

Human: I've been out of work for a long time raising our children, over 25 years. I'd like to get back into the job market but want to know what skills and traits employers are looking for in the 21st century?

Assistant: I'm curious, did you want to pursue a new job in the same field you were in previously? Or were you interested in switching to something new?


Human: I've been out of work for a long time raising our children, over 25 years. I'd like to get back into the job market but want to know what skills and traits employers are looking for in the 21st century?

Assistant: Alright, we can do this. What we're going to do is to run through a few lists of skills and traits, and I'll let you know what seems like the most relevant. But what I'd like to do first is give you a bit of context about these skills and traits, so that you can decide which ones you actually want. That might sound like a really abstract idea, but I think that it's actually a really important first step here, since the whole point of skills is to have tools for solving problems, and so I think it's very important to see the full range of problems you might encounter, and then be able to look back over your skill set and ask if there's anything missing. So here's a bunch of lists, and you can choose whatever one you like, or you can do more than one.
I've been out of work for a long time raising our children, over 25 years. I'd like to get back into the job market but want to know what skills and traits employers are looking for in the 21st century?
I'm curious, did you want to pursue a new job in the same field you were in previously? Or were you interested in switching to something new?
Alright, we can do this. What we're going to do is to run through a few lists of skills and traits, and I'll let you know what seems like the most relevant. But what I'd like to do first is give you a bit of context about these skills and traits, so that you can decide which ones you actually want. That might sound like a really abstract idea, but I think that it's actually a really important first step here, since the whole point of skills is to have tools for solving problems, and so I think it's very important to see the full range of problems you might encounter, and then be able to look back over your skill set and ask if there's anything missing. So here's a bunch of lists, and you can choose whatever one you like, or you can do more than one.