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Executive Presence Trends: ghostwriting for execs is now mainstream

Compensation Trends: what hedge funds and trading houses are paying for AI skills

Workplace Trends: it's who you know again when it comes to getting hired

 Executives looking to boost their presence and become an Influencer are now turning to big PR firms to manage their LinkedIn profiles. 

Top executives do not have time to devote to the posting effort which needs to be consistent in order to establish strong online thought leadership.

from Business Insider

Workplace Trends: it's who you know again when it comes to getting hired

Compensation Trends: what hedge funds and trading houses are paying for AI skills

Workplace Trends: it's who you know again when it comes to getting hired

Who-you-know networking is back. As the number of job applicants has grown in recent years, the key to landing a new position often relies on a personal connection. The digital application process has overloaded hiring companies with so many applications, there is no way they can all be reviewed. Meanwhile, applicants say AI screening processes are automatically deleting them from consideration.

from the WSJ


Compensation Trends: what hedge funds and trading houses are paying for AI skills

Compensation Trends: what hedge funds and trading houses are paying for AI skills

Compensation Trends: what hedge funds and trading houses are paying for AI skills

Data quality analyst: $115,000-$170,000

Senior AI researcher: $250,000-$350,000

AI researcher: $200,000-$300,000

Lead AI engineer: $250,000-$300,000

AI engineer: $175,000-$225,000

Machine learning research engineer $250,000-$350,000.

Machine learning performance engineer: $250,000-$300,000

Machine learning researcher: $250,000-$300,000

AI research scientist: $200,000-$300,000.

AI product lead, investment services: $400,000   

from Business Insider

"Un-Luxury" Trends: Quiet luxe, Low Key luxe and Soft Luxe

Teens are creating and disseminating AI nudes with classmates faces on them

Compensation Trends: what hedge funds and trading houses are paying for AI skills

  Quiet Luxe and Low Key Luxe both refer to the same trend of the wealthy toning down the luxury look, avoiding displays of opulence and high end brands. The trend is not new and is often associated with an 

economic downturn.

Soft Luxe, also associated with economic  uncertainty, is more about small indulgences in things like food, wellness and personal care. Brands are responding by creating "moments of joy" and moving toward authenticity, inclusivity and personal fulfillment.    

from Forbes and Death to Stock 

Workplace Trends: Being indispensable at work is not a winning strategy

Teens are creating and disseminating AI nudes with classmates faces on them

Teens are creating and disseminating AI nudes with classmates faces on them

Being the best on your team will probably get you a good recommendation when you are cut but it won't keep you from getting laid off. 

Although unemployment remains low, white-collar layoffs are happening, due to factors like AI or mergers or cost cutting. 

In addition, managers may be reluctant to rely too much on a star employee who may cause them to lose customers if they leave or who refuses to share knowledge with teammates.

from the WSJ 

Teens are creating and disseminating AI nudes with classmates faces on them

Teens are creating and disseminating AI nudes with classmates faces on them

Teens are creating and disseminating AI nudes with classmates faces on them

Fake nude photos are showing up in all kinds of school settings. The young women who are depicted in the images can experience feelings of shame and fear. Parents are often totally unaware. that this is so pervasive. 

from the WSJ Tech Weekly

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