Can a 20-Minute Test Tell Employers What a College Degree Cannot? When it comes to hiring, many employers still lean toward graduates from name-brand institutions. Yet too many graduates “don’t get a shot at the high-value jobs they should be getting. Continue Reading →
Why Your Current Skill Set Might Not Be Enough Whereas jobs that rely on primarily one skill have shown a decrease in pay, positions that are multifaceted in nature are seeing healthy growth. Continue Reading →
Don’t Panic, Liberal Arts Majors. The Tech World Wants You. The ever-expanding tech sector is now producing career opportunities in fields that specifically require the skills taught in the humanities. Continue Reading →
There is Work in Digital Tech, Regardless of Background For all of the liberal arts majors, college dropouts, people looking for a new career or anyone else thinking about the field, I hope my path gives you hope. Continue Reading →
Why Every Tech Worker Needs a Humanities Education “Many of the builders of technology today haven’t spent enough time thinking about the implications for the world.” Continue Reading →
The Parts of America Most Susceptible to Automation The authors estimate that almost all large American metropolitan areas may lose more than 55 percent of their current jobs because of automation in the next two decades. Continue Reading →
Bosses Believe Your Work Skills Will Soon Be Useless “The most important skills to have in life are gained through interpersonal experiences, which stimulate real compassion, empathy, vulnerability and social-emotional intelligence.” Continue Reading →
A Skills Gap From College to Career Doesn’t Exist. It’s the Awareness Gap We Need to Fix. Excerpt from EdSurge — April 2017 A popular narrative in the employment market today is that a “skills gap” exists between the abilities employers seek in candidates and the capabilities that new college graduates gain through postsecondary education. Continue Reading →
Digital Workplace: How HR Will Change In 2017 20th century organizational structures are giving rise to devolved decision making by cross functional teams who work in sprints of activity, are funded via micro-budgets and able to deliver at unheard of speeds. Continue Reading →
Fast Forward 2030: The Future of Work and the Workplace People seek a holistic life: they want to work with intelligent people on exciting and rewarding projects where they can be creative and left alone to get the job done Continue Reading →