Ep 01 with insights, unpopular opinions, and new beginnings ✨

Welcome to the first weekly issue of Future of Work where we deep dive into how work is shifting, plus how to prepare for those changes, big and small.

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Hira Saeed
July 26, 2023

Welcome to the first weekly issue of Future of Work where we deep dive into how work is shifting, plus how to prepare for those changes, big and small.

Here’s what’s on the menu today:

💡 Insight: 5 AI Tools To Help With Your Job Search

📰 News: Unpopular Opinion: Meetings Might (Actually) Be A Good Thing

🧰 3 Tools & Technologies To Set You Up For The Future: Slack, Loom, Asana

✨Course Spotlight To Upgrade Your Skills: Digital Economics

🎙️Podcast Recommendation: The Rework Podcast

Insights

5 AI Tools To Help With Your Job Search (Or With Helping You Quit)

“AI is going to replace our jobs.”

That’s all the talk these days around artificial intelligence. But, what if I told you AI tools could actually help you find one, too?

For example, about 46% of the 2, 145 job seekers surveyed by Resume Builder said they’re using ChatGPT to write their resumes and cover letters.

Now, that’s just one idea. There are a ton more ways you can use AI for your job search.

Read the full article here to see how career-related tools like LinkedIn are adding AI features to their products, and how you can use them to:

  • Prep for interviews

  • Draft messages to hiring managers

  • Get a “credit score” for your career

  • Write a resignation letter

Other insights:

News

Unpopular Opinion: Meetings Might (Actually) Be A Good Thing

Shopify announced they were giving their employees a new plug-in that syncs up their calendars and attaches a dollar amount to each meeting of more than two people earlier this month.

The amount is based on the attendee’s hourly salary and the meeting’s length.

This is meant to try to keep workers out of meetings so they can “get shit done.”

Now, Shopify isn’t the only company attempting to cut out meetings. Meta, Atlassian, and Clorox all have no-meeting days on their calendar.

But here’s the thing.

Meetings might (actually) be a good thing. Especially for companies with a lot of remote workers.

Why?

Because they give us an opportunity to talk and connect. And right now, more than ever, this is important because loneliness is the new epidemic in America.

Other news:

3 Tools & Technologies To Set You Up For The Future

  • Slack: Ensures everyone is well-informed and on the same page to help everything run smoothly and avoid miscommunication problems. Try it here →

  • Loom: Train and share knowledge with remote workers without sending lengthy emails or hopping on calls. Try it here →

  • Asana: Helps you deliver quality work together, faster. Try it here →

Course Spotlight To Upgrade Your Skills

“Modern education is failing. People are losing trust in the system. The shift to online education has already begun.” - Dan Koe

Created by Dan Koe, a brand advisor for 6-7 figure creators, consultants, and influencers, this intensive course will teach you everything you need to start, grow, and productize yourself on the Internet.

You’ll learn to:

  • Pursue your curiosity

  • Build

  • Sell

  • Capture attention in the age of opportunity

The future belongs to those that take advantage of this mental and financial wealth transfer.

So, what are you waiting for?

Podcast Recommendation

In today’s fast-paced information-saturated world, advice is abundant.

But because of that… it’s also a lot harder to figure out which sources are truly reliable.

In this episode, Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson (the co-founders of 37signals), and Kimberly Rhodes talk about:

  • The importance of cultivating originality

  • Finding reliable business advice in today’s age

  • The importance of learning through experimentation

  • The importance of a select set of core ideas or key values for more effective decision-making in a sea of options

  • And so, so much more!

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Hira

CEO, Koi.work