The world of work is changing faster and more drastically than at perhaps any other time in recent history. According to research from the World Economic Forum, 35% of the skills necessary to thrive in a job today will be different five years from now.
职场世界进步愈加快，可能比近代历史任何时期都要猛烈。依据世界经济平台的调查研究，现在可以作为职场应具备的获胜技能，其中有35%会与以后五年的完全不同。
How can we prepare for a workplace of the future if we’re not quite sure what it will look like? What skills or expertise should students focus on acquiring today if they want to succeed tomorrow? We spoke with five experts from the Forum’s Young Global Leaders community to get their opinion.
如果大家不太确定将来的职场是哪种，大家应该怎么样做好筹备?学生们假如想要在将来职场获得成功，那样应该专注学会那些技能或专长?本文编辑对五位来自世界经济平台中的年轻人领袖进行了采访，询问他们对于这类问题的想法。
Companies will want soft skills – so we must focus on teaching them
公司机构都需要软技能——因此大家需要专注这方面的培训
Esteban Bullrich, Argentinian Minister of Education
Esteban Bullrich，阿根廷教育部长
A child today can expect to change jobs at least seven times over the course of their lives – and five of those jobs don’t exist yet.
现在的青年，他们生活中至少会有七次改变工作的时候——并且其中有五种工作已经没有了。
To get a better understanding of the skills needed in these jobs of the future, we conducted a country|wide survey of almost 900 companies. The results confirmed that soft skills – such as teamwork, knowledge of digital tools, an understanding of rules and regulations, responsibility and commitment – are the most relevant for the future.
为了更好地知道将来的工作必须具备技能，大家进行了一次全国性的调查，调查了几近900家公司机构。调查的结果为以上了看法提供了佐证：软技能——譬如团队合作，数字工具的常识，对规章规范的认识，责任感与承诺——都是将来职场最需要的。
How can we teach our children these skills? In Argentina, we’re revolutionizing our curriculum to ensure they’re being taught across all subjects. And in Buenos Aires, we’ve introduced innovative classes like coding and entrepreneurship.
那样大家是怎么样教授孩子们这类技能的?在阿根廷，大家正在改革大家的课程安排，确保他们在学习所有科目的时候都有涉及到这类内容。在布宜诺斯艾利斯，大家已经引进革新的课堂，比如编程与企业家精神的培养。
But the revolution extends beyond the school gates. For example, we’ve created neighbourhood youth clubs where children can continue learning these skills after the school day is over. We’re also ensuring that each student completes a 200|hour professional practice course, so they can apply all the skills they’re learning to the world of work.
不只在校内，此场改革也延伸到了校门以外。比如，大家创建了邻里年轻人会所，孩子们可以在放学后继续学习这类技能。大家同时也在确保每个学生都能完成为期200小时的职业培训课程，因此他们就能把所有学习的技能运用到职场当中。
Data literacy with a strong dose of empathy
极具同理心的数据素养
Belinda Parmar, Chief Executive Officer, The Empathy Business
Belinda Parmar，“同理心企业”的首席实行官
Data is one of the driving forces of the Fourth Industrial Revolution. But sometimes, when we perceive the world through data|driven models, it can become harder to see the humanity behind the numbers. Technology thus has the potential to erode our sense of empathy.
数据是第四次产业革命的其中一股驱动力量。可是有时，当大家通过以数据为驱动的模型去察看世界，大家就非常难看到这类数字背后的人性。最后，科技就潜在地侵蚀大家换位考虑的意识。
The great challenge of the next 10 years for corporations and institutions will be to rebuild the empathy that we’ve lost. Companies will be looking for leaders who are able to help them do that – people with a trio of technical, linguistic and mathematical skills, who can make sense of the torrents of information that will continue to emerge.
以后的10年，公司和机构最大的改变，就会在于重建大家早已丢失的同理心。公司机构将会探寻可以帮助它们做到这件事情的领导者——拥有技术、语言及数学三大能力，他可以了解理解信息激流将会继续迸发。
This will require a new kind of “data literacy”, which will be in short supply, and therefore one of the most important skills of tomorrow.
这就需要新型的“数据素养”，将会供不应求，是以后非常重要的技能之一。
Skills that computers will never master – and great teachers to teach them
计算机永远没办法学会的技能——需要大师级才能教授
Vikas Pota, Chief Executive, Varkey Foundation
Vikas Pota，瓦尔基基金会的首席行政官
The Fourth Industrial Revolution will mean that, over the next four years, a third of the skills the economy needs will change due to automation. It is therefore impossible to predict which “hard skills” children in today’s classrooms will need for jobs they will enter in 15 years’ time. Who could have conceived two decades ago that there would be a whole new industry in search engine optimization?
第四次产业革命将会意味着，在以后的四年，经济进步所需的三分之一的技能都会终结为智能化操作。因此，大家没办法预测现在孩子们在学校学习的哪一项“硬技能”可以在以后15年里继续运用。哪个曾可以想到，在40年以前网站SEO会是一个全新的行业?
The jobs that even artificial intelligence can’t replace will be those that require strong human character traits. Workers will need empathy – the ability to persuade and to work well with others. They will need a positive attitude – the ability to relearn, go back to college, and adapt to new situations as old skills become obsolete. Thriving in this uncertain world, where careers could change every few years, will also require resilience.
那些甚至连AI都没办法取代的工作，将需要强大的人类性格特点。职员们都应拥有同理心——说服力及与别人友好相处的能力。他们还需要有积极的态度——再学习的能力，重返校园，在旧技能被淘汰的时候适应新状况。在现在充满不确定的世界兴盛进步，每过几年职业都或许会改变的世界，还需要韧性。
These “soft” skills are hard to teach – and, as much as mathematics or science, will demand great teachers.
这类“软”技能是非常难教授的——并且，好似数学或科学，都需要大师级才能给予引导。
Ditch the rote learning and focus on transferable skills
不再死记硬背，专注可迁移技能
Biola Alabi, Founder, Grooming for Greatness
Biola Alabi Grooming for Greatness创办者
The world of work is changing, and if we are to keep up, we must focus on learning new skills.
职场世界日新月异，假如大家想要追赶上时尚，大家需要专注学习新技能。
One of the most important skills for the workforce of the future will be critical thinking. Given how much “noise” there is in this digital age, individuals must be able to sieve through huge volumes of data to establish which information is most relevant – and to make quick decisions based on this.
将来职场非常重要的技能之一会是批判性考虑。考虑到数字年代有这样多的“噪音”，每个人都需要可以在很多的数据之中做出筛选，打造最有关的信息处置——并且以此为基础迅速做出决定。
Adaptability will be another crucial skill. The challenges organizations face are more complex than in the past, so specializations will no longer be enough to solve key problems. We will instead need to develop skills that allow us to navigate and find comfort in ambiguity. A person’s capacity to apply concepts, ideas and problem|solving techniques across different sectors will determine whether or not they’ll thrive in the future workplace.
适应能力也是必不可少的技能。公司机构面临的改变比过去的更复杂多样，因此专精职业将不再足以解决重点问题。相反，大家需要培养为大家引导导航、在不清楚的状况中安然自若的技能。一个人在不同环节中运用定义、想法与解决问题的能力，将会决定他们能否在将来职场茁壮成长。
If all this is to happen, the way we learn must also change. Today’s classrooms need to focus more on teaching leadership, flexibility and teamwork instead of times tables.
假如这所有都会发生，大家学习的方法也需要改变。现在的课堂需要更专注于传授领导力、灵活性与团队合作的能力的常识，而不是制作时间表。
An entrepreneurial spirit – and the skills to know how to apply it
企业家精神——还要了解怎么样运用它
Veronica colondam, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, YCAB Foundation
Veronica colondam，YCAB 基金会的创办者及首席实行官
I’ve spent years working with some of Indonesia’s poorest. They are among the most entrepreneurial people you could meet – everyone is selling something. Of course, this is driven more by necessity than choice – it’s a survival skill.
我花了好几年时间与一些印度尼西亚最贫穷的人一块工作。他们是你或许会遇到的大部分企业人士——每个人都在销售。当然，这是更受必要性而不是选择性所驱动——是一项求生技能。
But I also think this entrepreneurial spirit could be the key to pulling people out of poverty. I’ve seen this first|hand: when these people are given access to capital, and are taught the skills needed to grow their business , their incomes often double or even triple. It’s these skills that will be the defining ones of the future, I believe.
不过，我还觉得这种企业精神会成为帮助大家摆脱贫穷的重点。我已经亲眼见识过了：当这类人获得了资本的途径，掌握了必要的做买卖技能，他们的收入常常都会翻倍甚至三倍增长。我觉得正是这类技能，就是将来的决定性技能。
It is not enough to be innovative, or collaborative, it’s also about knowing when to apply each of them, and how they can be used in a business context.
拥有创造力或合作能力还不够，还需要知道怎么样把它们一一运用起来，与怎么样运用到商业环境当中。
If we can ensure people like those I have worked with in Indonesia are equipped with these skills, we will help create a generation of innovators who are not only surviving, but are actually contributing to improving the state of the world. The future belongs to these innovative and creative people.
假如大家可以保证，像那些我过去在印度尼西亚一块共事的人一样拥有这类技能，大家就可以帮助大家创造一个世代的创造家，不只可以养活自己，还能真正地为改变这个世界作出贡献。将来是是这类既有革新能力又有创造力的人的。
