Skills for the 21st-century workplace

21st-century skills are not taught in schools in the UK.

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Employers like workers to be imaginative.

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Employers want workers to think about possible problems.

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Employers like workers to be original when solving problems.

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• FALSE

Future workers will need to be able to write concisely.

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People communicate with each other less in the 21st century.

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Employers believe it is useful to know a lot of information about celebrities.

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Employers don’t want workers to make decisions without asking them.

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1. 1- UK schools and colleges ​ (a)   ICT skills.

2. 2- Employers ​ (b)   people with ideas for new approaches.

3. 3- Employers like workers who can ​ (c)   problems.

4. 4- Workers need to be able to ​ (d)   their work with their team.

5. 5- Workers need to ​ (e)   their writing skills.

• teach
• value
• solve
• discuss
• develop

6- It is important that workers can ​ (a)   between truth and lies.

7- Employees in the 21st century​ (b)   more responsibility.

8- Employers like their workers to ​ (c)   decisions.

• differentiate
• have
• make