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Settling for Less: the Tradeoffs of Job Hopping
More workers have accepted a smaller paycheck when changing jobs — and the trend predates the pandemic.
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Indeed Hiring Lab’s shocking finding about AI disruption of job skills
Researchers assessed the feasibility of a current Large Language Model performing tasks based on specific skills. They examined over 2,800 skills in Indeed’s taxonomy. And guess how many of those skills were rated as “very likely” to be automated by GenAI? Zero.
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Future of Work digest: back to school edition!
Turnover risk is lower when employees can choose where they work (Great Place To Work Institute) – In the words of luminary thinker Daniel Pink: “Companies instituted mandatory return-to-office measures to boost productivity and deepen employee commitment. Turns out those moves had the *opposite* effect.”
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Funding for startups, from robotics to refugees
Low-Wage Workers as Percent of the Workforce, by State (Visual Capitalist) – For the past 15 years, the federal minimum wage has remained unchanged, with its real value now at its lowest point in 67 years.
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Mary Meeker’s Prompt to Higher Ed
Mary Meeker, famous for her annual Internet Trends reports, has published a new report calling for the tech industry, government, and higher education to work together to advance AI during an inflection point “of epic proportions.”
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Offering every citizen decent work and economic opportunity
To achieve decent work and economic growth, we must implement policies that promote equitable income distribution. These are some organizations making contributions to decent work and economic growth.
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Promoting good health and well-being across the globe
Addressing these challenges and promoting good health requires cost-effective healthcare, access to medicine, and disease surveillance. These are some organizations making contributions to good health and well-being.