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New Poll Shows The Shifting Conversation Around Blue-Collar Work In The Age Of AI
A poll commissioned by the Business for Good Foundation, a nonprofit focused on reducing the wealth gap, found that 75% of Americans agree that "hands-on skills and practical experience matter more than formal degrees when it comes to career success."...
Work-From-Office Mandate? Expect Top Talent Turnover, Culture Rot
Organizations requiring IT workers to commute to an office need to ground decisions in value creation, focus on data-driven results, and avoid badge-swipe metrics, employment experts say. Work-from-office mandates are accelerating as the world moves further away from...
Cybersecurity Experts: Gmail Users Don’t Realize This AI Setting Is Turned On
Google automatically opts Gmail users into a feature that allows the company to access email data “to train AI models,” according to cybersecurity experts. Fortunately, users can opt-out in a few simple steps. In the industry-wide race to improve AI systems,...
Gallup Poll: How Working Americans Use AI
American workers adopted artificial intelligence into their work lives at a remarkable pace over the past few years, according to a new poll. Some 12% of employed adults say they use AI daily in their job, according to a Gallup Workforce survey conducted this fall of...
National Mentoring Month: It Takes Little To Be Big
Through Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Birmingham, I met two matches that show just how meaningful and lasting mentorship can be. Serenity and Anahita have been matched for about a year and a half. Their bond was built through simple moments, like getting ice...
The Leadership Blind Spot Hurting Your Team
As a business leader, there’s a tension you feel but rarely name. You’re surrounded by smart people, and they ask good questions. They surface real risks, meetings feel thoughtful, but progress still crawls. You leave conversations believing alignment exists, only to...
Report: 15 Fields Where Fully Remote Work Is Growing Fastest
Fully remote jobs aren’t as easy to come by as they might’ve been during the pandemic remote work boom. But they’re still out there. Recent data from FlexJobs, a jobs site for remote roles, shows the fields where these fully remote jobs are growing fastest. “Workers...
The 20 Most Common Jobs In America
If you’re thinking of becoming a home health aide, here’s the good news: Nearly 4 million people work in that profession, as of 2024. And here’s some less encouraging news: The median pay for a home health or personal care aide is only $34,900. And so it...
