10+ Best Articles on Jobs
The most useful articles on jobs from around the web—beginners to advanced—curated by thought leaders and our community. We focus on timeless pieces and update the list whenever we discover new, must-read articles or videos—make sure to bookmark and revisit this page.
Top 5 Jobs Articles
At a glance: these are the articles that have been most read, shared, and saved on jobs by Refind users in 2023.
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How to prepare your kids for jobs that don’t exist yet
Artificial Intelligence will rule the jobs of the future, so learning how to work with it will be key. But the skills needed might not be what you expect.
Short Articles
Short on time? Check out these useful short articles on jobs—all under 10 minutes.
“Play-to-earn” and Bullshit Jobs
In Bullshit Jobs: A Theory, David Graeber makes the case that a sizable chunk of the labour economy is essentially people performing useless work, as a sort of subconscious self-preservation instinct…
«Ultimately, in-game labour is just a re-branding of gameplay designed to be dull enough that rich players will pay to outsource it to poor players.»
'Jobs of the now': The top 10 jobs of the future have arrived early
From Work-from-Home Facilitator to Fitness Commitment Counsellor and Algorithm Bias Auditor to Cyber Calamity Forecaster, the future of jobs is already upon us.
A new study measures the actual impact of robots on jobs. It’s significant.
Industrial robots do reduce jobs and wages — especially for workers in the automotive industry and certain parts of the country.
5 things to know about the future of jobs
These some of the trends likely to influence the world of work between now and 2022, according to the World Economic Forum's Future of Jobs report 2018.
The next generation of jobs won’t be made up of professions
To prepare for the future, we need to shift from thinking about jobs and careers to thinking about challenges and problems, reports Alina Dizik
Long Articles
These are some of the most-read long-form articles on jobs.
The 20 Fastest Growing Jobs in the Next Decade
The employment landscape is constantly shifting. While agricultural jobs played a big role in the 19th century, a large portion of U
«Wind turbine service technicians have the fastest growth rate, with solar photovoltaic (solar panel) installers taking the third slot.»
Everybody Chill: Robots Won’t Take All Our Jobs
Everyone thinks automation will take all our jobs. The evidence disagrees.
The Rise of Bullshit Jobs
A bullshit job is a job which is so pointless that even the person doing the job secretly believes that it shouldn’t exist. And there are more now than ever.
What if jobs are not the solution but the problem?
Economists believe in full employment. Americans think that work builds character. But what if jobs aren’t working anymore?
Why do we work so hard?
Ryan Avent reckons that our jobs have become prisons from which we don’t want to escape
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