Future of Work – Page 2

Best Cities to Work from Home

According to a new study conducted by SmartAsset, Charlotte ranked in the top 20 in their “Best Cities to Work From Home – 2020 Edition” list, coming in at #12. In 2019, Charlotte ranked #10 on the list, but the percentage actually went up this past year from 7.7% to 8.4% of the workforce working remotely.

Key Findings in the 2020 Edition:

Working from home is becoming more common.
Cities in the West and South rank well.

Click here to learn more and find out where other cities ranked.

2020 Job Search + Career Predictions

Today’s job market is shifting at unprecedented speeds as new technologies, globalization and economic shifts continue to drive change. Highly-experienced professionals, like those for whom Croixstone serves, will benefit from these changes. Learn more in this January 7, 2020 article from Forbes entitled “2020 Job Search and Career Predictions for Baby Boomers.”

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The January 2020 issue of Business North Carolina Magazine.

UNC Charlotte has opened the Carolinas’ first interdisciplinary School of Data Science.

There is a new logo in banktown.

Four ways work will change in 2020.

Croixstone’s founders have launched a new community group.

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The Charlotte Ledger asks the question.
Was Amazon’s search for HQ2 a data collection scheme?

Too many people are unfamiliar with the concept of portfolio career.
Don’t be one of them.

The $86 trillion world economy – in one chart.

Farewell Linear Career Path.

The days of the structured career path are long gone.
While the route to a long-term career has been irrevocably changed, many professionals are still working to catch-up.
How does one define career in 2020?

Hello Flexible Career.

The myriad of forces that are driving the future of work
require that we build career momentum
and measure career
success in new ways.
Career progression isn’t about moving down the road.
It is all about transformation.

Learn more here.

Know Globots + Telemigrants

The future of work is bringing new language to us. We all know that artificial intelligence is bringing about seismic changes to the workforce. But “globots” and “telemigrants” are predicted to cause major upheaval as well. Learn more.

The Future Is Calling. Are You Listening?

“The future whispers to us in faint signals rather than full sentences.” We love this quote from a new strategy article written by Paul Schoemaker for Inc. magazine. The future is calling you every day. Learn how to listen & be prepared.

Portfolio Careers 101

Many of the professionals who have joined Croixstone’s consulting team embrace the concept of “portfolio career.” This career strategy allows professionals to exert more control over how and why they work. Learn more about the basics of the portfolio career via Forbes.

The Greater Purpose of a Corporation

In August 2019, Business Roundtable (an association of chief executive officers) released a historic statement that redefines the purpose of a corporation. The big change? Shareholder primacy no longer rules supreme. Learn About the Greater Purpose of a Corporation as defined by 181 CEOs.

First of a Kind Roadmap to the Future Economy

So what can the labor flow of 500 million people on LinkedIn tell us about the structure of the global economy? Quite a bit according to a first of a kind study conducted by researchers at Indiana University and LinkedIn. One example: there are strong ties in the flow of labor between the credit card and airline industries. Learn more here.

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