Today’s high school students, tomorrow’s workforce all stars ¬† Lonnie Emard THIS IS A story about Youth Apprenticeships and baseball—well, more precisely about the process by which Major League Baseball (MLB) keeps itself young, vibrant, and competitive. The Youth Apprenticeship concept isn’t just a typical hiring strategy for an employer; it’s going to be a […]
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Q&A with Charles Morgan EDITOR’S NOTE: We published a slightly longer version of this interview only last September, and it’s fascinating to look at it not quite a year later and see how much of what serial tech entrepreneur/visionary Charles Morgan (Acxiom, First Orion) predicted is already taking place. —————————————— You have some thoughts about
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How today’s summer gigs help prepare teens for real careers ¬† Introduction/James MorganData and Context/ChatGPT IN LAST MONTH’S newsletter, we explored the whats and whys of how teen summer jobs have evolved over the decades. This month we take that effort a step further. Today’s tech-enabled gigs often develop more transferable, future-oriented skills than many
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The Director’s Chair FOR THOSE OF us who like the heat more than the cold, we Arkansans are living our dream this July, right? Even this summer’s baseball is better watched on TV, in an air-conditioned house, with a very chilled drink near at hand. All of which calls to mind this edition of the
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The A.I.-generated hiring logjam…Why soft skills still matter in the age of A.I….Is it time for you to quit that job? Check it all out right here. The Hiring Process is a Mess of Robots – The Hustle ¬† Why Soft Skills Matter in the Age of AI – Harvard Business School ¬† Losing Passion