21st Century Skills21st Century SkillsThe 21st Century Skills (21CS) are a set of skill competencies that every successful professionals need to nurture and develop. These skills are not only essential for our continuous personal growth but are also required for sustainable professional development in the dynamic and disruptive technology driven information age.
In the views of the Academicians and as per the Human Resource Management classifications, along with professionals from industries broadly categorize them in three segments representing the 3 fundamental dimension of our life and work:
The Learning Dimension is the foundational phase of every individual though spread across whole life span but the foundational blocks get placed during the early years.
The Learning Segment mainly contains the skills for easy and effective expression of what and how we THINK and FEEL and how we EXPRESS our thoughts and feelings (emotions) through various mediums.
The essential skills and the fundamental Elements of Learning includes COMMUNICATION, CREATIVITY, CRITICAL THINKING, COLLABORATIVE WORKING and SOCIAL CO-OPERATION – the Core Aspects of Community Life.
The Literary Dimension is the peripheral phase which starts from subject specific information gained in school and colleges followed by professional and technical literacy depending upon our choices for career and businesses.
With the influx of electronics gadgets and app-driven lifestyle, centered around social and media verticals the EMERGING TECHNOLOGY (ET), INFORMATION and MEDIA LITERACY and related subjects are taking centre stage and are expanding at a faster pace.
Though this section is ruling the Mindset of NxtGen Professionals, who are bitten by FOMO bug, and might yield better financial gains, but the over – dependence on technologies and literary web is distracting the foundational growth of individuals.
The Life Skill segment is the central phase of human personality and it includes the core elements required for holistic development of individuals.
The section of LIFE SKILLS is very broad but mainly highlights the aspect related to Flexibility, Adaptability, Productivity, Sociability, Leadership and Elements of Self-Initiation.
Just take some time out and reflect which particular dimension you are focusing right now. Is any particular segment dominating your personality or work life?
Also try to visualize How the Life/Work will be when you give equal focus on all three dimensions of your personal and professional life?