Category: Blog
June 27, 2016
The New Workforce: Aligning Jobs and Skills in the Age of Tech Disruption
By PK Agarwal, Regional Dean and CEO, Northeastern University-Silicon Valley Passionate discussions about jobs and careers crop up everywhere these days. In coffee shops, classrooms, and caucuses, the debates center on living wages, losing jobs overseas, the gig economy, and the...
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June 27, 2016
Five Million Jobs at Risk
A World Economic Report says robots could replace 5 million jobs. PK Agarwal, Dean and Regional CEO, Northeastern University–Silicon Valley discusses the future of jobs and the need for reskilling and upskilling on NBC Bay Area. http://www.pressheretv.com/five-million-jobs-at-risk/
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June 27, 2016
Silicon Valley Faces Growing Demand for Hybrid Education
By PK Agarwal, Regional Dean and CEO, Northeastern University-Silicon Valley Our world is being transformed by disruptive advances in the fields of robotics, machine learning, and artificial intelligence. Two-thirds of Americans now expect robots or computers to take over jobs performed...
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June 27, 2016
Stuck in a Career Rut? How to Stay Relevant in Silicon Valley
If you work and live in Silicon Valley, you already know how fast and furious things change around here. Companies come and go, new technologies crop up, fortunes rise and fall, whole neighborhoods appear out of nowhere. You may find...
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June 27, 2016
The Softer Side of Tech: Nurturing the Power of Emotional Intelligence
As technology becomes an integral part of every company, CIOs and IT leaders are being asked to weigh in on more strategic business decisions, not just technology concerns. In turn, the elevation of the IT role is changing the dynamics...
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