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Demystifying the Digital Skills

SectorAna Herrera

Director of Careers and HR

March 2019

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MYTH 1: ALL JOBS IN DIGITAL SKILLS REQUIRE CODING

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CATEGORIES IN DIGITAL SKILLS CAREERS

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FUNDAMENTAL SKILLSETS

Technical Creative

Entrepreneurial

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MORE TOOLS

S T A R• UCAS personal statement

• CV

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MYTH 2: THEY REQUIRE A COMPUTER SCIENCE ACADEMIC BACKGROUND

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UNIVERSITY ROUTES

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APPRENTICESHIP ROUTES

Google: “search for apprenticeship standards”

Where students can start their research…

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ADA - DESTINATIONS

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MYTH 3: THERE ARE NO [GOOD] JOBS

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MYTH 1: THERE ARE NO GOOD JOBS IN THE UK

Annually there are 104,000 tech jobs and 40,000 unfilled.

Social Market Foundation, 2013

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