The world has changed
DID YOU KNOW
If you’re one in a million in China...
There are 1,300 people just like you.
In India, there are 1,100 people just like you.
DID YOU KNOW
The 25% of the population in China with the highest IQ’s...
Is greater than the total population of North America.
In India, it’s the top 28%.
Translation for teachers: They have more honors kids than we have kids.
DID YOU KNOW
The number of college graduates in other countries is now well surpassing the United States, especially in the sciences.
Translation for students?
EDUCATION IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN EVER
DID YOU KNOW
China will soon become the number one English speaking country in the world.
When China becomes the largest English speaking country in the world…
The English speaking candidate market will increase by over 300 Million people…
…meaning organisations will have access to the largest English speaking Talent Pool ever available
If you took every single job in the U.S. today and shipped it to China...
China would still have a labor surplus (unemployment).
DID YOU KNOW
India’s major export is no longer Gems and Jewelry
It’s now Human Capital
DID YOU KNOW
The top 10 in-demand jobs in 2010 didn’t exist in 2004.
That means that you are currently being prepared for jobs that don’t yet exist...
Using technologies that haven’t been invented...
In order to solve problems that we don’t even know are problems yet.
DID YOU KNOW
Human communication has evolved from Snail Mail…
…to
If you are sending 1
It is just 1 of the 165 billion sent every day
1 in 4 employees prefer to communicate via rather than face to face
In 2020, that figure will be 3 in 4
DID YOU KNOW
We are living in exponential times.
The number of text messages sent and received every day exceeds the population of the planet.
There are over 2.7 billion searches performed on Google each month.
To whom were these questions addressed B.G.?
To whom were these questions addressed B.G.? (Before Google)
DID YOU KNOW
More than 3,000 new books are published...
Daily.
It’s estimated that a week’s worth of New York Times...
Contains more information than a person was likely to come across in a lifetime in the 18th century.
DID YOU KNOW
There are over 100 million registered users of MySpace. (August 2006)
The average MySpace page is visited 30 times a day.
If Facebook was a country… …it would be DOUBLE the size of Japan
Internet communities are becoming larger than some of the most powerful countries in the world
Forget "Pen-Pals"
And welcome...
-Blogging Buddies
And welcome... -Blogging Buddies -Facebook Friends
And welcome... -Blogging Buddies -Facebook Friends -Keyboard Komrades
DID YOU KNOW
Access to the internet increases everyday
Access to the internet increases in every country
Access to the internet increases in every culture
WHAT does it all MEAN? "So what?" you say...
As compared to years ago, it will be much harder getting a job after high school and/or college. However, times are a changin' as there are MORE... - English speakers all over the world - College graduates around the globe - Jobs outsourced overseas - Immigrants in the U.S. taking domestic jobs - GLOBAL COMPETITION across the board
As compared to years ago, it will be much harder getting a job after high school and/or college. However, times are a changin' as there are MORE... - English speakers all over the world - College graduates around the globe - Jobs outsourced overseas - Immigrants in the U.S. taking domestic jobs - GLOBAL COMPETITION across the board
As compared to years ago, it will be much harder getting a job after high school and/or college. However, times are a changin' as there are MORE... - English speakers all over the world - College graduates around the globe - Jobs outsourced overseas to foreign countries - Immigrants in the U.S. taking domestic jobs - GLOBAL COMPETITION across the board
As compared to years ago, it will be much harder getting a job after high school and/or college. However, times are a changin' as there are MORE... - English speakers all over the world - College graduates around the globe - Jobs outsourced overseas to foreign countries - Immigrants in the U.S. taking domestic jobs - GLOBAL COMPETITION across the board
As compared to years ago, it will be much harder getting a job after high school and/or college. However, times are a changin' as there are MORE... - English speakers all over the world - College graduates around the globe - Jobs outsourced overseas to foreign countries - Immigrants in the U.S. taking domestic jobs - GLOBAL COMPETITION across the board
What can I do to compete with a global workforce? to
* Work hard in high school...study, study, study! * Continue to Higher Education * Become more Marketable - Educate YOURSELF!!! - learn a language, a skill, another math or science * And most of all, DO NOT SETTLE FOR MEDIOCRITY
Don’t be left behind