Read this blog and complete the gaps with the words in brackets in the correct form.
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skills for 2 1 “-century jobs
just what skills are needed to capture and retain the high-value jobs of tomorrow? {know) and strong analytical skills will be necessary, they may not be sufficient to keep these jobs. those employees who hope to make themselves (dispensable) must have much more. they must be capable of coming up with unique, breakthrough ideas and express these ideas in a way that will be (compel) and elicit the desired response from others. easy to say, but very tough to do.
and how will we begin teaching another trait that may prove to be even more important in ensuring lifetime (succeed) in an increasingly (predict) world? how will we teach the type (adapt) that will be required to (continue) reinvent oneself to meet the demands of conditions we cannot even imagine, or jobs that we cannot yet define?
although schools, family, peers and employers must all play some role in teaching (increase) critical skills, there is no escaping the uncomfortable truth. every individual must assume (responsible) for defining their own (require) and for ensuring that they develop these skills.