Collaborative outlines skills needed for job hunt in R.I.

SKILLS TYPICALLY taught through the humanities and liberal arts are vital for the job hunt in Rhode Island, a new study undertaken by participants in the Collaborative suggests.
SKILLS TYPICALLY taught through the humanities and liberal arts are vital for the job hunt in Rhode Island, a new study undertaken by participants in the Collaborative suggests.

PROVIDENCE – Skills typically taught through the humanities and liberal arts are vital for the job hunt in Rhode Island, a new study undertaken by participants in the Collaborative suggests.
Specifically, the “four C’s” – communicating, cogitating, computing and cooperating – are found to be essential in providing the knowledge, skills and abilities necessary to secure and keep jobs in demand today, researcher Matthew Bodah, professor of industrial relations at the University of Rhode Island, has found.
Those jobs, he says, based on a review of the 2022 Occupational Outlook for Rhode Island, include high-growth employment as a market research analyst, software developer, computer systems analyst or “perhaps surprisingly,” he notes, construction supervisor. These jobs typically pay at least $16 an hour, the report states.
Communicating includes reading, speaking and writing skills; cogitating includes critical thinking and judgment; cooperating covers time management and social relations; and computing involves “more than at least basic knowledge of math.”
The skills needed that are represented by the four Cs “do not eliminate the need for specific professional training and development,” Bodah states.
The Collaborative has launched and funded 12 research studies covering issues related to workforce, manufacturing, regional competitiveness and infrastructure in Rhode Island. The studies are intended to increase the use of non-partisan academic research in policymaking and provide an evidence-based foundation for government decision-making in the state.
To share the findings of these research projects, The Collaborative will hold its third session of “Public Policy Speaker Series: Research into Action” on June 4 at noon at the Rhode Island Foundation.
The events in this series feature Rhode Island scholars discussing a variety of policy topics.

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