Future skills – important for the labour market

Why is it important to think about future skills?

  • According to projections, today’s young person – you – will have at least 17 different jobs and five careers in your lifetime.
  • Due to the rapid development of automation and artificial intelligence, 1/3 of jobs will likely disappear in the next ten years, and new jobs requiring new skills will emerge.
  • According to the World Economic Forum, only one in four young people today have the skills for the future.

How can you be ready? Try the Future Skills Self-Assessment Tool!

  • The self-assessment scenarios will guide you to critically assess your skills and identify areas to develop to be better prepared for future challenges.
  • You’ll get feedback on nine future-oriented skills that the university will support you in: self-management, communication, collaboration, problem-solving, creativity, critical thinking, digital skills, entrepreneurship, and sustainability.
Some facts about FUTURE SKILLS what university support
(click on the skill title to read more about the skill)
Self-management skills
  • 75% of recruiters base their salary increases on an employee’s emotional intelligence, including self-management skills.
Communication skills
  • Jobs that require good communication skills are best protected from automation.
  • The World Economic Forum predicts a 37% increase in jobs requiring high social skills by 2030.
  • According to LinkedIn, communication skills are among the TOP3 future job skills.
Collaborative skills
  • 86% of employees and managers consider a lack of cooperation or ineffective communication in the workplace as a reason for failure.
Problem-solving skills
  • Only one in four Estonians have good or excellent problem-solving skills.
Creativity
  • According to the World Economic Forum 2023, creativity is the No.1 skill of the future, transferable to jobs across different sectors.
Critical thinking skills
  • People with good critical thinking are better than average at spotting fake news.
Digital skills
  • 37% of workers in Europe lack even basic digital skills.
Entrepreneurship
  • Wharton Business School surveyed its 11,000 graduates and found that entrepreneurial alumni were, on average, happier and more satisfied with life than non-entrepreneurial alumni.
Sustainability
  • Green jobs are expected to grow by 66% by 2030, making sustainability a key future skill.
  • It is the green revolution that is reshaping the structure of the economy the most, leading to a surge in the need for sustainability-minded workers.
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