{"id":1411,"date":"2025-01-21T16:00:18","date_gmt":"2025-01-21T21:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/energy-utilities\/?p=1411"},"modified":"2026-03-26T15:38:27","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T19:38:27","slug":"the-future-of-work-how-skillsets-credentials-are-evolving-in-the-energy-chemicals-infrastructure-industries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/energy-utilities\/2025\/01\/21\/the-future-of-work-how-skillsets-credentials-are-evolving-in-the-energy-chemicals-infrastructure-industries\/","title":{"rendered":"The future of work: How skillsets &#038; credentials are evolving in the energy, chemicals &#038; infrastructure industries"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>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.<br><br>In the video below, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/johnnixon\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">John Nixon<\/a>, Vice President of Global Strategy for Energy, Chemicals and Infrastructure at Siemens Digital Industries Software (DISW), interviews <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/dorasmith\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dora Smith<\/a>, Senior Director for Global Education and Startup Strategies at Siemens DISW.<em><br><br><\/em>Watch the interview to hear these engineering industry veterans, with their combined 55+ years of workforce experience, discuss:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The <strong>fast-emerging trend of skills-based hiring<\/strong>, where specific skills are becoming as or more important than university degrees in some job interviews and roles<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Efforts of academic intuitions to introduce <strong>cutting-edge industry perspectives and real-world experience<\/strong> into their educational programs, such as Siemens\u2019 and University of Colorado Boulder\u2019s series of courses on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.coursera.org\/specializations\/applied-sustainability-technical-managers\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Applied Sustainability for Technical Managers<\/a> available on Coursera, which are also in pilot for ABET recognition<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The <strong>growing importance of microcredentials<\/strong>, time-compressed, cost-effective study programs that allow students to develop specific validated skills and topic knowledge in fields such as engineering. 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