Listen "Googlization - Job Market Changes - Technology Evolving - Digitalization of the Workplace - with Ira Wolfe"
Episode Synopsis
Special Guest: Ira Wolfe An accomplished speaker and author of Recruiting in the Age of Googlization, Ira has been a leader in pre-hire and leadership assessments, recruitment marketing, and workforce trends for 25 years. He puts forth the passion and mindset required for the convergence between people and technology. Today he joins the podcast to talk about how staffing and hiring have changed in the advent of the internet, social media, and the pandemic.How has the pandemic changed the landscaping of the job market and recruitingChanges to the job market are causing the skills shortage to go awayNew Era of dealing with the Digitalization and Automation of work and working from homeSkills Shortages - there is not going to be as much of a need for hard skills shortages with the baby boomers retiring that we initial thoughUnderstanding working remote, digital knowledge, and practices are becoming much more critical.Organic growth of employees now is more important than ever before especially given the lull we have in the economy to allow us to catch upAdvances in Artificial Intelligence and 3D are technical skills are becoming a need but a need that people are already gravitating towardSoft Skills - The realization of needing to teach people more human in a modern world of automation - which includes empathy, compassion, and continuous learning Continuing education during down-times is critical to follow the trends - learn new skills, especially those that are growingMany organizations and online platforms are offering free skills trainingOnce you get a certification or training on a high demand skill, now whatStarting in a company in a lower-level role that will leverage you to the skill/position is more likely to happenBusinesses are horrible in identifying what is essential, so their criteria often are unrealisticCompanies even go so far as defining the type of personality they think they needWhat is Googlization How Googling things teaches us, but also can make us stupidGoogle has replaced the need for us to master or know thingsLook at the job you are in and understand the future of that industry Guest Info Ira S Wolfe Success Performance Solutions President and Chief Googlization Officer http://www.super-solutions.com https://www.irawolfe.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/irawolfe/ GLINTER SOCIAL MEDIA AND CONTACT INFO [email protected] (Email) https://www.michaelglinter.com/podcast-1 (Podcast) http://www.linkedin.com/in/michaelglinter2 (Linked In) #MichaelAGlinter (Twitter) http://www.facebook.com/michael.glinter (Facebook) https://www.youtube.com/c/MichaelGlinter (YouTube) www.michaelglinter.com (Website)
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