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Accepting Responsibility for Integrity Infractions | Your Humanity Just May Save Your Job | Likability Can Be a Problem at Work

Accepting Responsibility for Integrity Infractions

Cornell began a new program aimed at students who have violated the institution’s academic integrity codes. It allows culprits to avoid formal sanctions by attending workshops in which they discuss the implications of their transgressions and complete two assignments related to the issue.

Students are tasked with writing their version of the incident (for infractions such as using AI instead of turning in their own work) and answering the question, Who do you want to be when you leave Cornell? The assigned writing is designed to propel students into thinking about their futures.

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Remote Work Causing Low Employment Rates Among Youth | Why Interviewers Like the “Your Weaknesses” Question | Hirers Now Want Liberal Arts and Social Sciences Majors

While AI gets a bad rap as a cause of unemployment among new grads, an analysis by the Federal Reserve found that the issue predates AI’s burst onto the scene. The real culprit is remote work, which became common during the pandemic in 2020. The practice still continues.

According to the Fed’s research, remote work today is responsible for 64 percent of lacking employment among recent college graduates. The reason is that working remotely cheats new workers out of receiving feedback and mentorship from more experienced colleagues. This is especially important for employees just starting to climb the corporate ladder.

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Job Advice from AI Execs… Oral Exams Subvert AI… Tips for Nervous Networkers

Job Advice from AI Execs

What do AI executives tell their own children about jobs in the future? A Wall Street Journal reporter interviewed current AI leaders about the advice they offer their own kids. Here’s what they said.

Manny Medina, co-founder of Paid.AI: Pick something “you enjoy, you’re good at, and that’s useful to someone else,” writes Medina. “There are two areas that I think will be vibrant in the short to medium term. One is energy. The other is healthcare.

“Outside of the sun, the most powerful source of energy is the atom. I’ve been telling my kids, you should really figure out how to get into nuclear.”

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