Are You An Information Worker?
I’m thankful that I found this article. No matter what anyone thinks of Bill Gates I am certain that I’ll continue to respect a man who has had the type of enormous success he has had.
Therefore;
“If you look at how progress is made and where competitive advantage is created, there’s no doubt that the ability to use software tools effectively is critical to succeeding in today’s global knowledge economy.
A solid working knowledge of productivity software and other IT tools has become a basic foundation for success in virtually any career.
Beyond that, however, I don’t think you can overemphasise the importance of having a good background in maths and science.
Today and in the future, many of the jobs with the greatest impact will be related to software, whether it is developing software working for a company like Microsoft or helping other organisations use information technology tools to be successful.
Communication skills and the ability to work well with different types of people are very important too.
I also place a high value on having a passion for ongoing learning. When I was pretty young, I picked up the habit of reading lots of books.”
I found this in a related article “Computer knowledge undervalued”;
“Microsoft’s survey was conducted to mark the first anniversary of the Leitch report into overcoming the skills gap in the UK economy.
The review suggested the establishment of a new Commission for Employment & Skills, and said that employers should have a greater say in training schemes and more responsibility for improving skills in the workplace.
According to some estimates, as many as 6.8 million adults in the UK lack basic qualifications, and have skills needs in numeracy, literacy and information technology.”
And it is my personal opinion that this approaches one of the dumbest ideas ever - employers actually interested in their employees bettering themselves? Never happen - greed outweighs the proper mindset.
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1 opinion for Are You An Information Worker?
Jay, writer MemberSpeed.com
Dec 24, 2007 at 1:38 am
With this world, one can never be too sure. Sometimes, employers would want you to better yourself because it’s all for the sake of the growth of the company. Better service and all that… On the other hand, there are also employers who do not wish their underlings to become better for fear that they will actually be better than themselves and leave the company.
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