{"id":53183,"date":"2016-01-13T17:54:07","date_gmt":"2016-01-13T22:54:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/?p=53183"},"modified":"2016-01-14T11:08:51","modified_gmt":"2016-01-14T16:08:51","slug":"houston-we-have-a-problem-here","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/2016\/01\/13\/houston-we-have-a-problem-here\/","title":{"rendered":"Houston, we have a problem here."},"content":{"rendered":"<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><em>From DSC:<\/em><br \/>\nBelow are 2 articles that I ran across, almost back to back.\u00a0 Check them out and see if you, too, don&#8217;t see a major gap here. Though not really news, it doesn&#8217;t seem that we&#8217;re making much progress either.<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.inc.com\/business-insider\/25-skills-that-you-need-to-get-a-new-job.html\" target=\"_blank\">The 25 Skills You Must Master to Land a New Job in 2016 (Infographic)<\/a> <\/strong>&#8212; from inc.com by Jacquelyn Smith<br \/>\n<em>If you know how to code or are fluent in another language, you&#8217;ll have a leg up on other candidates.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Excerpt:<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">To find out what it takes to successfully land a job, LinkedIn\u00a0analyzed all of the hiring and recruiting activity that occurred on its site in\u00a02015, and uncovered the 25 hottest skills in 14 different countries.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.inc.com\/business-insider\/25-skills-that-you-need-to-get-a-new-job.html\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/static6.businessinsider.com\/image\/56953d21c08a80872f8b7f90-1024-1480\/the-25-skills-that-can-get-you-hired-in-2016-13-1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>Now, check this next one out!<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"takeaway\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.techrepublic.com\/article\/when-it-comes-to-jobs-generation-z-may-not-be-the-tech-generation-after-all\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>When it comes to jobs, Generation Z may not be the &#8216;tech&#8217; generation after all<\/strong> <\/a>&#8212; from by Conner Forrest<br \/>\n<em>A new study by CompTIA found that many young people are simply uninterested in IT jobs. Here&#8217;s how that could impact the workforce.<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"byline\"><em>Excerpt:<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">According to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.comptia.org\/about-us\/newsroom\/press-releases\/2015\/11\/04\/new-comptia-study-offers-insight-into-how-millennials-may-change-the-workplace\" target=\"_blank\">new study<\/a> by IT trade association CompTIA, a mere 13% of 13-17 year-olds surveyed said they want to pursue a career in IT. This is despite the fact that 70% of Generation Z respondents reporting that they love technology.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">According to the CompTIA report, much of Generation Z&#8217;s disinterest in technological professions is mainly due to their lack of understanding about the field. This is especially true in school, with 38% of junior high and high school students saying their schools provide no information on IT jobs. According to Code.org,<a href=\"http:\/\/www.usnews.com\/news\/articles\/2013\/12\/27\/tech-companies-work-to-combat-computer-science-education-gap\" target=\"_blank\"> only 10% of high schools in the US<\/a> offer computer science classes.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Also, the gender gap prevailed among Generation Z respondents with only 10% of girls saying they were interested in IT, compared to 23% of boys.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>Houston, we have a problem!*<br \/>\nThe demand isn\u2019t being met &#8212; nor does it look like it will be met &#8212; with the appropriate supply.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">*\u00a0 Though this is not a new problem,<br \/>\nit doesn&#8217;t seem that we&#8217;re making<br \/>\nmuch progress here.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From DSC: Below are 2 articles that I ran across, almost back to back.\u00a0 Check them out and see if you, too, don&#8217;t see a major gap here. Though not really news, it doesn&#8217;t seem that we&#8217;re making much progress either. &nbsp; The 25 Skills You Must Master to Land a New Job in 2016 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[435,388,356,174,208,45,82,264,46,289,228,204,66,445],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-53183","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-analytics","category-animation","category-artificial-intelligence-agents-llms-and-related","category-career-development","category-cloud-based-computing-apps","category-computer-science","category-engineering","category-graphics","category-k-12-related","category-languages-and-translation","category-learning-preferences","category-programming","category-student-related","category-youth"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53183","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=53183"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53183\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":53202,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53183\/revisions\/53202"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53183"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53183"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53183"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}