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The most in-demand still right now is the ability to creatively & independently solve problems.
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It’s also one of those things that tends to be a soft requirement. It’s not always in the job description, but in a deep dive conversation with the hiring managers, it’s what everyone really wants.
“Entrepreneurial mindset” as the kids call it. Not just in small companies, but mid/large orgs want people who have demonstrated with tangible experience that you can solve complex problems.
(Side note: if you’re interviewing, have a few specific examples of how you’ve done this in your back pocket. You’re welcome.)
But solving problems requires experience to pull from. Experience is hard to get when you don’t already have it. Which partially explains Gen Z’s 12% unemployment rate (among those with degrees.)
Of course, the solve for not having experience, but needing to make ends meet: side hustles. Which ironically, helps people build the very same problem solving skills (via self-training) that everyone wants.
So it’s no coincidence that entrepreneurial rates have skyrocketed to all time highs. (Here.)
Long story short: employers are picky and want experienced hires, but it’s going to build a generation of entrepreneurs who may someday disrupt those picky companies.
As Ian Malcolm would say: life finds a way.
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