Jordan Peterson – IQ and The Job Market

Although this video was released just a day of writing this post, it has already gotten over 24,000 views and hundreds of votes and comments, guaranteeing it will be among his most popular videos ever. Why is this video so popular? Because it’s about IQ, automation, and their relation to job market, making it an… Continue reading Jordan Peterson – IQ and The Job Market

Jobless America, Part 2

Part 1 For anyone who follows the news, stories of the improving job market are becoming increasingly common, such as how jobless claims are falling: Jobless Claims in U.S. Decline to Lowest Level in Four Decades …or how the unemployment rate is low: U.S. unemployment falls to 4.9% before election – Nov. 4, 2016 As… Continue reading Jobless America, Part 2

Disparate Impact Litigation Hurts Job Seekers, Students, and Employers

Business Can Pay to Train Its Own Work Force One possible solution is cognitive screening – the use of tests such as the Wonderlic, SAT/ACT, or Wechsler to find prospective employees who can learn quickly and have good critical thinking skills (and thus would benefit the most from on-site training for technical tasks. training obviously… Continue reading Disparate Impact Litigation Hurts Job Seekers, Students, and Employers