- -: Thomas Sowell - Gender Bias and Income Disparity: A Myth?
April 2, 2008 (about 16 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2008/02/21/Uncommon_Knowledge_Thomas_Sowell Hoover Institution Senior Fellow Thomas Sowell argues that economic differences between working men and women are not generally due to employer discrimination, as is widely alleged. ----- Peter Robinson speaks with T...
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- -: Office Politics: Soft Skills on the Job
May 8, 2008 (almost 16 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2008/04/02/Peggy_Klaus_on_Recession-Proofing_Your_Career Author and Career Coach Peggy Klaus discusses the importance of on-the-job "soft skills" such as interpersonal communication and leadership. ----- Recession-Proofing Your Career with Peggy Klaus. Recess...
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- -: Office Politics: The Art of Managing Up
May 8, 2008 (almost 16 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2008/04/02/Peggy_Klaus_on_Recession-Proofing_Your_Career Author and Career Coach Peggy Klaus gives advice on improving one's job situation through the art of "managing up." ----- Recession-Proofing Your Career with Peggy Klaus. Recession jitters are the sign...
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- -: How to (Hopefully) Not Get Laid Off - Peggy Klaus
May 8, 2008 (almost 16 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2008/04/02/Peggy_Klaus_on_Recession-Proofing_Your_Career Author and Career Coach Peggy Klaus describes several ways an employee can raise their chances for job preservation during a period of company layoffs. ----- Recession-Proofing Your Career with Peggy Kla...
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- -: Technology in India - From 'Job-Eating Machines' to Empowering the Poor
May 5, 2009 (about 15 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/04/01/Infosys_and_India_Technology_Money_and_Politics Nandan Nilekani talks about how the role of technology has transformed in India. In the 1960s, computers were called "job-eating machines" but now Nilekani sees technology as a "positive force" which emp...
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- -: Finding Meaning in the Daily Grind - Alain de Botton
June 1, 2009 (almost 15 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/04/23/Alain_de_Botton_on_the_Pleasures_and_Sorrows_of_Work Author Alain de Botton says routine work allows us to impose order, provides us a distraction from thoughts of deaths and permits us to be something "slightly better than we manage to be in our day-...
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- -: Life Lessons from a Biscuit Factory - Alain de Botton
June 2, 2009 (almost 15 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/04/23/Alain_de_Botton_on_the_Pleasures_and_Sorrows_of_Work Alain de Botton, author of The Pleasures and Sorrows of Work, discusses lessons he learned from observing workers at a United Biscuits factory in the UK. According to Botton, highly specialized jobs...
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- -: Advice to College Grads - Jack and Suzy Welch
June 5, 2009 (almost 15 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/05/11/Jack_and_Suzy_Welch_The_Transformative_Power_of_10-10-10 Jack and Suzy Welch offer their advice to college graduates. While Suzy Welch acknowledges that many grads may have to settle for less than their dream job, she emphasizes the need to love your ...
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- -: Does Race Drive Opportunity? - John Powell
September 18, 2009 (over 14 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/09/07/POWER_John_A_Powell_on_Opportunity_and_Race John A. Powell, head of the Kirwan Institute, discusses the differing opportunity structures found within minority communities. "Opportunity in this country is deeply, profoundly racialized," says Powell. -...
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- -: 2009 vs 1887: A Grim Look at History of Unemployment
September 21, 2009 (over 14 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/06/19/Looking_for_Work_A_History_of_Unemployment The American History Guys trace the modern day concept of unemployment back to the era between the 1870s and 1880s - a period of recession they say closely mirrors the current economic climate. ----- Join t...
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