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How student loans impact workers’ long-term career choices

Fast Company Tech

Student loan debt has an influence over borrowers career choices long after graduation, affecting their job satisfaction, career advancement, and investment strategies. It not only impacts people’s day-to-day financials, but also their morale at work, job acceptance, as well as their retention. When they choose to accept.

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Overqualified and underchallenged? Here’s how to make it work

Fast Company Tech

Her advanced skills perfectly filled their gap, and her job satisfaction soared within weeks, if not days. Two months later, as I stepped out into the big wide world, she gave me a glowing reference which opened incredible career doors, and I had learned more than I ever thought I would working in a mundane job!

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Generative AI expected to replace 2+ million US jobs by 2030, those with higher education and wages more at risk

TechSpot

Analyst firm Forrester's 2023 Generative AI Jobs Impact Forecast offers a similar conclusion to IBM's recent study: that while generative AI is going to cost many people their jobs, it will augment more roles than replace them. times more jobs will be "influenced" by the tech, Read Entire Article Forrester notes that 4.5

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Why Data SHOULD Drive Your Strategy

Association Analytics

A member might love the idea of going to an event in Hawaii – especially if their job pays the bill typically – but will it really lead to a great conference and great networking, or will it be a flop? The Staff Are No Different Its not just the people in the big chair that want data to help their job.

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Black influencers are underpaid, and a new Instagram account is proving it

The Verge

McDermott, then a 19-year-old influencer and the only Black model on set, asked for £100 for the day, not knowing what she should have been asking for. McDermott is one of many influencers of color who have started to speak out about pay disparities in the industry. In some cases, influencers have shared success tories with Ajayi.

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You can now apply for a job through TikTok

The Verge

TikTok is testing a job application tool that allows its users to directly apply with video resumes to companies like Chipotle, Target, and Shopify. Some of the jobs currently listed include generating content for TikTok, which means more brands adopting the platform with already-savvy content developers.

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How Gen Z is shaping what meaningful work looks like for all workers

Fast Company Tech

Nearly four in 10 have turned down a job with a company that doesnt align with their values. More than 90% of workers say theyve been influenced by Gen Z on issues of meaning at work, and more than six in 10 say Gen Z has made them more likely to speak up when they dont approve of something at work. What if all jobs were meaningful?

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