[Article] “These skills make you most employable. Coding isn’t one — can that be right?” by Benjamin Todd

A data-driven ranking of which job skills make you most employable by 80,000 Hours, a career research group founded by Oxford academics.

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Outline:

(02:04) Which job skills are most employable? Our methodology and results.

(06:23) Why aren't STEM skills used in the most desirable jobs?

(07:38) How trends in automation impact STEM skills

(09:53) Evidence for an oversupply of (some) STEM skills

(12:35) Evidence for the importance of soft skills

(13:44) What drove the lower scores in our analysis?

(16:47) Might our analysis undervalue STEM skills?

(19:19) Should you learn STEM skills? Perhaps.

(19:36) An analysis of time spent building job skills

(21:18) Causal analysis of the returns to education

(23:16) Other evidence and considerations

(25:01) What are the most valuable combinations of job skills?

(25:49) Conclusion: which skills should you learn?

The original text contained 8 footnotes which were omitted from this narration.

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First published:
July 14th, 2017

Last updated:
August 5th, 2017

Source:
https://80000hours.org/articles/skills-most-employable

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