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Youth Unemployment Despite Good Education – Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #1275 Dear Colleagues! This is Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #1275 for Pharma Veterans. Pharma Veterans Blogs are published by Asrar Qureshi on its dedicated site https://pharmaveterans.com. Please email to pharmaveterans2017@gmail.com  for publishing your contributions here. Credit: Edmond Dantés Credit: Yaroslaw Shuraeva Preamble This blog post is based on several expert opinions. Link at the end. The Lost Opportunity: Why the World Must Act on the Youth Jobs Crisis Around the world, millions of young people are doing what society has always asked them to do. They stay in school. They earn degrees. They acquire skills. They prepare for the future. And then they discover that the future has no place for them. The growing shortage of meaningful employment opportunities for young people is emerging as one of the defining economic and social challenges of our time. What was once considered a temporary transition betwee...

Job Market Outlook 2026 – Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #1220 Dear Colleagues! This is Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #1220 for Pharma Veterans. Pharma Veterans Blogs are published by Asrar Qureshi on its dedicated site https://pharmaveterans.com. Please email to pharmaveterans2017@gmail.com  for publishing your contributions here. Credit: Rosemary Ketchum Credit: Liliana Drew Preamble This blog post is based on a DevelopmentAid Digest Expert Opinions’ piece. Link at the end. Job Market in 2026: A Year of Transformation, Turbulence, and Opportunity As economies and technologies evolve, the job market is undergoing profound change. The year 2026 is shaping up to be a pivotal moment, defined not by stagnation or chaos, but by dynamic shifts in how work is organized, which skills matter most, and where opportunities are emerging. Understanding these trends is essential for job seekers, employers, educators, and policymakers alike. According to labor experts and global forecasts, 2026 will look...

Basic Mistakes Job Seekers Make – Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post 1052 Dear Colleagues! This is Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post 1052 for Pharma Veterans. Pharma Veterans Blogs are published by Asrar Qureshi on its dedicated site https://pharmaveterans.com. Please email to pharmaveterans2017@gmail.com for publishing our contributions here. Credit: cottonbro studio Edmond Dantès Edited: Ron Lach Preamble Gone are the days when people joined a job in private sector and retired honorably from there or departed from the world while on job; it still happens in the government sector. Our society is still split on this matter. Older people still believe in measuring loyalty in number of years served while younger people favor switching jobs to grow more quickly. Generation Z believes a very long time at a job is five years. Older people say younger generation is impatient and wants things quickly, the culture of immediacy.  While the debate goes on, we look at some of the basic mistakes job seekers ar...

Applying for Jobs Where We Don’t Qualify – Pros and Cons – Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post 992 Dear Colleagues! This is Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post 992 for Pharma Veterans. Pharma Veterans Blogs are published by Asrar Qureshi on its dedicated site https://pharmaveterans.com. Please email to aq.pharmaveterans@gmail.com for publishing your contributions here. Image Created with Microsoft Designer Image Created with Microsoft Designer Put up any job ad in a newspaper, and it is likely the HR will receive hundreds of doses k., Via Email and post. They find it hard to screen this load and therefore depute the junior-most (mostly) staff to do the first screening. She/he rejects a huge number of applications on the basis of primary factors like education, age, experience, or even gender. If such a large-scale culling is not applied, it is found that lot of unrelated candidates have applied. A finding from a Hewlett Packard internal report, that has been quoted in lean In. The Confidence Code, and a h...

Understanding the Impact of AI and ChatGPT on Jobs – Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #811 Dear Colleagues!  This is Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #811 for Pharma Veterans. Pharma Veterans welcome sharing of knowledge and wisdom by Veterans for the benefit of Community at large. Pharma Veterans Blog is published by Asrar Qureshi on  WordPress, the top blog site. Please email to asrar@asrarqureshi.com for publishing your contributions here. Photo Credit: Airam Dato-on Photo Credit: Tara Winstead Photo Credit: Zen Chung “Nothing is more powerful than an idea whose time has come”, said French poet and novelist, Victor Hugo. He also remarked that “You can resist an army; you cannot resist an idea whose time has come”. This has once again come true full force with the rise of AI and ChatGPT. Artificial intelligence (AI) and advanced language models like ChatGPT are already transforming various industries. However, alongside their transformative potential, concerns about job loss have emerged....

5 Key Insights from World Economic Forum Future of Jobs Report 2023 – Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #806 Dear Colleagues!  This is Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #805 for Pharma Veterans. Pharma Veterans welcome sharing of knowledge and wisdom by Veterans for the benefit of Community at large. Pharma Veterans Blog is published by Asrar Qureshi on  WordPress, the top blog site. Please email to asrar@asrarqureshi.com for publishing your contributions here. Photo Credit: Ivan Bertolazzi Photo Credit: Tara Winstead Photo Credit: ThisisEngineering The World Economic Forum (WEF) has recently released its Future of Jobs Report 2023, providing crucial insights into the rapidly evolving global job market. The report highlights five key insights that every business leader, HR professional, and job seeker should know to stay ahead of the curve. As we move towards an increasingly digital future, understanding the trends and demands of the job market is critical for success. The WEF report provides...