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How to Think Differently About a Flexible Workforce - SPONSOR CONTENT FROM CATALANT

Harvard Business Review

companies can’t fill their open positions, according to a McKinsey Global Institute study that found that analytical, engineering, and management roles are the hardest to fill. Economists Lawrence Katz and Alan Krueger found that American workers in alternative work arrangements, including temp workers, increased by 9.4

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Are You Setting Your Data Scientists Up to Fail?

Harvard Business Review

A few days after my arrival, I was ushered into Steve Katz’s office, my director, who was three levels above me in the organization. He thought everyone in his lab should be both a specialist and a systems engineer. Back in my initial conversation with Steve, he urged me to build skill in my craft but also to learn new skills.

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Why I Tell My MBA Students to Stop Looking for a Job and Join the Gig Economy

Harvard Business Review

Economists Larry Katz and Alan Krueger found that all of the net employment growth in the U.S. Another cause of the decline in jobs is that our engine of job growth has stalled. In 2008, the rate of job creation fell even further—below 1%—and has remained at that historically low level through 2015.

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