ID: 127966
Date: Sunday, December 6, 2020
TEDx: Educating the next generation of jobseeker
Disciplines and future jobs
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In one of the most interesting TEDx podcast, education consultant, Alex Ellison had talked about her view on liberal arts education. She had argued that liberal arts education is an essential foundation for any career and explained how it gives job seekers the skills they need in their jobs.
Today, many students feel very stressed about choosing their disciplines for two main reasons. The first reason is the available options that they have to get a proper job in the future. The second one is technology and late capitalism, which had affected the job markets.
Therefore, to help them, many parents and educators suggest to them visit the occupational information network website, where they can find a lot of information about the labor market. For example, O net online is a website sponsored by the Labor Department. It has detailed descriptions for hundreds of jobs.
Even though this kind of website is useful and efficient in offering counsel to students. However, Mrs. Ellison sees this as an unreasonable way to guide the students because it teaches the student that the job is just about money and the lucrative. Thus, they will forget the most significant thing in the job, which are philosophy and creativity.
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Mrs. Ellison said that " I think it's kind of sad when I see so many of our at risk students, being trapped into very finite and specific vocational and technical programs,"
Therefore, she asked all the teachers to assist their students at risk by giving them all the tools which will lead them to find the right path of their disciplines. Furthermore, she believes that parents should not ask their children to pick a career at 18.
She adds, "because, unfortunately, they will not be going to have a career for the rest of their life,"
Although students and job seekers already have the employer's skills they want and need in their jobs. However, on the other hand, they should not be stopping acquiring new skills. Because in the future, this skill will be their currency, which will help them find their dream job.













