Tag: jobs

  • US Jobs | Learning by Proxy

    Life is filled with dichotomies. One of the dichotomies facing American businesses right now is the high unemployment rate coupled with the inability to find workers. One would assume that if there were jobs on offer, people would come out looking for work. That has not happened. US Jobs Donald Trump had presided over the…

  • Police – Students – Fashion | Learning by Proxy

    Every Saturday, I publish this series called ‘Learning by Proxy’. It is a capsule of some of the stuff that I found interesting over the week along with some context to it. I hope you enjoy it. Follow Up India has had by far the most draconian lockdown in the world. The only other city…

  • AI and Jobs

    Most jobs that you see around the world monetise a specific knowledge that a person possesses. An accountant knows to account and you pay him/her to do it. This knowledge is transferable, the work is pretty repetitive and can be easily turned into an algorithm. Do you know the kind of knowledge that is hardest…

  • Manufacturing and Jobs

    There was a time when the hinterland was where all the jobs went. People in the cities bought what was produced in the hinterland. Then shipping and air transportation took off big time and it made more sense to transport things that to produce them in your own country. It was easier to specialise and…