80% of the women say they love their work, yet many still report barriers to getting to the top.
Women in the U.S. who are working in the science, engineering, and tech fields are 45% more likely than their male peers to leave the industry within the year, according to recent research from the Center for Talent Innovation.
Continue reading… “Why women are leaving science, engineering, and tech jobs”
Recruiters will need to look into their crystal balls to determine what campus recruiting will look in the future.
The employment landscape will continue to change as technology moves forward. What does this mean for campus recruiting in 2020 and beyond? It will look much different from today – students will have different majors, use different technologies, and plan for completely new and undiscovered career paths.
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“We’re increasingly going to be working with technology, and clearly some technologies are going to replace us.”
Former Secretary of Labor and professor of public policy at the University of California, Berkeley, Robert Reich and Susan Hassler, editor in chief of IEEE Spectrum magazine, Susan Hassler , are joined by engineers, scientists, and futurists from MIT, Carnegie Mellon, Rice University, and the Institute for the Future to give listeners insights into how technology will redefine work in the not too distant future. (Podcast)
Continue reading… “Futurework – how technology will redefine the culture of work”
LinkedIn used its massive dataset of professionals to see what colleges where producing employees at the most desirable firms.
Only a few of the conventionally prestigious schools made the top of the list when colleges are re-ranked by how graduates do in the job market. LinkedIn mined its massive dataset of professionals to see what colleges where producing employees at the most desirable firms in a handful of industries, including finance, tech, marketing, and media.
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There are a lot of articles that hypothesize about what possible careers we will be performing in the future. The majority of the time these future careers all involve some aspect of chemical engineering.
Continue reading… “Top 10 future jobs for chemical engineers”
There have been few studies, until now, that examined how workers feel about the adequacy of their skills. A survey of employees was released last week that provides strong confirmation of the notion that employees need better skills to do their jobs well, especially skills related to technology.
Continue reading… “Udemy survey finds workers don’t have the skills they need – and they know it”
Governors from Michigan to North Carolina and the Obama administration have a solution for some of the U.S. manufacturing sector’s woes: German-style apprenticeship programs.
Uber implements “dynamic pricing,” which some customers see as price gouging.
There is plenty of press these days on the pros and cons of the so-called “sharing economy.” Consider the diverse takes last week from MIT Technology Review, the New York Times, and the Kansas City Star.
Continue reading… “The ‘sharing economy’ – sharing isn’t free and price gouging isn’t mean”
These emerging new businesses are already on track to create one million brand-new jobs in the U.S.
Uber and Instacart are just two examples of online marketplaces that are rapidly transforming the way people get what they want when they want it, whether it’s a ride, a meal, or a pet sitter. These companies are on a hiring spree in order to make this happen, one that’s gone virtually unnoticed by the statisticians and economists who track the labor market.
Continue reading… “Mobile marketplaces are creating a million new jobs in the U.S.”
The fastest growing jobs are in user experience design, iOS and Android development, and business intelligence.
Designer, developer, and data scientist are some of the jobs that are predicted to be in-demand jobs in the coming year. How to land one of those jobs may not be the way you think.
Continue reading… “Where the jobs of the future are and how to land one”
Futurist Thomas Frey: In 1964, and open letter was drafted and sent to President Johnson, warning him of the coming Triple Revolution.
Continue reading… “When it comes to jobs, why is this time different?”
How will AI and robotics impact the economic and employment picture in the future?
A majority of people who responded to the Pew Research 2014 Future of the Internet canvassing anticipate that robotics and artificial intelligence will permeate wide segments of daily life by 2025. They anticipate there will be huge implications for a range of industries such as health care, transport and logistics, customer service, and home maintenance. But even as they are largely consistent in their predictions for the evolution of technology itself, they are deeply divided on how advances in AI and robotics will impact the economic and employment picture over the next decade.
Continue reading… “Pew Research: AI, robotics, and the future of jobs”
By delving into the futuring techniques of Futurist Thomas Frey, you’ll embark on an enlightening journey.
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