A manager weighs in on an overlooked aspect of career success  Laura Weiderhaft  RECENTLY, A SITE called Intelligent.com published results of a survey reporting that 81% of participating managers say that new college grads need training on how to act in the workplace. I assume that refers to all employees entering the workforce […]
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The age of the second brain is finally here ¬†Stephen Addison ¬†FOR YEARS, THE goal of a lot of people, whether they‚Äôve thought about this explicitly or not, has been to have something like a robot or a clone to share their work. In some circles this search‚ÄĒthis goal‚ÄĒis called the Second Brain
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HAVE YOU EVER been worried and unable to sleep? Well, that‚Äôs how I was this past Saturday morning. The coming week‚ÄĒthis week‚ÄĒis National Apprenticeship Week, and there are many, many things going on in the Apprenticely world that need to go right. You‚Äôll be hearing a lot about Registered Apprenticeships this week‚ÄĒin this newsletter, on
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Lonnie Emard,National Apprenticeship Director,Apprenticely THIS YEAR, THE week of November 17-23 is National Apprenticeship Week, and so it seemed appropriate to try to pin down the whirlwind we know as Lonnie Emard, our National Apprenticeship Director, and get his take on Registered Apprenticeships today. What follows is a sampling of a much longer conversation. _________________________________
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Eric Wall,Chief Information Security Officer,University of Arkansas System WE LIVE IN weird times, and sometimes people get freaked out. Such was the case last month when news broke that 5,000 pagers used by Hezbollah exploded in their very hands, at the very same moment. It was yet-another bloody chapter in a long history of warfare
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Re-envisioning the college-to-workforce pathway Albert Baker IN LATE AUGUST, we at UA Little Rock‚Äôs Department of Computer Science, in partnership with Apprenticely, held an early morning event to publicize a relatively new program, Support Pathways for Students. We invited employers and students for breakfast, presentations, and networking, and we had a very good turnout‚ÄĒthere
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A clarifying conversation with ChatGPT WHEN WE STARTED looking around to see who could give us an overall picture of how people are using A.I. today, we found that it’s hard to beat ChatGPT’s big-picture viewpoint. He may be biased, of course, but you can’t deny that he’s done his reading. Here’s how the conversation
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AT FIRST, IT was fun to ooh and ah as ChatGPT performed its amazing tricks. Now, two years in, who among us hasn’t experienced that nagging worry about how A.I. will upend what we know as our lives? Coincidentally, we recently heard serial tech entrepreneur/visionary Charles Morgan (Acxiom, First Orion) hold forth on this very
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Rely on good old human networking instead Clint Hankinson IT FEELS LIKE spitting into the wind. In today’s competitive job market, landing an interview often seems like an impossible task, and applying for jobs online can be a nightmare of a process. One of the primary barriers candidates face is the Applicant Tracking System (ATS).
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HAPPY FALL 2024! Wow, back to school…a new exciting football season…and we’re still running our air conditioner 24/7. I can’t wait for October, a great month in Arkansas. Reviewing the content of some of this issue’s articles, I thought I would give you some personal experience, and perhaps there’s a hint of wisdom in what
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