1. What Counselors
Should Know about
21st Century
Competencies
February
3,
2016
2:00
pm
ET
#CEWEquity
#counselors
#collegeaccess
#schoolcounselors
#NCSW16
#competencies
#scchat
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities Employers Want
Helping students think of how to prepare for their futures

2. Center
on
Educa-on
and
the
Workforce
Presenters
Anthony
Carnevale
Founder
&
Director
Nicole
Smith
Chief
Economist
Jennifer
Landis-­‐Santos
Counselor
Webinar
Moderator

3. Webinar
Agenda
The
webinar
is
being
recorded
and
will
be
posted
on
our
website
1) Why
the
economy
has
shiCed
from
requiring
high
school
to
postsecondary
training
(10
minutes)
2) Employers’
most
valued
skills
and
knowledge
factors
for
today
(5
minutes)
3) Keywords
for
resumes
and
cover
lePers
(5
minutes)
4) Answering
live
audience
quesRons
(20
-­‐
30
minutes)

4. 1. Productivity improvements that allow a shift from goods to more education
intensive services
2. Upskilling due to the production of new kinds of value
3. New education intensive production recipes to achieve new kinds of value
in every industry
4. New information technology automates repetitive tasks and leaves non-
repetitive tasks to workers
5. New organizational networks for production and service delivery
WORKFORCE
DEVELOPMENT
Reasons
the
U.S.
economy
has
shiGed
from
an
industrial
economy
(driven
by
high
school)
to
a
service
economy
(driven
by
postsecondary)
in
recent
years:

5.
Today’s
jobs
use
a
variety
of
cogniRve
and
non-­‐cogniRve
skills
at
various
degrees
of
intensity
Interconnec-vity
of
various
competencies
(cogni-ve
and
non-­‐cogni-ve)
is
required
for
success
in
the
workforce.

6. Mechanical
skills
and
those
requiring
physical
prowess
have
declined
as
a
requirement
for
success
in
occupa-ons
over
the
last
150
years

7. The
use
of
analy-cal
and
informa-on
processing
skills
in
occupa-ons
has
increased
drama-cally
over
the
last
150
years

8. Business,
management,
and
informa-on
technology
are
the
most
important
knowledge
factors
across
occupa-ons
today.

9. Analy-cal
and
social
skills
are
highly
valued
throughout
the
workforce.

10. Intellectual
ability
is
more
highly
valued
throughout
the
economy
than
physical
and
mechanical
abili-es.

11. Cogni-ve
abili-es
have
increased,
though
some
-­‐
like
oral
comprehension
and
oral
expression
-­‐
more
than
others.

12. Counselors
hold
a
unique
and
important
role
in
helping
students
understand
their
career
pathways.

13.
Frequently
Requested
Skills
by
Employers
From
Online
Job
Pos-ngs
Key
job
terms
cew.georgetown.edu/competencies-­‐handout

14. Live
Ques-ons
and
Answers
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#competencies
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#NCSW16
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fill
out
a
brief
survey:
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The webinar is being recorded and can later be found on our website: http://cew.georgetown.edu

15. DATA
SOURCES
1. Center
on
EducaRon
and
the
Workforce’s
Analysis
of
U.S.
Department
of
Labor’s
O*NET
database
(17.0
and
20.1)
2. Center
on
EducaRon
and
the
Workforce’s
Analysis
of
Historical
Census
Data
(American
Community
Survey
2010
-­‐
2012
pooled
data)
3. Center
on
EducaRon
and
the
Workforce’s
Analysis
of
Burning
Glass
Technologies
online
job
posRngs
data
(2012)
4. Center
on
EducaRon
and
the
Workforce’s
Analysis
of
Burning
Glass
Technologies
online
job
posRngs
data
(2013)

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