Tag: Labor Market
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The Mirage of Stability: When Data Tells a Half-Truth

Photo by brahan milla on Unsplash We’ve been trained to treat certain numbers like they’re carved in stone. Monthly job reports. Quarterly revenue figures. GDP growth percentages. These metrics arrive like pronouncements from the mountaintop—authoritative, immutable, and immediately absorbed into headlines, forecasts, and strategic plans. And then, quietly—or much less so this most recent time—they…
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The Changing of the Tides: Navigating Work in the Age of AI and Erosion

Photo by Samuel Scrimshaw on Unsplash A Rising Undertow Last spring, the National Association of Business Economics surveyed 600 hiring managers and came back with a jaw‑dropper: more than half said applicants “couldn’t summarize a one‑page memo without AI help.” In the very same quarter, ChatGPT crossed a billion monthly users. If you picture modern…
