Do you want to become a global citizen or go astray in the rest of your life?

"Illiterate people in the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but who cannot afford to learn, then forget about what they have learned and continue to learn new things" - that is what Mr. Hoang Nam Tien wants to share with the Z generation - young people born after 1995 and are preparing to make important choices for their future.

I often have to hunt head for my company. And I found out, there was a high percentage of students after appy graduated from FPT Software and were sitting in the wrong place, learning the wrong job, pursuing something that did not match the capacity and personality of the students themselves.

I have met a lot of friends who had only been F-Soft for 6 months and came to see me, scratching their head, "I will quit my job, not because I hate Tien, but because I can't stand working. work in front of a computer like this forever. "

It may sound funny that to find a capable software engineer is hard, but it is much harder to find someone who is capable of sitting in front of a screen full of digits and code for 8 -12 hours a day times. Because to you guys, it's one of those incredibly boring jobs for many people.

When I complained to the leader of the big software companies in the world, I just learned that the software companies in the world have turned out to have personality tests to recruit these people, including Personal factors, interests, family circumstances and living conditions will be one of the criteria determining whether a candidate can endure a job. And when learning this way, I discovered that people are going astray, choosing the wrong job is extremely much.

I often ask youngsters a question, "What makes you choose this career", and so many answers make me both sad and worried: Most of the students choose their jobs according to their father's wishes. not based on personal aspirations and not learning about the career they choose, nor whether they really fit it or not. For example, if you are good at math, you will automatically enter the Polytechnic; If students study well at Biology, they will enter Medical School; ignorant of natural subjects should study humanities. Consequently, more than 50% of graduates are not in the right jobs.

For a Headhunter like me, that's a waste. 4-5 years of learning to learn things that are not right for you and may not help (even if not used) for you in the future, you cannot imagine what you have missed and have lagged behind. Where will you be in when things change day by day?

I always thought that Generation Z would be generation of Global citizen. You are 33% of the global population and need to seriously think about the skills you need to survive in this age.

When thinking about work, of course we have to think about what we will do in the future to live. But if your parents are only looking for jobs in the country, studying in domestic schools so they can get jobs near their home, then generation Z must be the generation that thinks about the global job market. Why not choose the market with 3000 times more chances? Why constrict yourself in a country?

I am a "one-time learning" generation - one who learns only once and then freely uses that knowledge for the rest of their life to succeed in life. Because our epoch to live just as simple as that was able to succeed. So most people in my generation, they don't think about going to school anymore. No problem, because they were lucky to be born in a relatively easy social context! But if generation Z of you choose to live that way, allow me to say: you will "die" in this era.

millions of sewing workers, leather and footwear workers, electronic assembly workers, will lose their jobs in no more than 10 years. And that has happened starting now. Because a current robot to work as a replacement in factories costs about $ 250,000, but in the next 5-10 years it will cost only $ 30,000. Then it is feasible to produce 24/7/365 days of the year in plants. If you are an investor, a manufacturer, then you think you will choose workers or robots? Where to find out here in the world the price of labor is cheaper enough and can compete with robots in labor productivity? Thousands of girls sitting at each bank as a teller, most of whom go to college, will also lose their jobs in the next 10 years. Because banks now start using live banking. When Generation Z matures, they will no longer go to bank, but rather on internet banking. Thousands of credit officers assessing credit will also lose their jobs, because the AI (artificial intelligence) rating system based on big data will be much more accurate and truthful. The majority of doctors now do general diagnostics. But the diagnosis of AI now surpasses doctors with less than 10 years of experience. The IBM WATSON Health system has gathered the knowledge of over 5000 of the world's best cancer doctors + millions of case studies. Based on these data, machines were able to diagnose extremely accurate cancer. Right now the price for that system is still too expensive, but it will go down very quickly. At that time, people only need very good doctors to do the surgery. Many doctors will lose their jobs.

If you intend to become a teacher, you should worry about it. Because tomorrow, this generation will want to learn directly with the best people in the world. And that is not difficult. Because online classroom system is increasingly blooming and becoming popular. The language barrier is no more. Language differences may also be supported by AI. Teaching is no longer a safe haven.

Lawyer profession is similar. Lawyers to litigate in court, to negotiate, can not be replaced by machines. But if you want to cross-examine the laws, analyze the impact and give advice to customers, in the next 5 years, AI will do it better than humans with the infinite big data store it collects. Many lawyers will lose their jobs.

In an era where a job is fashionable today will be completely gone tomorrow, self-study and continuous learning are most important.

In the past, a doctor studied for 6 years, after graduation, that knowledge was enough for them to use for 10 years. Now there's no way for a doctor with the knowledge to work the next 10 -15 years. As medical knowledge, new treatment regimens, new drugs change from day to day. The generation of One-time learning is over. Now is the era of life-long learning. Peter Schwartz, who has been an advisor to two generations of Singaporean Prime Minister, said that for him, the most important skill to survive in this era is the ability to self-study. Despite being over 60 years old, he still takes online courses and updates his knowledge on his own in various ways to avoid falling behind. He often quoted a quote that he deeply liked of Alvin Toffler: "The illiterate people in the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but who cannot afford to learn, then forget about what you have learned and continue to learn new things ".

But don't think that reading a book once in a while, attending a seminar occasionally, coming in contact with a guru (a top expert) in something is called learning. Those things just give you the initial idea. And to learn it, understand it, you have to spend time going to school, to ensure 3 things, give you a rationale: Why? What to do? How to do?

I have about 1,000 flight hours a year, 2,000 hours working with partners. Not even mention eating and meeting guests. But every day, I spend 1-2 hours studying by myself. I take online courses that require rigorous testing for output. Every day, if I fail the course assignment, I cannot progress to the next level, cannot finish my course and be fined for it.

I am 51 years old this year. Even if I have achieved some success in the eyes of someone, I can still lag behind quickly in the next 1 or 2 years, if I don't update my own new version every day, how about your Generation Z?

Education is to be student-centered. It is not allowed to equate, scratch, because each child is a separate individual, with distinct personalities and abilities, with unique strengths and weaknesses and the ability to receive specific knowledge. A common program for such children is the fastest way to destroy individuals. Education is now giving students the skills to learn what is best for them and find the best path for themselves, to survive in this era.

Your Generation Z- generation that must compete with difference can survive? The answer depends on your own preparedness and readiness!