BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY;ENCODING=8-bit;CHARSET=UTF-8:Developing the Digital Workforce LOCATION;ENCODING=8-bit;CHARSET=UTF-8:College Development Network, Argyll Court, Castle Business Park, Stirling, FK9 4TY DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=8-bit;CHARSET=UTF-8:\nIf you're\nconsidering a digital career, then the future's bright. The top three companies\nin the world* are all about technology and by all accounts the jobs are out\nthere - today's headlines pronounce tech skills' shortages measuring in the\nthousands. And yet, we also hear about studying for jobs that don't exist yet,\nand a workforce that will be dominated by AI and automation. \n\n\n\n‘Life moves pretty fast. If you don't\nstop and look around for a while, you could miss it.'\n\n\n\n \nFerris Bueller\n\n\n\nSo if the\nfuture is digital, what should educational institutions be doing to prepare?\nWhat is the ideal skillset for a job that doesn't have a name? If there are\nthousands of employment opportunities on offer, where are they? And if we need\nto develop everyone's digital skills (including our own), who is going to be doing\nthat?\n\n\n\nWell, our event\nmight not have all the answers ... but we've brought together an interesting\nselection of speakers to share their opinions, perspectives and facts with us,\nincluding:\n\n\n\n Steven\n Drost, Chief Strategy Officer at CodeBase, the UK's largest tech incubator to\n share his opinions on the ideal tech candidate\n Justin\n Black, Senior Manager, Hays Recruiting, who knows the hard figures when it\n comes to who's hiring and the skills they're looking for\n Craig\n Steele, Digital Learning Consultant, CoderDojo Scotland, leading the CoderDojo\n movement in Scotland, with more than a few ideas on how we should be addressing\n the skills gap of the future workforce.\n\nIf you're\navailable, then join us on Tuesday 16 May and learn how you can\ncontribute to Developing the Digital Workforce.\n\n DTSTART:20170515T083000Z DTEND:20170515T144000Z PRIORITY:3 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
\nIf you're\nconsidering a digital career, then the future's bright. The top three companies\nin the world* are all about technology and by all accounts the jobs are out\nthere - today's headlines pronounce tech skills' shortages measuring in the\nthousands. And yet, we also hear about studying for jobs that don't exist yet,\nand a workforce that will be dominated by AI and automation. \n
\n\n‘Life moves pretty fast. If you don't\nstop and look around for a while, you could miss it.'\n
\n\n \nFerris Bueller\n
\n\nSo if the\nfuture is digital, what should educational institutions be doing to prepare?\nWhat is the ideal skillset for a job that doesn't have a name? If there are\nthousands of employment opportunities on offer, where are they? And if we need\nto develop everyone's digital skills (including our own), who is going to be doing\nthat?\n
\n\nWell, our event\nmight not have all the answers ... but we've brought together an interesting\nselection of speakers to share their opinions, perspectives and facts with us,\nincluding:\n
\n\nIf you're\navailable, then join us on Tuesday 16 May and learn how you can\ncontribute to Developing the Digital Workforce.\n
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