Abhijit Bhaduri’s Blog
I write about careers in the AI Economy and about the world of work. The sketchnotes are my own.
The common shift across so many businesses and what it means for you
There are two characteristics of any insight. It is something that is hidden in plain sight and looking back, it seems to be blindingly obvious. We cannot unsee it ever again. I am sharing what I can no longer unsee.
I spent 10 days working in the FUTURE - it is like movie making
Go behind the scenes with me on the set
That was one of the highlights of this year.
See some of the moments, the hashtag#bloopers and why I believe it is glimpse of the future.
Investments in learning - why is it so hard to measure
Learning is a relatively permanent change in our brain. It is a complex process that involves information, opportunity, time, skill of the teacher, the motivation of the learner, the access to different opportunities to try it out etc
How would you know if learning something was worth the time and effort?
Read on for some ideas on why we struggle to measure something that is becoming increasingly necessarily for our survival.
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Horizontal Capabilities & Organized Hybrid
3 reasons to read this hashtag#newsletter
A. Book Review: Competing in the Age of hashtag#AI
B. Discover the true meaning of hashtag#OrganizedHybrid ?
You won't guess the change in hashtag#wfh numbers before and after the pandemic!
C. How you should build horizontal hashtag#skills to hashtag#futureproof your hashtag#career
Your Skills & Your Brand - Build These Two in 2022
What is 2022 going to be like, we would all like to predict. I am not going to predict anything. I will tell you what YOU should do. I will limit it to two things you should do in 2022 (that rhymes!!)
What 3000 People Want In 2022
More than 200,000 people were asked about what they would want if one wish of theirs could be granted. More than 4000 people responded. More money in the same job was the second choice on their wish list. What did they want more than money, I wondered.
The Invisibles
Most applicants are still writing their resumes for humans. They continue to prepare for interviews with humans. The reality is that from reading the resumes to testing and video interviews, we are dealing with algorithms.
The Great Resignation
You could say the pandemic caught the business world unprepared like deer in the headlight. The Great Resignation is also telling us how unprepared the employers are.
Employer brands, benchmarking and writing
If you’re a morning person, you should do your analytical work early when you’re at peak alertness; your routine tasks around lunchtime in your trough; and your creative work in the late afternoon or evening when you’re more likely to do nonlinear thinking. The reverse holds true if you are a night owl.
Talent, mentors & 'No Rules Rules'
Can you find a virtual mentor even as you are locked up at home? That is what elite universities provide - great teachers and great mentors. Does that justify the premium they are paid? If you are NOT from an elite institute, is there any way you can compete? Yes, and it is something you can do today.
Abhijit's Sketchnotes No 12
Layoffs are are a major reason for mental health issues. You can use the headline offered by LinkedIn to stand out in the job market. And what should you never say in the headline? When someone wants to know why you were laid off, how should you answer the question by using a statistic? And is there an Insurance Policy that covers you against a layoff?
Your L&D strategy is missing one key element
To help employees build the habit of learning, providing them some slack time to learn and reflect plus the opportunity to try it out at work and get feedback.
Building India as a talent-hub
Automation may require an estimated 375 million workers to reskill for new jobs by 2030. New jobs are being created that have never existed before. Being a standup comedian is a thing now. As is the role of a ‘Tweeter-in-Chief’ that Twitter it looking for to run its Twitter account. The position requires a “fun, creative person with story-telling skills”.
Coursera Global Skills Index 2019: 3 skill sets that make you employable globally
2 out of 3 people in the workforce in developing countries lag behind in at least one of these three skills. The educational institutions are lagging behind in most of these countries. That means having a degree is no guarantee of employability. The skills required to do most jobs are evolving quickly. The employers in every country need to invest in upskilling, reskilling, and deep-skilling the employees on a continuous basis.
Want a High Paying Hybrid Job - 4 Skills You Will Need
The future belongs to experts. Build deep expertise in your field whether you are a data scientist, security analyst, product manager, marketing manager or UI designer. Bring skills from other disciplines like design, data analysis and business acumen to your field of expertise. Those are the jobs that are harder to automate. You can automate say the data crunching, but it is harder to automate the role of a Data Scientist who is a brilliant designer and storyteller. They are "hybrid jobs".
The New Skills Marketplace
We can no longer tell a first-time workforce entrant to find a stable job. The job market is in a state of “perpetual beta”. There are sectors and organizations that are collapsing because of new business models. Jobs are getting unbundled and being looked at as a set of skills. Some of these skills will be automated. Some skills will be done by humans. Definitely, constant skill upgradation is the new norm.