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How do you prepare for jobs that don't exist yet? A work expert and a YouTuber answer | Jon Youshaei and Michelle Weise
21 Jun 2025
Video creator Jon Youshaei and workplace expert Michelle Weise team up to crack the code on how to thrive through career chaos. They discuss how technological change is upending traditional career paths, explore the art of making your skills stand out and offer essential advice for young people entering the workforce. (This conversation is part of "TED Intersections," a series featuring thought-provoking conversations between experts navigating the ideas shaping our world.)For a chance to give your own TED Talk, fill out the Idea Search Application: ted.com/ideasearch.Interested in learning more about upcoming TED events? Follow these links:TEDNext: ted.com/futureyouTEDSports: ted.com/sportsTEDAI Vienna: ted.com/ai-viennaTEDAI San Francisco: ted.com/ai-sf Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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You're listening to TED Talks Daily, where we bring you new ideas to spark your curiosity every day. I'm your host, Elise Hu. Our original series, TED Intersections, features unscripted conversations between speakers and experts taking on subjects at the intersection of their expertise.
In this final intersections conversation of the season, work futurist Michelle Weiss sits down with video creator John Ushai to answer the question, how do we navigate the ever-evolving nature of work?
Discussing how they both maneuver the pace of technological change in the workplace, they offer advice on how to make sure your skills stand out and what to keep in mind when entering into the workforce today and in the future.
Right now, if you're creative and you feel like AI is coming for your job,
I think that says something about your skill set right now. Honestly, like, I think good technology will always display something. But if you and there's a lot of like, there's going to be a rough patch. And maybe we're already going through in terms of like jobs and, you know, and retooling and all that. But I think for the large part, it can be such a compliment and amplifier.
I've always been fascinated by the fact that even our younger boomers today are averaging 12 job changes by the time they retire. So if you think about for the rest of us, like younger generations who are still immersed in the workforce, we're going to have to navigate more career shifts than we ever dreamed of.
12 job changes.
12.
Oh my God.
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