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3 reports that caught our attention the week of April 7, 2024

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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.

Accelerating Canada’s Workforce: Micro-Credentialing in the Digital Economy (ICTC)

Micro-credentials are poised to become a mainstream rapid education and training solution in Canada. Yet, as micro-credentials are still relatively new in Canada, there remains a degree of confusion among employers, learners, and micro-credential providers themselves on what micro-credentials entail and how best to design them to the benefit of all stakeholders.

Using AI in the workplace: Opportunities, risks and policy responses (OECD)

In the OECD AI surveys of employers and workers, four in five workers say that AI improved their performance at work and three in five say that it increased their enjoyment of work. To support the adoption of trustworthy AI in the workplace, this policy paper identifies the main risks that need to be addressed when using AI in the workplace.

Navigating the Future of Work: Perspectives on Automation, AI, and Economic Prosperity (American Enterprise Institute)

This report explores several topics:

  • Beyond the Turing Test: Harnessing AI to Create Widely Shared Prosperity
  • We Can’t Predict the Future of Work
  • Automation, AI, and Wages

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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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