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3 reports that caught our attention the week of Sept. 17, 2023

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CareerWise is always on the lookout for the latest reports related to career development. Here are several reports that we found interesting this week.

Working Without Borders: The Promise and Peril of Online Gig Work (World Bank)

Demand for gig work has increased 41% between 2016 and the first quarter of 2023. This growth in demand for a flexible workforce has deep and wide-ranging implications for the geography, skill content and modes of delivery of jobs that challenge our traditional concepts of work but are not yet fully understood.

Generative AI and jobs: A global analysis of potential effects on job quantity and quality (International Labour Organization)

This study presents a global analysis of the potential exposure of occupations and tasks to generative AI, and specifically to Generative Pre-Trained Transformers (GPTs), and the possible implications of such exposure for job quantity and quality.

The Impact of Digital Technologies on Quality of Work in Canada (ICTC)

This research investigates the intersection of employment and technology to better understand how advances in technology are affecting the quality of work. The literature review and key informant interviews identified that growing digital technology usage is altering the quality of work for Canadians in numerous ways.

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Lindsay Purchase is the Editor of CERIC’s CareerWise website and CareerWise Weekly newsletter. She has a background in journalism, having worked previously as a digital editor and reporter. Lindsay is a graduate of Wilfrid Laurier University’s Global Studies program and Toronto Metropolitan University’s Food Security certificate program.
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Lindsay Purchase is the Editor of CERIC’s CareerWise website and CareerWise Weekly newsletter. She has a background in journalism, having worked previously as a digital editor and reporter. Lindsay is a graduate of Wilfrid Laurier University’s Global Studies program and Toronto Metropolitan University’s Food Security certificate program.
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