We are living in the midst of the Great Re-Skilling Revolution – a period in which many skills are shrinking, new professions appear faster than universities can name them, and technology constantly rewrites what it means to “be qualified.” In this world, a career is no longer a straight line but a dynamic system that requires continuous adjustments, reinvention, and design thinking. Join us for an open online lecture on December 12, 2025 at 11:30 CET (UTC+1) to hear Alicja Kotłowska, M.Sc., LLM, MBA from SWPS University talk about securing employment until retirement in the current, rapidly changing job environment.
The lecture is part of the ERUA Day organized by all member universities of the European Reform University Alliance (ERUA) at their respective campuses.
Flexibility and lifelong learning — keys to a mosaic career
In a world where technology accelerates, the classic career model — study, work, promotion, retirement — is replaced by a mosaic career: composed of stages, transitions, new skill requisition, short professional programs, certificates, side moves, and going back to school even at the age of 50 or 60.
The lecture will explore how individuals, organizations, and universities can thrive in an environment where jobs evolve faster than the skills we already possess. Rather than focusing on fear or disruption, the lecture will highlight opportunities, such as new pathways, new forms of learning, and new ways to stay relevant to secure a job not just for now, but for the future.
We will address the following questions:
- What if the job you will have in 2030 does not exist yet? Does “career planning” make sense nowadays? If yes, how does it look like?
- Why do many employees admit they haven’t learned any new skills in the last five years? What risks are associated with such attitude?
- How can employees counteract the phenomenon of “disappearing jobs”, i.e., jobs taken by AI? What skills have the longest “shelf life” and which ones expire the fastest?
- Can higher education evolve fast enough to serve people throughout their whole careers, not just at the beginning, when they enter the job market?
What will you gain?
- A clear understanding of why the pace of job change is accelerating
- A mental model for navigating a career without a fixed map
- An insight into the skills that have a lasting value
- An inspiration to treat lifelong learning as a strategic advantage, not as an obligation
- A new perspective on how universities can support adults in reskilling, upskilling, and reinventing their careers.
Register for an online lecture on SWPS University’s website ➜
She specializes in Management Studies. She researchers job market trends and socio-economic determinants of new work modalities. She was a Senior Lecturer at the Business School, Oxford Brookes University and a reviewer of academic textbooks at Oxford University Press and Blackwells publishers. She was head of a British Council project in India, and an independent observer representing Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) during an election in Bosnia and Herzegovina. She also had an opportunity to be a part of the Taskforce for the Administrative Reform working for the Prime Minister’s Council.
