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eXpat
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Skills in security will be much in demand soon.
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GASMON
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| Posted: Sun Jun 22, 2008 4:12 am Post subject: Re: What skills will be most required soon? |
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| benzoil wrote: | In a nutshell:
Adaptability.
Ingenuity. |
Good replys, everybody, especially above.
My kids have read the responses so far. I hope the message gets through. I keep telling them that things will change, quickly. they see this in fuel prices. Trouble is, most skills mentioned above kids today generally dont want to do. They want the "Flash" jobs - they will be the first to go.
A bit of "coming down to earth" required.
Incidentally, a UK energy / peak oil site / forum I look at seems to have "closed" - any thoughts !!
http://www.powerswitch.org.uk/forum/
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patience
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| Posted: Sun Jun 22, 2008 9:40 am Post subject: Re: What skills will be most required soon? |
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SchroedingersCat,
The need for leadership/planning skills is spot-on. The problem I see is little opportunity for that sort of thing, given TPTB who will resist change so mightily, to hold their own positions. I think that therein lies our biggest problem today.
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MonteQuest
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| Posted: Sun Jun 22, 2008 9:42 am Post subject: Re: What skills will be most required soon? |
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Patience.
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patience
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| Posted: Sun Jun 22, 2008 11:21 am Post subject: Re: What skills will be most required soon? |
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Montequest,
I scanned the link on your post for the first time, and found a lot of great info. I will pursue it.
I think the inference is to get locally active to make some changes happen. Point well taken.
What I was referring to is the resistance of politically entrenched oil interests, and the difficulty of meeting that in their own arena. That is a worthy task for those capable of it, but I'm not one of them, and I have my doubts about the ability of the young to do much in the nation's capitol.
I do think that change must come from individual efforts, be that in leadership, or personal changes in lifestyle. Is that where you were pointing?
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Ludi
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| Posted: Sun Jun 22, 2008 11:29 am Post subject: Re: What skills will be most required soon? |
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| GASMON wrote: | | Trouble is, most skills mentioned above kids today generally dont want to do. They want the "Flash" jobs - they will be the first to go. |
Certainly, hands-on making things skills are in high demand and short supply in my industry, motion picture special effects. Jobs are definitely still available in this industry for young people with manual skills and creativity. I expect these jobs to disappear in the future, but then the young person will have a set of skills which can be put to other uses.
But I don't know if movie jobs are "flash" enough for kids these days! 
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biofuel13
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| Posted: Sun Jun 22, 2008 11:37 am Post subject: Re: What skills will be most required soon? |
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| kpeavey wrote: | | every town will need a guy who can ring a bell and push a heavy cart while yelling "Bring out your dead." |
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DoomWarrior
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| Posted: Sun Jun 22, 2008 11:50 am Post subject: Re: What skills will be most required soon? |
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| kpeavey wrote: | | every town will need a guy who can ring a bell and push a heavy cart while yelling "Bring out your dead." |
Yeah, the post-apocalyptic version of a town crier |
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| Posted: Sun Jun 22, 2008 1:23 pm Post subject: Re: What skills will be most required soon? |
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| benzoil wrote: | In a nutshell:
Adaptability.
Ingenuity. |
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MonteQuest
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| Posted: Sun Jun 22, 2008 1:40 pm Post subject: Re: What skills will be most required soon? |
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| patience wrote: | Montequest,
I scanned the link on your post for the first time, and found a lot of great info. I will pursue it.
I think the inference is to get locally active to make some changes happen. Point well taken.
What I was referring to is the resistance of politically entrenched oil interests, and the difficulty of meeting that in their own arena. That is a worthy task for those capable of it, but I'm not one of them, and I have my doubts about the ability of the young to do much in the nation's capitol.
I do think that change must come from individual efforts, be that in leadership, or personal changes in lifestyle. Is that where you were pointing? |
Locally is where the action is. But LOL! when I wrote "patience" I wasn't referring to you...I was saying that patience itself is one of the skills that will be required soon.
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| Posted: Sun Jun 22, 2008 2:56 pm Post subject: Re: What skills will be most required soon? |
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MonteQuest,
Duh! (slaps forehead). Yeah. That's funny.
Patience, yes, diligence, perseverance, all that.
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| Posted: Sun Jun 22, 2008 3:02 pm Post subject: Re: What skills will be most required soon? |
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| eXpat wrote: | | Skills in security will be much in demand soon. |
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