Top skills employers look for
Remain relevant in the workplace
Advances in technology have impacted the way in which we work and transformed the way organizations operate and connect with their customers. As technology seeps into every part of the enterprise, businesses are revolutionizing job roles. Look out for the Scrum Master (Facilitator), Customer Delight Team Lead (Customer Services), Digital Overlord (Web Master), Chief Dot-Joiner (Project Manager), Culture Guardian (HR) and Conversation Architect (Sales). All of these are traditional roles with a modern skills reboot.
To remain relevant, you need to keep your personal competency up to date with new trends, knowledge and skills.
Who are the most employable people?
Hiring managers (Talent Officer) and HR professionals (Culture Guardians) now look deeper than purely experience and education. They want a person with a breadth of skills, good cultural fit and ‘that little something’ that differentiates them from the next candidate.
Identify the gaps in your skillset
To identify your skill gaps look first at your own competencies. Start by identifying your strengths, then concentrate on key areas to develop to enhance your relevance and value.
As the professional world races forward, there is an expectation that individuals will rapidly embrace modern practices such as remote working, digital processes and automated capabilities. Constant change becomes the norm and abilities such as agility, self-management, collaboration, leadership and communication are an expectation as part of our personal offering.
Once you have established your unique capabilities, you can start ‘building your own self’. As well as your strengths, learn what your weaknesses are and look to develop in these areas. For instance, though an accomplished engineer may be proficient academically, they may struggle with building professional relationships and conveying messaging in a way that people can understand and embrace.
APMG’s Next Generation Professional
At APMG we focus on lifelong learning and professional development. We have consulted our global team of experts as well as our community of Accredited Training Organizations to achieve the ideal set of skills and competencies for the ‘Next Generation Professional’. Much of our inspiration came from resources such as the World Economic Forum
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APMG Accredited Training and Certification
APMG’s qualifications allow you to convert aptitude into demonstrable capability. You could shift your career from Project Manager to a Transformation Director by completing a professional certification such as Change Management or AgileDS.
We accredit a huge range of courses and certifications including AgilePM, Business Relationship Management, Change Management, and PS Professional. The portfolio of training and exams can help you to develop professionally in areas such as; agility, collaboration, change management or personal effectiveness. Successful candidates can demonstrate their knowledge with a dynamic, secure digital badge which proves they have passed their exam.
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We’d love to know your thoughts. What would your Next Generation Professional look like? Do you look like this one?
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Skills, Competencies and Attributes
Which ones do you have?
Which ones are you missing?
What skills, competencies and attributes would you add to the list?
Adaptive
Agile
Authenticity
Change Agent
Collaborative
Communicator
Complex Problem Solving
Continuous Improvement
Critical Thinking
Curious
Empathy
Enabler
Flexible
Influencer
Innovative
Leadership
Learning Mindset
Listener
Openness
Personal Effectiveness
Proactive
Self-Managing
Self-Awareness
Servant Leadership
Understanding
