Talent Development
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.
Read MoreWhy 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.
Read MoreDon’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.
Read MoreThere 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.
Read MoreWhy 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.”
Read MoreThe 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.
Read MoreBosses 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.”
Read MoreA Skills Gap From College to Career Doesn’t Exist. It’s the Awareness Gap We Need to Fix.
what if I told you that the skills gap was little more than fiction, and a different gap exists. I call it the “awareness gap.” While college graduates may leave universities with transcripts and resumes, employers aren’t able to see many of the skills they’ve developed through coursework and co-curricular activities.
Read MoreDigital 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.
Read MoreFast 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
Read MoreTrends in America’s Advanced Industries
According to Brookings, digital services comprised over half of the advanced sector jobs created in 2013-15.
Read MoreWhere machines could replace humans—and where they can’t (yet)
To be sure, digital technology is transforming [education as well], as can be seen from the myriad classes and learning vehicles available online. Yet the essence of teaching is deep expertise and complex interactions with other people
Read MoreAligning the Organization for its Digital Future
Many companies are responding to an increasingly digital market environment by adding roles with a digital focus or changing traditional roles to have a digital orientation. The list of “digital” business roles and functions is extensive and growing.
Read MoreIDEXX CIO Ken Grady on Nontraditional Career Paths
Ken Grady has been actively involved in efforts to establish paths to technology careers for communities who don’t usually end up there—specifically for US veterans.
Read MoreThe Pathways to Prosperity Report Updated
Upon being released in 2011, the Pathways to Prosperity report revealed the struggles of young people to attain employment in America, despite many good jobs going unfilled.
Read MoreWhy Germany Is So Much Better at Training Its Workers
Today in America, fewer than 5 percent of young people train as apprentices. In Germany, the number is closer to 60 percent—in fields as diverse as advanced manufacturing, IT, banking, and hospitality. And in Europe, what’s often called “dual training” is a highly respected career path
Read MoreLiberal-Arts Majors Have Plenty of Job Prospects, if They Have Some Specific Skills, Too
Liberal-arts graduates can improve their job prospects markedly by acquiring a small level of proficiency in one of eight specific skill sets, such as social media or data analysis.
Read MoreTyler Hiring up to 550 Software and IT Workers in Next 5 Years
The prospect of hiring up to 550 new workers over the next decade, including dozens of highly coveted software developers and IT specialists, isn’t keeping Tyler Technologies’ Christopher Hepburn and Robert Sansone up at nights.
Read MoreData Scientist Jobs Are Decoding Big Data in Healthcare
Big data is changing the way people and companies work and interact. It can provide valuable insights to inform decision-making processes and improve operational efficiency and effectiveness.
Read MoreInsights from Agile Maine Day 2016
Returning for its 3rd year, Agile Maine Day is a practical Agile conference that allows participants to connect and learn from their peers and leaders in the industry.
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