The world has changed

DID YOU KNOW

If you’re one in a million in China . . .

There are 1,300 people just like you.

In India, there are 1,100 people just like you.

DID YOU KNOW

The 25% of the population in China with the highest IQ’s . . .

Is greater than the total population of North America.

In India, it’s the top 28%.

Translation for teachers:They have more honors kids

than we have kids.

DID YOU KNOW

The number of college graduates in other countries is now well surpassing the United States,

especially in the sciences.

Translation for students?

Translation for students?EDUCATION IS MORE

IMPORTANT THAN EVER

DID YOU KNOW

China will soon become the number one English speaking

country in the world.

When China becomes the largest English speaking country in the world…

The English speaking candidate market will increase by over 300 Million people…

…meaning organisations will have access to the largest English speaking Talent Pool ever available

If you took every single job in the U.S. today and shipped it to

China . . .

China would still have a labor surplus (unemployment).

DID YOU KNOW

India’s major export is no longer Gems and Jewelry

It’s now Human Capital

DID YOU KNOW

The top 10 in-demand jobs in 2010 didn’t exist in 2004.

 That means that you are currently being prepared for jobs

that don’t yet exist . . .

Using technologies that haven’t been invented . . .

In order to solve problems that we don’t even know are

problems yet.

DID YOU KNOW

Human communication has evolved from Snail Mail…

…to Email

If you are sending 1 email

It is just 1 of the 165 billion sent every day

1 in 4 employees prefer to communicate via email rather than face to face

In 2020, that figure will be 3 in 4

DID YOU KNOW

We are living in exponential times.

The number of text messages sent and received every day

exceeds the population of the planet.

There are over 2.7 billion searches performed on Google

each month.

To whom were these questions addressed B.G.?

To whom were these questions addressed B.G.?(Before Google)

DID YOU KNOW

More than 3,000 new books are published . . .

Daily.

It’s estimated that a week’s worth of New York Times . . .

Contains more information than a person was likely to come

across in a lifetime in the 18th century.

DID YOU KNOW

There are over 100 million registered users of MySpace.

(August 2006)

The average MySpace page is visited 30 times a day.

If Facebook was a country……it would be DOUBLE the size of Japan

Internet communities are becoming larger than some of the most powerful countries in the world

Forget  "Pen-Pals"

And welcome...

And welcome...

-Blogging Buddies

And welcome...

-Blogging Buddies-Facebook Friends

And welcome...

-Blogging Buddies-Facebook Friends-Keyboard Komrades

DID YOU KNOW

Access to the internet increases everyday

 

Access to the internet increases in every country

 

Access to the internet increases in every culture

 

WHAT does it all MEAN?

"So what?" you say...

 As compared to 10-15 years ago, it will be much harder getting a job after high school and/or college. However, times are a changin' as there are MORE...

         - English speakers all over the world       - College graduates around the globe       - Jobs outsourced overseas       - Immigrants in the U.S. taking domestic jobs       - GLOBAL COMPETITION across the board

 As compared to 10-15 years ago, it will be much harder getting a job after high school and/or college. However, times are a changin' as there are MORE...

         - English speakers all over the world       - College graduates around the globe       - Jobs outsourced overseas       - Immigrants in the U.S. taking domestic jobs       - GLOBAL COMPETITION across the board

 As compared to 10-15 years ago, it will be much harder getting a job after high school and/or college. However, times are a changin' as there are MORE...

         - English speakers all over the world       - College graduates around the globe       - Jobs outsourced overseas to foreign countries       - Immigrants in the U.S. taking domestic jobs       - GLOBAL COMPETITION across the board

 As compared to 10-15 years ago, it will be much harder getting a job after high school and/or college. However, times are a changin' as there are MORE...

         - English speakers all over the world       - College graduates around the globe       - Jobs outsourced overseas to foreign countries       - Immigrants in the U.S. taking domestic jobs       - GLOBAL COMPETITION across the board

 As compared to 10-15 years ago, it will be much harder getting a job after high school and/or college. However, times are a changin' as there are MORE...

         - English speakers all over the world       - College graduates around the globe       - Jobs outsourced overseas to foreign countries       - Immigrants in the U.S. taking domestic jobs       - GLOBAL COMPETITION across the board

What can I do to compete

with a global workforce? to 

* Work hard in high school...study, study, study!

* Continue to Higher Education

* Become more Marketable - Educate YOURSELF!!!   - learn a language, a skill, another math or science

* And most of all, DO NOT SETTLE FOR MEDIOCRITY

* Work hard in high school...study, study, study!

* Continue to Higher Education

* Become more Marketable - Educate YOURSELF!!!   - learn a language, a skill, another math or science

* And most of all, DO NOT SETTLE FOR MEDIOCRITY

* Work hard in high school...study, study, study!

* Continue to Higher Education

* Become more Marketable - Educate YOURSELF!!!   - learn a language, a skill, another math or science

* And most of all, DO NOT SETTLE FOR MEDIOCRITY

* Work hard in high school...study, study, study!

* Continue to Higher Education

* Become more Marketable - Educate YOURSELF!!!   - learn a language, a skill, another math or science

* And most of all, DO NOT SETTLE FOR MEDIOCRITY

Don’t be left behind