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Ask anyone on the job market right now and they’ll tell you that it’s tough out there. Hiring has slowed to a crawl across industries, earning the moment a nickname: “the Great Freeze.” Even when companies are hiring, a gloomy question hangs over many interviews: Will artificial intelligence transform this job – or take it?
That’s why I was excited when Murugan Anandarajan at Drexel University reached out with new data from several hundred companies on this very issue. Over the summer, he and his colleagues conducted two national surveys to find out how businesses are using AI, and how they view job candidates who use it too.
The results reveal a clear tension. Companies want workers who understand AI, yet few know how to evaluate those skills. Anandarajan explains why knowing where the gap lies – and developing what he calls “digital bilingualism” – could be the key to staying indispensable in the age of AI.
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Success in the age of AI may depend less on technical skills and more on human judgment, adaptability and trust.
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Murugan Anandarajan, Drexel University
Two surveys of hundreds of companies shed new light on what employers want.
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