Harmonious Workplaces

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Studies show that employment rates sharply drop after the age of 45 (OECD/Generation, 2023). In 2022, at the age of 46, I interviewed for a marketing executive position with a tool manufacturer. After five or so interviews, the hiring manager stated that they wanted a “digital native.” The interview ended.

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Harmonious Workplaces

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Everywhere you look online during the 2023 holiday season, you’ll see three things: A ridiculous amount of ads for products you don’t need or want… but might buy anyway. Job seekers report on peer-support calls and during networking meetings that they have had their interviews postponed or canceled. References Indeed & Glassdoor.

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Organizational Talent Consulting

APRIL 10, 2023

Human Resources - creating interview questions for candidate assessment and self-serve support. There is a growing interest and concern with ethics associated with AI models. The 2023 Stanford AI Index: Demand for AI skills continues climbing. The AI Index 2023 Annual Report. References: Beckett, E. Chui, E, Roberts, R.,

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Harmonious Workplaces

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Facilitated by Christina Walsh, the topic of discussion involved the “refraction points” (Nour, 2023) in our lives and careers , which bend our trajectory in new directions. In 2001, Michael hired a no-name like me after an informational interview to become the Associate Marketing Director for GIA Publications. References De Botton, A.

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Effective Managers

MARCH 31, 2023

The Ethics of AI We need to understand what these tools are and how they can be used. On March 29, 2023 a group of over 1,000 artificial intelligence experts and industry executives called for a six-month pause in developing systems more powerful than OpenAI’s newly launched GPT-4. These are ethical breaches.

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Harmonious Workplaces

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Can you believe we still need to write about these interview sins? After a phone screen and an in-person interview, a potential employee met with one of the firm’s executives. However, they shrugged it off and went to the office for the interview prepared with questions. Don’t get angry or defensive.

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Harmonious Workplaces

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

People Make the Difference Celebrated quantum-theory physicist and author Michio Kaku highlighted in an interview the fact that AI such as ChatGPT, Bard, and Bing return the works of other people purely (JRE, 2023). Apparently, we may just have reached that point in some people’s eyes. References JRE University. link] Tyson, J.

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