A guide to future-proofing your career in a time of change | How to gain visibility through LinkedIn content | Look to your base for passionate job candidates
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Rapidly changing technology can make it difficult to determine which skills will be in demand in the future. Having a plan for your career and a group of advisers can help you chart the right course.
Networking is ever-changing and challenging so keep up with industry leaders, be open to learning, diversify your network and be driven and brave, suggests Stefan Palios. "If you want to go into a particular field, talk to the people who are seeing the change coming, see what's happening, and can get a sense of where growth opportunities are versus where they're going to be shedding jobs," says Ronit Avni, founder of networking company Localized.
With over 300 million active monthly users, LinkedIn is the best social network for B2B content marketing and professional networking, says Aimee Tariq. When creating content, include hashtags, figure out the best time to post, generate comments and leave out an introduction to get viewers to check out your profile.
Hiring and retaining talent can be difficult when looking for certain skills, but hiring customers and other fans brings in people who are already enthusiastic about your company and the work it does, writes Robert Sher. A dedicated community comes from workers who are surrounded by what they love, so passionate candidates can bring substantial engagement to your organization.
Trends from 2019 such as work-life balance and remote work will carry into 2020 to attract new talent, according to workplace strategist Nigel Oseland. "Managers will need to plan better, move to performance (rather than time) management and ensure remote workers are motivated and loyal to the company," he writes.
With the start of 2020, many people will try to break bad habits and start good ones, but the key to building a successful habit involves motivation, ability and trigger, according to Damon Brown. To begin, figure out why you want the new habit and why you want it now, he writes.
Michigan Medicine has developed a technique that uses artificial intelligence to detect brain tumors bedside, eliminating the need for the lengthy pathology process. Amid all the concerning headlines about the power of AI, it is important to remember the technology is also being used for good.