Careers for post-Millennials: Driving the Future with Science, Engineering, and Innovation (2021)
The future careers of
post-pandemic have shifted to be more innovation-driven. Critical sectors such
as healthcare, technology and engineering, business and finance, or even arts essentially
require innovations to thrive in the post-pandemic era. However, there are gaps
in the needs and supply of ready professionals and workers to nurture
innovations in these sectors. The situations during the COVID-19 pandemic have
widened and worsened this gap especially related to the Asia Pacific region’s existing
educations inequity. To challenge this issue, UNESCO, in collaboration with
Thai Young Scientist Academy, PTT Exploration and Production Public Company
Limited, and the National Science Museum Thailand (NSM), conducted a series of
online workshops for youth on “Careers for post-Millennials: Driving the Future
with Science, Engineering, and Innovation”. These workshops aimed to inspire
and encourage youth in the region to pursue careers as professionals in
innovation-driven sectors.
The training
materials were prepared specifically for high school students and university
students, comprised of three focused career groups: 1) automation and robotic
engineers, 2) creative and arts digitisation designers and engineers, and 3)
health and related environmental professionals. In addition to that, a virtual
job exhibition was organised to give participants an experience of job hunting.