human capital your most important resource
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HUMAN CAPITALYOUR MOST IMPORTANT
RESOURCE
Principle #7: People’s skills influence their income.
Objectives
• Define human capital
• Identify the skill requirements of the 21st century global economy
• Recognize the relationship between education and training and a successful future
Why is this topic here?
• Students should recognize the importance of developing their human capital.
• This topic creates a rationale for the course and answers the question why students are in school.
• It personalizes the course.• If done properly, it improves student self
esteem.• It explains the rules of the game.
Your Human Capital
• Skills
• Knowledge
• Experience
• Personal qualities
How you doin’?
• Uhhh
• We’re incredible
• Hunksa’
• Hunksa’
• Human Capital
You are the most important resource you have.
• How you use you now will influence the control you have over your life forever.
• The more you take advantage of school to improve your human capital, the more control you will have over your life.
• To succeed in the 21st century global economy, you will have to acquire certain skills.
Which house would you like?
A B
Which car would you like?
A B
Which Vacation Do You Want?
Visit the folks A week at the beach
Which Dog do You Want?
Fang Skippy
What Kind of Job Do You Want?
A B
How will you get
From here to there?
THE NEW LABOR MARKETThat was then, this is now
THEN NOW
GLOBAL COMPETITON, RAPIDLY CHANGING TECHNOLOGY
BASIC SKILLS REQUIRED: ASSEMBLY LINE
Agricultural
Manufacturing
Service Knowledge
ImaginationInformation
The U.S. Economy
Table I: Then and nowThe Information/ Knowledge Age
Technology change
Competition
Type of production
Role of workers
Skill requirements
Employment
Learning span
The Industrial Age
Took years to accomplish
Local, state, national
Manufacturing
Manual Laborer
Strength, dexterity, stamina
Lifetime with one employer
Kindergarten-12th grade
Months, weeks to accomplish
Global
Service, info, knowledge
Designer, engineer, manager
Scans (see Table II)
Change jobs at least six times, careers three times
Lifetime
Get the Skills?
What Skills?
Table II: What Skills? Rank Skill Category Description
Basic Skills Can you read, write, listen, and speak? Thinking Skills Do you make careful, well-informed decisions? Do you know
how to learn?
Personal Qualities
Are you honest, hardworking, respectful, and self-motivated? Can you be trusted? Are you on time? Do you dress appropriately?
Resources Do you use your most important resource (you) well? Interpersonal
SkillsDo you work well with others, are you a team player? Do you help others succeed? Do you get along well with people who don’t look like you, who may be from a different part of the world, or another neighborhood? Are you kind to people who might not be as talented or good looking or popular as you? Do you try to make others feel comfortable in your group?
Systems Do you know how your family, your school, and your classroom work? Do you understand the system? Can you see problems with these systems and find ways to improve them?
Information When you have to talk about things at school or at home, do you speak off the top of your head, or do you collect information before you make your point? Are you willing to listen to others when they present their facts? Can you tell the difference between facts and “stories?”
Technology Are you up to date on the latest technology and are you willing to learn new ones?
Your Skills Strengths
To compete in a global economy,
you will need these skills
Basic Skills
• reading
• writing
• mathematics
• listening
• speaking
Thinking Skills
• Informed decisions
• Benefit/Cost Analysis
• Know how to learn
Personal Qualities
• Honest
• Hard working
• Respectful
• Self-motivated
• Trustworthy
Resource Use
Interpersonal Skills
• Work well with others • Help others succeed• Get along with others who are not
like you? • Kind to others• Try to make others comfortable
Systems
Information
• Do you have facts?
• Do you know where to get facts?
• Do you listen to facts?
• Can you tell the difference between facts and opinions (yours and others)?
Technology• selecting• applying to specific tasks• maintaining and troubleshooting• keeping up to date• learning
To compete in a global economy,
you will need these skills
Where will you get these skills?
Why are you in school?
• To improve your incredible human capital
• To use your human capital and other resources to achieve your goals
• To lead the good life
• You are in school for YOU!!!!!!
Dreams Deferred: Average Earnings and Education for Adults, 2008
33800
67300
24300
39700
42000
55700
91900
100000
20000
30000
40000
50000
60000
70000
80000
90000
100000
Education
Earnings
Dropout
High School
Some College
Associate's
Bachelor's
Master's
Doctorate
Professional
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Statistical Abstract of the United States: 2010
Some Benefits of an Education
• A college grad earns more than twice the lifetime earnings of a high school dropout
• For African Americans, the unemployment rate of a high school dropout is 21% compared to 7.3% for college grads.
• The percentage of high school dropouts living in poverty is 8.5 times that of college grads.
• The incarceration rate of high school dropouts is 60 times that of college grads.
Source: The consequences of dropping out of high school. Center for Labor Market Studies, NorthEastern University. October 2009
The Principle of Exchange
Employers will hire workers if they gain more from hiring them than
they give up.
The Mirror: An Incredibly Powerful Package of Human
Capital!
You are the only one who can develop your human capital….. not your
teachers, not your parents,
YOU
MAKE YOURSELF SCARCE!!!!
High demand, low supply
All other things being equal
higher education and/or training
leads to higher income
Main Points• The labor market of the 21st century is
characterized by rapid technological change, global competition, demand for highly skilled workers, numerous job and career changes, and constant upgrades of skills and knowledge.
• The greater your skills and knowledge obtained through education and/or training, the higher your lifetime earnings.
MAKE YOURSELF SCARCE!!!!
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