"The illiterate of the 21st Century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn."
Simulated Workplace
Diverse Job Roles, Diverse Companies and Diverse Industries
Bridge Your Skills Gap
Identify the Right Skills You Need and Combine Them to Create a Unique Value
In a constantly evolving professional landscape, many jobs and skills become obsolete due to technological advancements and automation, while new ones emerge in response to these changes. It's crucial to expand your skill set and be more versatile, adaptable, and collaborative to navigate this dynamic environment.
With industries evolving at breakneck speed, mastering the right skills makes the difference. Investing time and money in skills that don't align with your career goals and industry needs leads to frustration and missed opportunities. But how do you find the right skills to bridge your skills gap and stay relevant? Here's a clear strategy to identify the right skills you need.
Explore Diverse Job Roles to Get Industry Exposure and Identify Skills that Matter Most
Start exploring diverse job roles and get industry exposure. This exposure provides you with a basic understanding of job-specific skills and their application in real-world work. Observe the skills in action and identify those skills that align with your own career goals and industry needs.
Add them to your complementary or core set of skills in a T-shaped model, acquire them by leveraging curated resources provided to you and expand your unique skill set.
Select job roles that align with your career goals and know about skills, tools, concepts, and basic terminologies.
Observe a professional, understand industry dynamics, and learn how a skill is applied practically in real-world situations.
Determine if the skill is complementary or core to your career goals, and combine skills creatively to form a T-shaped profile.
Based on the skill's complementary or core alignment, start learning it to achieve functional or proficient literacy.
"Great at One, Good at Many"
- a smart strategy to enhance one's employability
Developing a T-shaped profile—having a broad understanding of various fields while specialising in one's chosen discipline—illustrates this concept and serves as an effective strategy for navigating a dynamic job market.
"Jack of many trades and master of at least one."
What is a T-Shaped Skill Set?
A T-shaped skill set refers to a combination of deep expertise in a specific field (core skills represented by the vertical bar of the T) and broad knowledge with functional literacy across diverse disciplines that may be adjacent or related (complementary and transferable skills represented by the horizontal bar of the T).
A Few Examples
A software engineer who not only codes proficiently but also understands user experience (UX) principles and visual design basics.
A musician who is also a software engineer develops an AI-driven music production app.
A great writer who understands psychology → Creates content that persuades and sells.
A restaurant manager who develops financial literacy can make stronger strategic decisions.
"The future belongs to those who learn new skills and combine them in creative ways."
- Robert Greene
Explore
Multiple Job Roles
01
Experience
New Fields
02
Establish
A T-Shaped Profile
03
Enhance
Your Employability
04
Learn by Shadowing
How You Explore a Job Role
Here’s a step-by-step guide to exploring a job role and enhancing your employability.
Step 1
Select a job role and know the key skills, tools, concepts and terminologies.
Step 2
Shadow a professional and understand how a skill is applied practically.
Step 3
Learn real-world problem-solving through an interactive use case.
Step 4
Understand how you collaborate with cross-functional team members.
Step 5
Complete real-world tasks and have a taste of what it’s like to do the task.
Step 6
Earn a 'Certificate of Exploration' and add value to your resume.
Step 7
Acquire the skill by utilizing the curated resources provided in the program.
Step 8
Connect the dots to find a combination of skills that fit well together.
Added Benefits
While exploring the job role, you also:
Gain basic
domain knowledge.
Improve
commercial awareness.
Develop
big-picture thinking.
Find
skill alignment.
What You Get
Why Employers Look for a T-Shaped Profile
Individuals with a T-shaped profile possess an interdisciplinary background and can see the big picture, approaching problems from various perspectives.
This fosters creativity and collaboration, making them better equipped to navigate complex projects that require knowledge from multiple domains. Below are a few traits that employers value in them.
Find Your Ikigai
You are Unique
Everyone is unique with their own strengths and talents.
"There is no more effective way to empower people than to see each person in terms of his or her strengths."
- Donald Clifton
Discover what makes you unique and nurture those qualities, as they will ultimately bring you profound joy and attract recognition and rewards you truly deserve.
