Diversifying skills to increase job advantages
The labor market is changing rapidly, leading to increasing demands on workers.
If professional knowledge and qualifications were previously considered an important foundation, now businesses also focus on adaptability, practical skills and how candidates apply knowledge to work.
According to Mr. Do Ngoc Son - Director of ST Lighthouse Soft Skills Academy, young people need to proactively build a suitable learning roadmap, clearly identify the knowledge and skills that need to be supplemented at each stage instead of just focusing on the expertise trained at the school.
Learning more external skills does not mean underestimating specialized knowledge. Conversely, expertise is still the foundation for building professional competence, but it needs to be combined with practical skills so that candidates can better meet job requirements.
“Besides the subjects in school, young people can also learn foreign languages, communication skills, presentation, teamwork, building relationships and self-marketing. These are all necessary skills in work,” Mr. Do Ngoc Son said.
In particular, according to Mr. Do Ngoc Son, young people need to train professional thinking and the ability to apply knowledge to reality. This is a factor that helps candidates not only complete their work but also create their own mark in a competitive environment.
One of the very important skills is real-world thinking, as well as career thinking. To create a difference for employers, you should cultivate more skills in addition to the knowledge in school," Mr. Do Ngoc Son emphasized.
Businesses value coordination
From the perspective of recruitment, Mr. Le Minh Tu - Head of QC group concurrently in charge of Project Recruitment Department, Vincons Construction Investment and Development Joint Stock Company - believes that adaptability is becoming one of the factors that businesses are interested in when evaluating candidates.
According to Mr. Tu, each business has a different culture, operating method and job requirements. Therefore, in addition to expertise, employees need to be able to coordinate with colleagues, integrate into the environment and comply with common procedures.
In addition to expertise, businesses especially value the ability to adapt to the working environment, teamwork skills and the spirit of learning," said Mr. Le Minh Tu.
In which, teamwork skills play an important role because most jobs today require coordination between many individuals and departments. A person with good expertise but lacking communication and coordination skills or not familiar with teamwork can also encounter difficulties in integrating with the business.
Each business has its own culture and operating methods. The ability to integrate, work in groups and comply with common procedures will help employees develop their abilities well," Mr. Tu said.
In addition, young people need to maintain a learning spirit in the working process. Continuously updating knowledge, supplementing skills and being ready to adapt to new requirements will help workers not be passive in the face of market changes.
According to Mr. Le Minh Tu, preparing for the labor market is not just a process that takes place before the time of finding a job but needs to be maintained for a long time. Young people need to consolidate their expertise, practice skills, take care of their health and maintain a spirit of learning to gradually improve their capacity.
The current labor market is changing very quickly. Adaptability, perseverance and continuous self-improvement will help you create advantages in the process of finding a job as well as developing your career," Mr. Le Minh Tu emphasized.
