Craft Your WorK

John Coleman explains how to craft your work for personal satisfaction and future success.

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Love for Pets

Boris Starling opines about the influence of pets on the workplace.

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Tips for Job Seekers

Kevin Grice provides tips for finding employment .

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Peak Employment

Dani Romero suggests that the U.S. may be at peak employment . This could raise pressure on business administrators to raise wages, and thereby rekindling inflation.

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Eulogy for Summer Jobs

Goldie Blumenstyk reflects on the value of summer jobs for teens, and the economic and academic pressures that make them less attractive.

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Professional Writing in Academia

Larry McEnerney shares with university professors about the importance of professional writing .

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Retirement in the Future

John Stoll predicts the future of retirement , and after crunching the numbers suggests that most people will need to be gainfully employed long after age 65.

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The Economic Inpact of Restricting Immigration

Dany Bahar, Prithwiraj Choudhury, and Britta Glennon investigated the economic impact of banning immigration to the U.S., and charted a $100 billion hit to Fortune 500 firms.

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The Post-COVID Economy

Steve LeVine peers into the future of the world economy , and foresees more unemployment due to both the disruption of small employers and the automation of large employers.

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Education and Employment

Goldie Blumenstyk revisits predictions that education beyond high school would be required for 63% of all jobs. The current data shows about 70% of workers have credentials beyond a high school degree.

I recently heard a college recruiter state that "a college degree is the now the basic diploma." These figures seem to support this, though Blumenstyk does provide some caveats for analyzing the data and this implied trend.

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Living Wage

Talib Visram writes about Aaron Seyedian, an entrepreneur who is paying a $17/hr wage to home house cleaners in an attempt to show that even small companies can pay a living wage. The article offers an over of 1099 abuse , where workers are treated as contractors despite having greater responsibilities.

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Employee Privacy

Sarah Krouse addresses employee privacy in an age when the employer can record almost every activity at your desk.

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Cities Where Jobs Abound

Matt Alderton cites a report from Monster.com indicating that the biggest U.S. cities are where work is available .

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Training and Employment

Heather Kelly interviews Google's Eric Schmidt about the future of employment in developed economies.

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Employment Advertisement Effectiveness

Marty Nemko and Richard Bolles suggest that newspaper advertisements are valuable for the job seeker, as they are informative "leads" about company needs.

Bolles maintains the website The Job Hunter's Bible, and is the author of What Color Is Your Parachute?, a staple of job seekers for thirty years.

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Motivation and Employment

Clayton Christensen offers thoughts on what motivates purchases and hiring , and uses that lense to examine employment choice.

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The Value of Coding Skills

Sarah White recounts the value of learning to code , even when it is not part of your job description.

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Fourth Industrial Revolution

The World Economic Forum predicts the future of jobs in a new report which examines the effect of technology on the workforce. Women have become a major part of the workforce as a result of automation and the proliferation of white collar job, and this trend will continue. Patrick Nelson offers a summary.

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Employment Outlook Grim for Some Information Collectors

Sharon Gaudin notes that automation resulting from the Internet of Things will result in widespread unemployment for those who simply collect, and do not analyze, data.

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Video Cover Letters

Sharon Florentine reviews building effective video cover letters .

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