Archive for February 2016
Research: The Future of Employment: How Susceptible are Jobs to Computerization?
Excerpt from research by Carl Benedikt Frey and Michael A. Osborne, University of Oxford — September 2013 We examine how susceptible jobs are to computerization. To assess this, we begin by implementing a novel methodology to estimate the probability of computerization for 702 detailed occupations, using a Gaussian process classifier. Based on these estimates, we…
Read MoreDo We Have the Grit to Close the Skills Gap?
“Ask any hiring manager what they are looking for in an ideal candidate, and you will quickly hear words like grit, determination, motivation, persistence, adaptability and hard work, characteristics often described as ‘non-cognitive’ skills by academics like the Nobel Prize winner James Heckman.”
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