The past decade of rapid technological innovation reinvented the way many industries, businesses, and workplaces function. Alongside this period of substantial technological growth came the rise of startups seeking to fill in the blanks of newly established services and processes in all technology-adjacent sectors of the economy.
The only thing that we can know for certain about the future is that it will look different from today. When it comes to the workforce of the future, we…
For years, the discourse surrounding work-life balance focused on things like long commutes to the office, finding time to go to the gym, or taking opportunities to be with family…
Jobs in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) are experiencing explosive growth in the United States. In fact, since 2000, STEM jobs have eclipsed non-STEM jobs in raw numbers by…
The public commonly associates science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) with a wide variety of disciplines, from aerospace engineers designing cutting-edge rockets to molecular biologists unraveling the mechanisms of diseases.…
When the COVID-19 pandemic prohibited meeting in person, many science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) employers adopted work-from-home measures out of necessity. Firms adapted to the change through various virtual…
Can employees’ potential performance be calculated before they even start the job? Since the introduction of standardized cognitive testing, companies have sought to use these tools to select employees best suited to the job, especially for demanding science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields. While many of these assessments have demonstrated practical predictive ability, questions remain about their fairness and broader applicability.1 Indeed, some assessments seem to disadvantage certain groups more than others, potentially engendering legal issues. As a result, industries have not widely adopted these tools. Furthermore, questions exist about what precisely these cognitive tests measure—that is, are employers testing general intelligence or more specific skills? As firms continue to modernize their hiring process in search of the best employees, cognitive testing will undoubtedly play a role, but its full impact remains to be seen.
Firms have long relied on standardized psychological assessments to pre-screen prospective employees across industries, including science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) professions. However, questions about the ethics and effectiveness of…
The ongoing digitization of the workplace is catalyzing a global revolution, where employers are being prompted to consider the tasks and processes that cannot be performed by technology. For many…
While most industries were directly impacted, upended, or almost wholly restructured by COVID-19, science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) sectors maintained consistent employee satisfaction and overall success1. In addition, through…