D.J.F. Dream job future

1. D.J.F.Dream job future LaPet Lara Rebernik & Petra Vretenar Slovenia

2. My Dream Job • It is a freelance job, meaning that you are your own boss – you choose your workplace, time and assets spent. • Area of expertise would be business and environmental sciences.

3. We would like to travel around the world and therefore work on projects on different locations. Transportation and communication will be so highly developed that we could work from any place in the world (exp.: LA to NYin 20 minutes by train)

4. Since we are working on projects we can divide our time between work and personal time as we please, as long as we get the job done on time. • We won’t have stationary office – the world is our office, changing environment serves well for inspiration and creative approach in solving problems.

5. For remote work,internet is the initial communication channel. • We can use services like Skype, voIP calling, IM, Social networking • With our work we will help to improve environment and different start-up companies with their beginnings, on the other hand we would do marketing and consulting jobs for existing companies.

6. Company as we know it today,won’t exist anymore in sense that we go to work every day from 8 to 16, you will be able to choose your own schedule, the emphasis would be on delivered results and your productivity won’t be measured by time spent in the office. • We also would not have conventional hierarchy; depending on project we would choose project manager, the person that is an expert on a certain area. • Salary depends on your part and responsibility in project.

7. My Dream Education • Needed skills are: Communication skills, creativity, analytical thinking, initiative, excellent computer literacy, expert knowledge of your area of expertise, the great emphasis would be on the fact that you actually know how to do a certain thing in practice, not just on paper, also important is cultural awareness and knowledge of different languages (maybe even to create universal language).

8. Firstly, we should specialize sooner (and also help undecided pupils to find their way). • Secondly, on the level of higher education we should be able to choose more freely (exp.: economics and biology together etc.) – to have major and minor degree (we don’t have this system in our country). • Thirdly, we think that we should shorten our schooling time – quality is more important than quantity.

9. We would like to introduce more practical training; in fact, we would base our educational system on practice and through hands-on experience we would also learn the theory that is needed. • With this approach we would start in high schools and intensify it on level of higher education. • Since we support eco- and financial-friendly behavior we would encourage virtual classrooms

10. In our opinion no radical changes will happen in following 10 years, because of our rigid systems • Since educational institutions are owned by government, it is in their hands to make important changes • We are developing as society and we have outgrown the model that worked 20 (or even more) years ago • We should align needs of market with our educational system • However, it is on us to evolve and develop our skills, to take initiative and to be master of your own destiny