Why Every Youth Should Get Skilled In 2021: Every youth should get skilled as skills become the new currency in the 21st century especially IT skills.
What is a skill:
A skill is the ability to perform an action with determined results often within a given amount of time, energy, or both.
As a youth, you should learn the act of taking actions to perform a task, transferable to different/ functions and industries Based on ability and aptitude Expressed in verbs Examples (Organize, Promote, Analyze, Write). Traits or personality characteristics that contribute to performing work Developed in childhood and through life experience Expressed in adjectives. Examples (Patient, Diplomatic, Results-oriented, Independent). Knowledge of specific subjects, procedures, and information necessary to perform particular tasks, Acquired through education, training, and on-the-job experience Expressed in nouns Example (Personnel Administration, Contract Management, Accounting).
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In Addition to the skills mentioned above, the new currency skills that every youth should learn in 2021 is IT skills.
What is IT:
Information technology (IT) is the use of computers to store, retrieve, transmit, and manipulate data or information. The term is commonly used as a synonym for computers and computer networks, but it also encompasses other information distribution technologies such as television and telephones.
What is IT skills:
IT skills (also known as information technology skills) are technical skills necessary to work within technical support, maintenance, and development. IT skills are a rather wide skill set that range from hardware installment and software development to troubleshooting and data analysis.
Some of the IT skills that you can learn are as followed:
Analytics, Social media, Graphic design, Microsoft Office, Spreadsheets, Email communication, Marketing automation, Data visualization, software development etc.
