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Reskilling the Future of Work

HR Digest

In a recent McKinsey Global Survey on the future of workforce needs, nearly nine in ten executives and managers say their organizations either face skills gap already or expect gaps to develop within the next five years. That’s one-fifth of the global workforce. The world of work faces a paradigmatic transition.

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What the U.S. Economy Needs More Than Manufacturing

Harvard Business Review

But when it comes to achieving the goal of doubling exports in five years [a goal Obama outlined in his 2010 State of the Union speech ], we already did the easy part: because our exports were so depressed due to the global financial crisis, we saw growth in the first couple of years. He's not going to achieve his goal.

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