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Study: Skilled Trades Shortages Threaten $1 Trillion Annual Loss

A large shortage of workers to fill millions of skilled trades jobs could result in $1 trillion in economic losses annually, according to new research from JLL. The commercial real estate services company revealed Tuesday that by 2030, an estimated 2.1 million skilled...

You Can’t Be Disconnected At Home And Magically Connected At Work

Here’s the story most leaders carry: I’m different at work. I’m on. I’m focused. Whatever is going on at home stays at home. I understand the appeal. It feels like discipline. Like professionalism. Like exactly the kind of thing a high performer should be able to do....

Paying Workers To Come In — Instead Of Mandating RTO

Employees at Superhuman, which offers AI assistant apps including Grammarly, dug in their heels when a two-day in-office mandate was introduced last April. It was met with "negative energy and sentiment," chief people officer Kenny Mendes told Business Insider. So,...

The Future Of Engineering Is Hybrid

The future of engineering will not be defined by AI alone. It will be defined by how humans and AI work together. AI is a human-created technology. It becomes valuable when paired with domain knowledge, judgment and accountability. Humans with AI can do more than AI...
Work From Home is Dead, Long Live Work From Anywhere

That shouldn’t be surprising particularly in the tech industry, where knowledge work fundamentally means we spend the vast majority of our time in an “office.” Everything from minor annoyances (they cut down the size of the Klondike bars in the mini-kitchen!) to...

Apps Every Freelancer Needs

Life as a freelancer comes with many freedoms but also a significant amount of responsibility. You're in charge of setting your own hours, negotiating your own contracts, making sure you get paid, managing your expenses and taxes, and everything else your business...

Build IT Group on a Gig Platform

Companies laid off many IT professionals during the COVID-19 crisis, so there is now a surplus of IT workers available. However, they lack key critical skills for new cloud-enabled technologies. Furthermore, third-party service providers struggle with the same issues....

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