article/job-applications-2030-do-students-have-right-skills

The speaker is Mike Mayer. He is from Pearson
English for the workplace
About: employability in the future, skills, tools, resourses (Sp) which can support teachers who are working with the (ART)  future employees.

What are employees are looking for today?

Fluency in English is in the second place in top 5 requirements
91 %  it's benefitial (Sp) of their profitability
68% assessed the proficiency of English

The future of English 2025

English will continue to be the lingua franca in the European Union/
Employers will continue to need employeers (Sp) who have high level  (Sp) English skills, including for specific tasks, such as nogotiating (Sp), solving logical problems or presenting a new strategy.
Adults will need specific short courses with a very specific goal - employment (top-up tuition)

Important skills for an employee
Attending, running meetings

Comments

  1. Natalia EydelmanApril 14, 2019 at 8:11 PM

    Lera,

    thank you for sharing the summary of this presentation with your peers and me. What useful things have you learned from this talk? What conclusions can you make from listening to it?

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    1. Natalia EydelmanApril 20, 2019 at 9:07 PM

      Content 4.5
      Organisation 4: you should have provided more details
      Mechanics 4

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