by dankeelan | Aug 11, 2026 | Soft Skills, Workplace
Noticing that a six-foot-something intoxicated and aggressive man was hungry and providing him with a ham sandwich once helped John Finnerty calm a volatile situation. Finnerty, who is 53 and from Limerick, was a member of An Garda Síochána at the time. “I’d been...
by dankeelan | Aug 11, 2026 | Artificial Intelligence, Workplace
For years now, executives at companies that are pouring hundreds of billions of dollars a year into developing various artificial intelligence tools have insisted that the technology will ultimately mean people will spend less of their time working. An engineering...
by dankeelan | Aug 11, 2026 | Mentoring, STEM
The Mystic Aquarium has been awarded a $4 million grant from the U.S. Department of Justice’s Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention’s Multistate Mentoring Programs initiative to expand its STEM Mentoring program. The 501(c)(3) nonprofit...
by dankeelan | Aug 11, 2026 | Artificial Intelligence, Hiring, Skills
Seventy percent of employers now use skills-based hiring, up from 65% a year earlier, and 53% have eliminated degree requirements entirely, up from just 30%, according to the National Association of Colleges and Employers Job Outlook 2026 survey and TestGorilla’s 2025...
by dankeelan | Aug 11, 2026 | Featured, Jobs, U.S. Economy
After lackluster hiring in June, forecasters had expected the report to show a modest pickup in July. The Bureau of Labor Statistics came out with its report on the U.S. job market, and it looks weaker than forecasters had expected. Employers cut 23,000 jobs in July...
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