The Real Skills Employers Want in the AI Era

Описание: This conversation explores how jobs, skills, and economic power are shifting in the AI era, with Asia, especially Southeast Asia, China, and India, emerging as the world’s next growth engine. We break down why employers now prioritize job-ready skills like AI tools, data analytics, and adaptability over credentials alone, and why graduates should look beyond traditional Western career paths.

The discussion dives deep into ASEAN’s strategic neutrality, young populations, and cost advantages, highlighting Vietnam and Malaysia as rising hubs for tech, manufacturing, and data centers. It also addresses hard truths: talent retention, brain drain, cost of living pressures, and why Singapore must rethink job creation for the next generation.

The key takeaway is a call to action for young professionals and graduates: go where growth is happening, build real skills, think regionally, and consider entrepreneurship. With AI lowering barriers to creation and global reach, the next decade belongs to those who are willing to move, build, and adapt.


Timestamps
00:00 Introduction
00:13 Domain Knowledge & Employability
00:57 Singapore Universities & Job Market Reality
01:19 Asia as the Next Growth Region
02:05 Southeast Asia’s Decade of High Growth
03:04 Encouragement for Graduates: Go Abroad
03:49 Vietnam as a Rising Talent & Tech Hub
06:10 ASEAN as a Neutral, Stable Region
06:54 Why ASEAN Will Lead the Next Decade
08:21 Vietnam’s Politics, Tourism & SME Ecosystem
09:21 Singapore - Malaysia Symbiosis
11:02 Free Flow of Talent Across Southeast Asia
11:54 The Regional Brain Drain Question
12:51 The Core Problem: Jobs
14:22 Singapore at a Strategic Crossroads
15:19 Three Generations of Lee Kuan Yew's Policy Impact
16:37 The F1 Race Metaphor
17:27 Income Distribution & Rising Costs
17:54 Need for New Thought Leadership
18:40 Advice to Young Graduates
19:18 AI as an Entrepreneurial Multiplier

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