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So today we're talking about what skills matter most for your future career, which I feel like is quite a big promise that we might be making.

You know, as soon as you said that, I was like, wow, is this going to be one of those podcasts that really dates?

Yeah.

Well, I think that's almost the point, and we decided to not be scared of it as a topic, because there is lots of noise and I think lots of pressure to feel like you are learning and re-skilling.

And there's lots of talking organisations about the skills that matter i've seen so many different skills matrices yeah yeah really long lists of skills

that i think can feel quite overwhelming for people and you're looking at it and going, well, how do I make a decision about which skills to overinvest in?

Do I do what my organisation tells me to do?

How do I learn these skills?

Like, where do I start?

So though I do think this will change, this is a dynamic thing, right?

You don't do this once and go, well, that's what I'm going to stick to. I do think taking some ownership and being intentional and having some

agency over skills as a kind of, for you and your squiggly career, what are the skills that

matter most for me, maybe right now, which are the ones that I really want to invest in?

I think that helps you to feel more

confident and more in control if you've at least asked yourself some of those questions.

Well, the idea for the episode as well, it came from, we did a survey with our community where we

asked them lots of different questions and I think one of the questions was sort of what worries

have you got about your career at the moment. And lots of people said, you know, I'm worried about how much I'm going to have to learn

and when I'm going to fit it in or what I need to learn in order to say relevant.

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