The 2020 Future of Jobs Report by the World Economic Forum (WEF) finds the top skills employers consider to be increasing in importance include critical thinking and analysis skills as well as problem-solving. For Australia’s country profile, the skills identified as being in high demand by the organisations surveyed were:
- Analytical thinking and innovation – ranked number 1
- Critical thinking and analysis – ranked number 3
- Complex problem-solving – ranked number 7
- Reasoning, problem-solving and ideation – number 13.
Further to this, LinkedIn’s 2020 Grad’s Guide to Getting Hired shows analytical skills at number 4 of the top 10 skills.
Following a referral from the Australian Government Minister for Education and Youth, the House Standing Committee on Employment, Education and Training will inquire into and report on adult literacy, numeracy and problem-solving skills in Australia in 2021.