Episodes tagged: Jobs

Are We Underestimating the Impact AI Will Have on the Labor Market?

In this episode Steve discusses how AI may impact the workers and the labor market. Unlike earlier tech revolutions, could AI be so disruptive that it permanently displaces millions of workers? Well, the “Godfather” of AI is sounding the warning.

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Upskilling Opportunities Creating Pathways to Success

In this episode of At Work In America, hosts Steve Boese and Trish Steed welcome Patricia Gill, Director of Workforce Development at the National Restaurant Association Educational Foundation.

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Why Entry-Level Software Jobs Seem Impossible to Find

In this episode Steve discusses how the combination of economic uncertainty and the emergence of AI are leading firms to hire fewer entry-level tech workers and making the job search for new grads exceedingly difficult.

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How Declining Birth Rates Impact the Future of Work

In this episode Steve discusses how declining birth rates in the US, as well as in many other developed countries, are expected to impact global labor markets, organizational workforce planning, and change the workplace overall in the near future.

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Beyond the Coasts: Where Careers Are Taking Off in 2025

In this episode Steve discusses some of the top cities in the US for job growth, career prospects, earning potential and more. The data shows that growth is coming from some unexpected places, and that the big cities on the coasts are not the only places offering strong career prospects.

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400,000 Jobs Need to be Filled to Close the Manufacturing Workforce Gap

In this episode Steve re-visits the manufacturing workforce gap in the US – with 400,000 open jobs to fill, organizations have to think more creatively and expansively about talent – and how to prepare for the next era of American manufacturing.

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Despite Progress, Child Labor Persists in Many Parts of the World

In this episode Steve discusses newly released global data on child labor, its prevalence, why it persists in many parts of the world, and why it is a truly an issue that all of us have a responsibility to address.

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Can Manufacturing Revive America’s Heartland?

In this episode Steve continues the discussion about reviving manufacturing in America. Today we examine whether manufacturing is the key to helping declining cities in the heartland or if we should be thinking beyond manufacturing to create more opportunity for workers without college degrees.

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The Class of 2025 is Facing the Most Complicated Job Market in Years

In this episode Steve discusses the job market conditions and prospects for the Class of 2025 college graduates. The new crop of grads are facing a labor market that is changing rapidly – with AI technology making many companies reconsider their hiring plans.

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Made in America: The Manufacturing Workforce Dilemma

In this episode Steve discusses a dilemma in the US labor market – trade policies designed to return manufacturing jobs to the country, when there are already over half a million unfilled manufacturing jobs today.

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