How To Kick Digital Butt in a 21st-Century Workplace

Note to Self

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4.7 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 4 December 2013

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Summary

Workers of every age have to keep their tech smarts up to date to stay relevant in today's workplace.

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0:00.0	This is the story of three people, three different generations, three different job situations.
0:13.4	Matthew graduated last year with the most common major out there, business.
0:17.8	Hi, I'm Matthew.
0:18.8	I was the vice president of the French club and now I've got a great start-up idea but
0:23.0	I've been working as a temp at AMEX.
0:24.9	I'm worried about my school loans and my rent and Williamsburg so I'm thinking I need
0:28.3	to get a real job.
0:29.3	Then there's mid-career Amanda.
0:31.7	Hi, I'm Amanda.
0:32.9	I was an English major.
0:34.3	I've worked at Time Inc for about seven years as a copywriter.
0:37.9	I'm really worried about losing my job in the next round of cuts.
0:41.2	I'm definitely up for getting new digital skills but I'm not sure where to start.
0:45.2	Oh, and I just finished reading Lean In.
0:47.6	And Lester, who wants to give back in the workforce?
0:50.8	I'm Lester.
0:51.7	I worked in a back office for a bank for about 25 years.
0:55.4	So I have a lot of administrative and computer-related skills.
0:59.1	I retired in 2003 but now I need to go back to work.
1:03.7	I've been trying to find work by answering online ads.
1:06.8	When I went to the city's Workforce One Center for Training, they basically told me to
1:10.5	go sit in a rocking chair for the rest of my life.
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