The future of work: How skillsets & credentials are evolving in the energy, chemicals & infrastructure industries

Expectations of new-hire skillsets and workforce development are changing quickly for recent graduates and seasoned professionals alike in engineering-heavy industries such as energy, chemicals and infrastructure.

In the video below, John Nixon, Vice President of Global Strategy for Energy, Chemicals and Infrastructure at Siemens Digital Industries Software (DISW), interviews Dora Smith, Senior Director for Global Education and Startup Strategies at Siemens DISW.

Watch the interview to hear these engineering industry veterans, with their combined 55+ years of workforce experience, discuss:

• The fast-emerging trend of skills-based hiring, where specific skills are becoming as or more important than university degrees in some job interviews and roles
• Efforts of academic intuitions to introduce cutting-edge industry perspectives and real-world experience into their educational programs, such as Siemens’ and University of Colorado Boulder’s Design for the Circular Economy, in pilot for ABET recognition
• The growing importance of microcredentials, time-compressed, cost-effective study programs that allow students to develop specific validated skills and topic knowledge in fields such as engineering