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UK gender pay gap measurement bias and policy risk
The revelation that the Office for National Statistics has understated the gender pay gap by roughly one percentage point for more than two...
What's more beneficial? Is it a side hustle or a raise?
As an operator, you already know that time is a finite resource and attention is even scarcer. Extra income sounds simple until you...
Why do human skills outperform qualifications in the age of AI
Artificial intelligence makes it cheap to produce a competent first draft of almost anything. That’s the gift and the trap. When teams ship...
Is it bad that I don't want to advance in my career?
You do not have to treat work as a calling to be taken seriously by the labor market. The macro system prices skills,...
The importance of parents in their children's professional choices
Parents carry more influence over early career decisions than any algorithm, prospectus, or recruiter. That influence can be constructive or distorting. The difference...
Create a "meaningful network" to increase your influence
The relationships that change your life rarely begin with a pitch. They begin with care. When I look back at the most pivotal...
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Will AI make the professional ladder more difficult to climb, or will it just alter its appearance?
The story everyone is telling is that AI will wipe out the bottom of the org chart. That is the wrong frame for...
How to choose to take the risk of relocating abroad
I moved to the United Kingdom on a Tier 5 working-holiday visa about four years ago. My timing was practical rather than heroic....
Why a college degree might not be sufficient in the current economic climate
There is a quiet shift happening in living rooms and at kitchen tables. Laptops open beside mugs that warm the palms. Notebooks carry...
Why Gen Z prefers the career lily pad path to the career ladder
Gen Z’s workplace stance is often framed as culture, yet the real story is capital allocation in labor markets. The incentives that once...
What is causing Malaysia's fresh graduates' beginning salaries to be so low?
Malaysia’s graduate story is no longer about unemployment. It is about pay, match quality, and credibility. The share of degree holders who start...
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