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'Dehumanising, impenetrable, frustrating': the grim reality of job hunting in the age of AI
The automation revolution has hit recruitment, with everything from facial expressions to vocal tone now analysed by algorithms and artificial intelligence. But what’s the cost to workforce diversity – and workers themselves? According to Nathan Mondragon, finding the right employee is all about looking at the little things.
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How to avoid an IT career dead end
You may love what you do, but change is a fact of life in technology. Here’s how to stay a step ahead.
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The Bullshit-Job Boom
For more and more people, work appears to serve no purpose. Is there any good left in the grind?
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The seven biggest BS jobs in America
Increasing numbers of workers in rich countries — as many as 35 or 40 percent in some surveys — are secretly convinced their jobs are pointless. By David Graeber.
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Lies, damned lies: Your job title vs. your actual role
Did the job offer give you a title of "data scientist" but the work is more like data scullerymaid? Oh, dear, you fell for a shiny bauble of a job description! Here’s how to identify when the job description doesn’t match the job duties.
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Taxi! Meet the People Behind the Wheel
Matthew Joseph's portraits of taxi drivers in London, New York, Johannesburg, Cape Town, Paris and Rome.
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After decades of pushing bachelor’s degrees, U.S. needs more tradespeople
At a steel factory dwarfed by the adjacent Auto Club Speedway, Fernando Esparza is working toward his next promotion. Esparza is a 46-year-old mechanic for Evolution Fresh, a subsidiary of Starbucks that makes juices and smoothies. He’s taking a class in industrial computing taught by a community college at a local manufacturing plant in the hope it will bump up his wages.
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5 steps to change your IT career specialty
Techies care passionately about their work, which encourages them to develop in-depth expertise, follow new trends, and pay attention to career opportunities. Those goals don't always align. If you see colleagues find advanced jobs in new environments, it may be time to investigate what a move might mean to your career and what to do to snag a great opportunity.
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German workers win right to 28-hour week
Millions of German workers are winning the fight for a 28-hour work week. Labor union IG Metall secured an unprecedented deal this week to give a large portion of its 2.3 million members more flexible working hours and a big pay rise. From next year, workers at many of Germany's top engineering firms -- such as Mercedes-Benz owner Daimler (DDAIF) -- can opt to work 28 hours a week for up to two years, before returning to the standard 35-hour week.
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Nontraditional pathways to a cybersecurity career
Interested in an infosec career, but not sure you have the right background? How these high-profile cybersecurity professionals got started might surprise you.
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Do You Really Need a Computer Science Degree in Today's Market?
A lack of a formal computer-science degree shouldn’t hold you back from finding a solid job in technology, provided you have the experience.
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Mexico to raise minimum wage...to $4.70 a day
Mexican officials and business leaders agreed to increase the country's minimum wage to 88.36 pesos a day, or about $4.70.
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Get Anything Done | It's the Bit
Get anything done in the U.S. We do the hard work. You get the best service. Guaranteed.
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The Data Doesn't Back Up That "Automation Creates Jobs" Theory
Fairly regularly, I receive pitches from companies talking about the benefits of automation, and how the streamlined workplace is nothing but beneficial for workers, who will be able to work faster and be happier. These companies tout that automation will “support you in becoming an innovative visionary” and “isn’t going to steal your job, it’s going to make it more fun.”
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Awaiting Trump's coal comeback, miners reject retraining
He settled instead on something familiar: a coal mining course.”I think there is a coal comeback,” said the 33-year-old son of a miner. Despite broad consensus about coal’s bleak future, a years-long effort to diversify the economy of this hard-hit region away from mining is stumbling, with Obama-era jobs retraining classes undersubscribed and future programs at risk under President Donald Trump’s proposed 2018 budget.
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U.S. jobless claims hit more than 44-year low
The number of Americans filing for unemployment benefits dropped to its lowest level in more than 44 years last week, pointing to a rebound in job growth after a hurricane-related decline in employment in September.
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'Anger, Betrayal': Sears Canada Staff Speak out about Demise of the Company and their Jobs
It was a day of confusion, anger and sadness for Sears workers on Tuesday when they learned that the retailer is making plans to close its remaining 130 stores.
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After decades of pushing bachelor’s degrees, U.S. needs more tradespeople
At a steel factory dwarfed by the adjacent Auto Club Speedway, Fernando Esparza is working toward his next promotion. Esparza is a 46-year-old mechanic for Evolution Fresh, a subsidiary of Starbucks that makes juices and smoothies. He’s taking a class in industrial computing taught by a community college at a local manufacturing plant in the hope it will bump up his wages.
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End of the checkout line: the looming crisis for American cashiers
he day before a fully automated grocery store opened its doors in 1939, the inventor Clarence Saunders took out a full page advertisement in the Memphis Press-Scimitar warning “old duds” with “cobwebby brains” to keep away. The Keedoozle, with its glass cases of merchandise and high-tech system of circuitry and conveyer belts, was cutting edge for the era and only those “of spirit, of understanding” should dare enter.
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13 ways to sabotage your IT career
Undoubtedly you've seen people shoot off their own feet at work. Herein are a few career-saving light-bulb moments.
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