{"id":12286,"date":"2017-07-05T06:24:49","date_gmt":"2017-07-05T06:24:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tayosolagbade.com\/sdnuggets\/?p=12286"},"modified":"2017-07-05T06:24:49","modified_gmt":"2017-07-05T06:24:49","slug":"recommended-new-york-times-a-new-kind-of-tech-job-emphasizes-skills-not-a-college-degree","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/tayosolagbade.com\/sdnuggets\/recommended-new-york-times-a-new-kind-of-tech-job-emphasizes-skills-not-a-college-degree\/","title":{"rendered":"[RECOMMENDED] New York Times: A New Kind of Tech Job Emphasizes Skills, Not a College Degree"},"content":{"rendered":"

The New York Times article linked at the bottom of this post reflects new ideas confirming the need for more emphasis on market relevant skills development, to make kids more \"employable\"\u00a0when they leave school.<\/p>\n

Most developed societies are increasingly accepting that TODAY, real world relevant SKILLS acquisition can help\u00a0to eliminate youth unemployment - better than the \"college-degree-acquisition-only\" approach.<\/p>\n

Sadly, in Nigeria\/Africa, majority with ego investment in traditional education systems remain in denial!<\/em><\/p>\n

Thankfully, a few thought leading experts - like University of Port Harcourt (UNIPORT)'s Prof. Olufemi Martins Adesope<\/a>\u00a0- have been demonstrating how tertiary education can be made more entrepreneurial\/industry relevant, through practical vocational skills training events they periodically organize for their students.<\/p>\n

An example is his workshop on Cassava Enterprise Development - watch video trailer below:<\/h3>\n

[Intro] How to Make Snacks (Doughnuts, Pies and Chin-Chin) From High Quality Cassava Flour (HQCF)<\/p>\n

Click here to watch it on\u00a0Prof. Adesope's website: www.omadesope.com<\/a><\/p>\n

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Hopefully more parents and educators in Nigeria\/Africa will pay attention and begin to provide the badly needed balanced mix of education for kIds!<\/p>\n

Get latest updates\u00a0about Prof. Adesope's Making Extension Services Work\u2122 projects online\u00a0at www.omadesope,com<\/a><\/p>\n

Read the full New York Times Article<\/strong>
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Title: A New Kind of Tech Job Emphasizes Skills, Not a College Degree By STEVE LOHR JUNE 28, 2017 | The New York Times<\/h3>\n

URL: http:\/\/nytimes.com\/2017\/06\/28\/technology\/tech-jobs-skills-college-degree.html?referer<\/a><\/p>\n

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    The New York Times article linked at the bottom of this post reflects new ideas confirming the need for more emphasis on market relevant skills development, to make kids more \"employable\"\u00a0when they leave school. Most developed societies are increasingly accepting that TODAY, real world relevant SKILLS acquisition can help\u00a0to eliminate youth unemployment - better than […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,1375,266,814,1440,10],"tags":[3000,2999,3001,1898],"class_list":["post-12286","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-employeescareer-persons","category-excel-vb-solutions","category-my-dn-travel-news","category-my-ideas-for-making-nigeria-better","category-recommended-websites-articles","category-self-development","tag-a-new-kind-of-tech-job-emphasizes-skills","tag-new-york-times","tag-not-a-college-degree","tag-recommended"],"aioseo_notices":[],"views":887,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/tayosolagbade.com\/sdnuggets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12286","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/tayosolagbade.com\/sdnuggets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/tayosolagbade.com\/sdnuggets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tayosolagbade.com\/sdnuggets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tayosolagbade.com\/sdnuggets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12286"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/tayosolagbade.com\/sdnuggets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12286\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12290,"href":"http:\/\/tayosolagbade.com\/sdnuggets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12286\/revisions\/12290"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/tayosolagbade.com\/sdnuggets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12286"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tayosolagbade.com\/sdnuggets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12286"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tayosolagbade.com\/sdnuggets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12286"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}