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College students on the job hunt should know that communication and interpersonal skills are even more important than technical know-how, an employer survey finds. AP Photo/Alex Slitz, File

Why employers still place a premium on people skills, not AI, when they make hiring decisions

In a survey of more than 600 employers, one theme kept coming up: Despite AI, soft skills and the ability to learn still set successful job candidates apart.
As AI reshapes workplaces, its benefits and risks are falling unevenly across the labour market, widening existing socioeconomic divides. (Getty Images/Unsplash+)

AI promises efficiency, but it’s also amplifying labour inequality

AI is creating new opportunities for some and new vulnerabilities for others, deepening the socioeconomic inequalities already embedded in the labour market.
As AI becomes more integrated, it will continue to influence organizational tone, pace, communication style and decision-making norms. (Getty Images/Unsplash+)

AI tools promise efficiency at work, but they can erode trust, creativity and agency

Without deliberate strategies, over-reliance on AI could erode self-trust, creativity and ethical judgment and leave organizations more fragile, not more resilient.
Managers may need fewer hard skills and more soft skills amid the rise of artificial intelligence. Yuri A/Shutterstock

Are managers at risk in an AI‑driven future?

Artificial intelligence has the potential to overshadow human managers. But it could also shift the nature of management to a more human relationship-centred practice.
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What will a robot make of your résumé? The bias problem with using AI in job recruitment

Recruiters are now routinely using AI to automate the screening of CVs and interview videos. But human bias already exists in the AI data – and it can even be heightened by the algorithm.

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