Today’s high school students, tomorrow’s workforce all stars ¬† Lonnie Emard THIS IS A story about Youth Apprenticeships and baseball‚ÄĒwell, more precisely about the process by which Major League Baseball (MLB) keeps itself young, vibrant, and competitive. The Youth Apprenticeship concept isn‚Äôt just a typical hiring strategy for an employer; it’s going to be a […]
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Q&A with Charles Morgan EDITOR‚ÄôS NOTE: We published a slightly longer version of this interview only last September, and it‚Äôs 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‚ÄôS 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‚Äôs 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 РThe Hustle   Why Soft Skills Matter in the Age of AI РHarvard Business School   Losing Passion
Technology blew traditional teen jobs right out of the water ¬† Introduction/James Morgan Data and Context/ChatGPT JUNE INEVITABLY TAKES me back to all the summer jobs I had as a kid. When I was 12, I rode my bike weekly to every house in Hazlehurst, Mississippi, delivering ‚Äúcirculars‚ÄĚ listing weekend sale items for a local
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Nitin Agarwal, Ph.D,University of Arkansas at Little Rock ¬† AS THE FOUNDING DIRECTOR of UA Little Rock‚Äôs Collaboratorium for Social Media and Online Behavioral Studies (COSMOS), Prof. Nitin Agarwal spearheads a team funded by such entities as the U.S. Department of Defense and National Science Foundation to keep tabs on all things social media‚ÄĒespecially when
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The Director’s Chair THE WORLD IS changing with lightning speed, and today‚Äôs young people and their parents are increasingly occupying different realities. A story we‚Äôve told before bears frequent repeating: A professor we know was on a college recruiting visit to a medium-size Arkansas city when the mother of an 18-year-old daughter approached him with
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Back to your old job: Why workforce boomeranging is booming…How investors feel about corporate actions and causes…When A.I. helps people be more human. Check it all out right here. Why Boomeranging is Booming РThe Hustle   How Investors Feel About Corporate Actions and Causes РHarvard Business School   When AI Chatbots Help People
A commencement address for the Class of 2025 ¬† Delivered by ChatGPT [Opening Remarks]President [Name], members of the faculty and administration, proud families and friends, and most of all‚ÄĒgraduates of the Class of 2025: Thank you for the honor of joining you on this extraordinary day. I may not be wearing a cap or gown,
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