The Way We'll Work

Ten years ago, Facebook didn't exist. Ten years before that, we didn't have the Web. So who knows what jobs will be born a decade from now? Though unemployment is at a 25‑year high, work will eventually return. But it won't look the same. No one is going to pay you just to show up. We will see a more flexible, more freelance, more collaborative and far less secure work world. It will be run by a generation with new values — and women will increasingly ... Full Story »

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Subjects: Business, Sci/Tech
Topics: Innovation, Jobs
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Posted by: Posted by Kaizar Campwala - May 20, 2009 - 10:05 AM PDT
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Edited by: Kaizar Campwala - May 20, 2009 - 10:05 AM PDT
Derek Hawkins
4.1
by Derek Hawkins - May. 21, 2009

Impressively deep story on how the nature of jobs in the United States -- and the nature of employment itself -- are changing amid economic downturn. This is a very thorough report, with well reasoned predictions, good sourcing and background information. Covers issues from age to gender to environment.

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Fabrice Florin
3.9
by Fabrice Florin - May. 21, 2009

Informative coverage on the future of work and how your job will change. This news package includes 11 short articles on the new work order, covering a range of topics, such as the role of women, the rise of information technology jobs, and new management training practices. These stories are generally well reported, with factual evidence from multiple sources, and this series provides great context on this important topic.

Find out how your job is likely to change in coming years. Compare this story to other related stories on this topic: http://newstrust.net/topics/jobs

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Joey Baker
3.5
by Joey Baker - May. 21, 2009

This is a lot of futurism and predictions. It saves itself from total guessing by sticking to the obvious, but it does provide a good story.

There's nothing really all the surprising here. It essentially says that we will use technology to democratize the way we work, the next generation will take over, and green technology will become key. Nothing fantastic here, but likely all true.

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Kaizar Campwala
3.7
by Kaizar Campwala - May. 21, 2009

Time paints a comprehensive, and decidedly rosey picture of the American employment landscape of the future. Certainly thought-provoking, but not particularly critical.

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Naomi Isler
3.7
by Naomi Isler - May. 20, 2009

It's quality in that it takes a variety of ideas already posited about future (and present) work situations and puts them into one place. IMnotsoHO it doesn't present anything really new.

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Husein Q Campwala
3.8
by Husein Q Campwala - May. 22, 2009

It is a good evaluation of the work place scenario. I think it is missing on the essential elements of "Humane" platform. (Wo)Man works to live and not live to work. Newer technologies/economic patterns/arts/industries and sciences make us modify the motions of work BUT work it is. When we work to get on higher rung of career ladder/bigger stock portfolio or faster car we will relinquish a bit more to the newer genera of banker/financier/car manufacturer or "Green Energy ... More »

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