How to Future-Proof Your Career

Other High School Post-Secondary *Applicable to Any Program

The presentation looks at how the workplace is changing and how individuals need to prepare for it. First, we take a brief look at how the workplace is changing due to changes in technology. Next, we look at how the changing workforce—the people who work—is having an impact on the workplace. These two major causes of change in the workplace — technology and people — require workers to have specific capabilities. These capabilities are mostly not new. What is new is that these “durable capabilities” are becoming even more important. They are becoming so important, in fact, that we need to do more to teach them to others and to develop them in ourselves. The core of the presentation consists of five practices that anyone can use to help “future-proof” their career, whether they are educators, learners, or business clients.