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Wei: 我们之前的专家小组讨论了当前劳动力的硬技能， Wei: Our last panel has discussed the hard skills for the
数据科学和人工智能是一些最热门的高需求领域。在工作 current workforce, data science and AI are some of the
hottest areas with high demand. What skills are most
中，什么技能最受重视? 我们如何为此做准备？ prized in the workplace? How do we prepare ourselves to
succeed and to advance in our career?
Maggie：没有人预计到 2020 年会这样开始，也没有人知
道从那之后世界上会有多少“黑天鹅”。统计数据还显示， Maggie: No one expects 2020 to open this way, and no one
我们在大学所学的 50%在毕业时已经过时了。在这个充满 knows how many black swans the world will have after that.
快速变化、技术不断迭代的不确定时代中，快速学习能力， Statistics also show that 50% of what we learn in college is out
以及愿意接受变化和适应变化 的心态是关键。你在大学里 of date by the time we graduate. In this uncertain era of rapid
change, technological disruption, and ever-increasing iteration,
积累的知识只让你步入职场，而整个职业生涯是一场马拉 a quick learning ability, a willingness to embrace and adapt to
松。这并不意味着你进了精英学校，你就都妥了。向长远 change, is the key to staying connected. The knowledge you
来看, 你不仅需要不断重复你的知识, 还需要不断发展其他 accumulated in college is just a steppingstone to the workplace.
软技能: 沟通的能力,有效地团队合作能力, “可靠的”执行 Your career is a marathon. It doesn't mean you get into an elite
力, 和情绪管理能力等等。随着你在职业生涯中进入管理 school and you're done for good. In the long run of life, you not
岗位，这些软技能将变得越来越重要。东亚的传统教育模 only need to constantly iterate on your knowledge, but also
式并不注重软实力的发展，但无论是西方还是东方的职场， constantly develop the other soft skills: the ability to
这些能力都是一样的。 communicate with others, the ability to work effectively with a
team, the ability to "reliable" executive ability, the ability to
Paulina: 确实是这样，及时沟通，快速学习都归结为你经 manage emotions, and so on. As you move into management
常听到的硬技能和软技能的结合。不同的是，可以在面试 roles in your career, these soft skills will become increasingly
过程中测试你的硬技能，但软技能没有那么明确，或许可 important. The traditional education mode of east Asia is not
paying attention to the development of the soft power, but these
以评估你与他人相处的能力，以观众视角来沟通你的想法， abilities in both the Western or Eastern workplace are the same.
以及与团队合作的能力。这就是组合的力量。你的技术技
能就是筹码。我当然可以谈谈多伦多的就业市场，这是一 Professional qualifications are the way to demonstrate your
个非常艰难的市场，因为我们有很多受过高等教育的人。 learning ability and skills, but they are not required, except for
很多人都有超级难拿到的 CFA证书，或者金融硕士或其他 specific positions. Most enterprises recruit fresh graduates
according to the job demand, and will provide relevant support
证书，这将告诉雇主你能够快速掌握新技能。如果你大学 and training. For new grads, recruiters often make decisions
毕业后很快就找到了工作，那是因为第一个职位更需要你 based on your behavior, attitude, and future potential. Your
的技术技能。你在职业生涯中取得的进步越多，软技能就 attitude reflects your values and can be a good indicator of how
变得越重要。所以这是一种结合。软技能也依赖于文化。 far you'll go in your career. At some companies, the hiring
态度和行为肯定会受到你来自哪里的影响，所以如果你来 process begins the moment you step foot in the front desk,
自中国、加拿大、波兰、日本或其他任何国家，情况会有 where the staff, who are part of the panel, will observe a more
所不同。 authentic version of you in your natural state.
Paulina: That is absolutely the case, but you need to
communicate that learning agility very quickly and make
people believe that. So it comes down to a combination of hard
and soft skills that you keep hearing about. The difference is
that they can test you on hard skills during the interview process,
but the soft skills are less defined but they assess your ability to
play well with others, communicate your ideas in a way that is
understood by your audience, and work well with a team. So
that is the power of combination. Your technical skills are table
stakes, you need to have whatever skills they're looking for in
that marketplace. I can certainly speak about Toronto, because
it is, in some ways, a very tough market because we have a lot
of very highly educated individuals. So many people have their
CFA charters which is super hard to get, or a Masters of Finance
or other certifications, and this will tell the employer that you
are agile and able to pick up new skills quickly. If you've
managed to get a role fairly soon out of undergrad it is because
your technical skills are more in demand with the first position
and thus take a higher weight in the hiring managers process.
The more you progress within your career, the more important
soft skills become. So it really is about that combination. That
soft skills are culture-dependent too, the attitudes and behaviors
are certainly affected by where you are from and where you're
looking, so it would be different if you're looking in China,
Canada, Poland, Japan or any other country.
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