On the Apr. 21, 2013 edition of Work with Marty Nemko, I talk with Milken Fellow and former California Employment Development Director Michael Bernick about where the job growth is in the Bay Area and beyond. Also, Bernick is an expert on employing people with autism spectrum disorders, especially Asperger Syndrome. We talk about that. And as usual, I invite listeners to call in with their career conundrum for a 3-Minute Workover.
Work with Marty Nemko is heard every Sunday from 11 am to noon on KALW, 91.7 FM, San Francisco.
On the April 14, 2013 edition of Work with Marty Nemko, Marty explains the art of being a great mentor and a great protege.
In the show's 2nd segment, Marty makes the case that requiring colleges to post on their home page a consumerist report card on themselves far more valid than the U.S. News rankings would create a much improved workforce along with yielding many other benefits.
In the show's 3rd segment, listeners call in for a 3-Minute Workover: Marty helps them solve their career conundrum.
Millions of Americans have been forced out of the middle class. Are they doomed to miserable lives? We explore the options.
Also, in the show's first segment, I discuss lessons learned from a wonderful conference I keynoted Friday: Beyond Academia. For example, cognitive neuroscience will likely burgeon. Just as the late 20th century was the era of the heart. The coming decades will likely be remembered as the era of the brain.
The Mar 17, 2013 edition of Work with Marty Nemko will feature a debate on the question, "Is Current California policy good for jobs? Taking the affirmative side will be Ken Jacobs, Director of the Labor Center at U.C. Berkeley. Taking the negative side will be Stanford/Hoover Institution Senior Fellow Victor Davis Hanson.
If time permits, I'll also do Three-Minute Workovers on callers.
Work with Marty Nemko is heard Sundays from 11 am to noon on KALW, 91.7 FM in San Francisco.
In today's workplace, being a digital doofus often means career doom. Yet millions of people, including well-educated people still are tech-light but are embarrassed to admit it, let alone to get help.
On the March 10, 2013 edition of Work with Marty Nemko, Barbara and Marty Nemko will try to offer a bit of such help. They'll discuss the book, Is This Thing On?:" A Computer Handbook for Late Bloomers, Technophobes, and the Kicking & Screaming. Plus listeners can call in for a 3-minute workover.
