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On this episode of The Full Desk Experience, Kortney Harmon from Crelate discusses the pressing need for personalized upskilling and reskilling approaches to address the skill gap and potential unemployment crises faced by millions of students worldwide. In light of the release of the 2023 Future Jobs Report by the World Economic Forum, Kortney emphasizes the need for a radical shift in upskilling methodology towards faster and more personalized approaches, which should be a lifelong learning process. She also highlights the role of staffing and recruiting organizations in identifying skills, sourcing talent, and supporting upskilling, as well as the importance of collaboration with education to align curriculum frameworks with the evolving needs of the job market. The episode concludes by emphasizing the need for adapting, changing, and acquiring new skills to ensure long-term career success in the future.

Key Topics:
[00:01:12] "44% of Workforce Must Reskill by 2027"

[00:03:49] "Upscaling Strategies for Evolving Skill Requirements"

[00:06:57] "Prioritizing Upskilling in Evolving Job Market"

Best Skillshare Courses 2023: Must Classes To Thrive In New Era

1. Mastering Productivity: Create a Custom System That Works - Learn how to create a personalized productivity system that helps you get more done in less time. This class covers everything from goal setting and time management to prioritization, and you get to choose the productivity system that works best for you.
   
   
2. Art of the Start: Turning Ideas into High-Growth Businesses - Venture capitalist Guy Kawasaki takes you through the starting, launching, fundraising, and pitching stages to make your business a reality. This class covers everything from market research to building a social platform for your business.
   
   
3. Going Freelance: Building and Branding Your Own Success - Co-founder of Working Not Working, Justin Gignac, provides a solid outlook for those who want to start up their own side projects and grow their passions. This class covers everything from crafting a portfolio to pitching to media and networking authentically.
   
   
4. Speed Reading Mastery – Double Reading Speed - Memory and speed reading coach Jordan Harry teaches essential speed reading and memory techniques that can help you save time, focus better, and retain more information. You can double your reading speed instantly with this class, and it's perfect for those who are bad or untrained readers.
   
   
5. Discovering Success – Uncover Your Purpose, Passion & Path - Emma Gannon, a Sunday Times bestselling author, trained coach, and TEDx speaker, helps you discover your purpose, passion, and path. This class provides exercises and guidance to help you identify what inspires you, what your passions are, and what your natural skills are.
   
   
6. Context is Key: Social Media Strategy in a Noisy Online World - Gary Vaynerchuk, CEO of Vaynermedia, teaches you how to create social media content that resonates with your audience. This class covers the major social media platforms like Twitter, Facebook, Tumblr, Instagram, and Pinterest and is perfect for those interested in learning the basics of social media marketing.
   
   
7. Communication Skills: Become More Clear, Concise, & Confident - Communication professor Alex Lyon provides examples of both common ineffective communication and effective communication, with lessons designed for professionals in mind. The course breaks down the skills into small pieces that make it easy to digest and apply.
   
   
8. Choose Must: 10 Hands-On Exercises to Find and Pursue Your Passion - Elle Luna, a designer and author, provides ten hands-on exercises to help you find and pursue your passion. This class encourages you to explore your interests and take action towards the life you want to live.
   
   
9. Stoicism Masterclass
   This Skillshare class, taught by philosophy and theology graduate Sam Ahmed, introduces students to the ancient philosophy of Stoicism and teaches how to apply its principles to daily life. The class covers the Five Principles of Stoicism and how to focus on controlling what's within one's control to build mental resilience against adversity. Practical applications of Stoicism, such as journaling and building healthy relationships, are also taught. 
   
   
10. Designing The Life You Want: 4 Exercises for Clarity and Motivation
    Description: This Skillshare class, taught by Muchelle B, provides a series of exercises to help students reflect on what they want in life and what they don't. Through intentional reflection and visioning exercises, the class helps students create clarity in their lives. The class includes a downloadable workbook with examples, ideas, and inspiration for completing the exercises at any time.

Why are we talking about Skillshare? What is it exactly?
Most of us have been stuck at home for weeks, and it seems like people are divided into 2 types now: those who spend their days binge-watching TV shows on Netflix, eating junk food, and wasting time on social media, and those who focus on more productive things and use this time to grow personally and professionally. If you belong to the second type, and you are constantly looking for ways to learn new things, expand your knowledge, create healthy habits, improve your business, or even become the next "Coronapreneur", then I think you would really benefit from using Skillshare. But before we get any further, let's take a closer look at the Skillshare platform so you know what it is and how it works.

Skillshare is an online learning platform that has been on the market for over ten years. At this point, Skillshare has more than 25,000 classes available to Premium members and more than 2,000 classes available at no cost. Skillshare offers unlimited access to courses for a small monthly fee of either $15 per month if billed monthly, or $8,25 ($99 per year) if billed annually. 

Most classes are awesome:

• They are straight to the point meaning that you learn material faster.
• You can ask questions, participate in discussions, and get feedback.
• Each class includes a project that you get to share with other students and/or include on your resume.
• The classes are short (some last as little as 15 minutes) but that doesn't mean that they lack quality.

What about instructors? Are they any good?
Yes! The majority of instructors are professionals in their field of expertise. Every Skillshare course has a rating and comment section. Those courses that have good reviews appear higher in the search results making it easy to find high-quality classes taught by the best teachers.

Keep in mind, that Skillshare allows anyone to become an instructor and create a class. And sometimes you could come across a low-quality class created by a new member. However, they usually get removed from the platform fairly quickly.

 
Here are some of the benefits that make Skillshare stand out among the competitors:

1. Excellent courses where you can learn new skills and enhance your knowledge. Skillshare often recruits new instructors ensuring students have the best quality of expertise available to them.
2. Learning on the go is easy for premium members. Skillshare allows downloading classes offline, and the mobile app is very user-friendly.
3. A very competitive pricing model helps ensure that anyone who wants to learn gets a chance to do so. And I really mean anyone. First of all, they are over two thousand free classes on Skillshare. And, second, Skillshare offers a 60-day free trial for you to try the service.
4. If you are a professional and you wish to share your skills with others, you can create courses and earn some money.

Is Skillshare worth it?
Skillshare is definitely worth it. It is a unique opportunity to learn new skills or improve existing ones on the cheap. I personally have been using Skillshare for a few years now, and it works perfectly for me. I truly believe in this learning platform and highly recommend it to anyone who wants to explore new skills.

There is so much more to know about Skillshare that I haven't shared here. If you want to learn more about the platform, then I invite you to read a full review written by IMHO Reviews and a recently published comparison review of Udemy vs. Skillshare.