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

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A data-driven ranking of which job skills make you most employable by 80,000 Hours, a career research group founded by Oxford academics. Narrated by AI. ---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. --- First published: July 14th, 2017 Last updated: August 5th, 2017 Source: https://80000hours.org/articles/skills-most-employable --- Narrated by TYPE III AUDIO. ---Images from the article:Apple Podcasts and Spotify do not show images in the episode description. Try Pocket Casts, or another podcast app.

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