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eliminate millions of today's jobs. Can training workers for entry-level tech jobs...</div> </td> <td style="text-align:right;padding:16px 12px 16px 0;"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </a></div><div><br></div><div></div><div id="yiv3638880960yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1521237374095_28353" dir="ltr"> " .... <span style="font-size:18px;" id="yiv3638880960yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1521237374095_28388">Now these companies are looking to put a positive spin on the next controversial frontier:</span><span style="font-size:18px;" id="yiv3638880960yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1521237374095_28389"> </span><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://www.wired.com/story/americans-love-automation-when-it-costs-someone-else-a-job/" style="font-family:inherit;font-size:18px;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);font-weight:inherit;border-width:0px 0px 3px;border-bottom-style:solid;border-top-color:initial;border-right-color:initial;border-bottom-color:rgb(180, 231, 248);border-left-color:initial;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit;text-decoration-line:none;word-wrap:break-word;" id="yiv3638880960yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1521237374095_28390">their effect on jobs</a><span style="font-size:18px;" id="yiv3638880960yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1521237374095_28391">.</span></div><div style="border:0px;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-size:18px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:14px;vertical-align:baseline;word-wrap:break-word;" id="yiv3638880960yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1521237374095_28392">Facebook has been offering training in a variety of digital skills, including an alliance with a coding school in Michigan that began last fall. On March 26 in St. Louis, it’s launching a training-oriented national tour called Community Boost, part of a broader effort that COO Sheryl Sandberg <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://www.recode.net/2018/3/9/17100884/transcript-facebook-coo-sheryl-sandberg-onstage-lesbians-who-tech-diversity-metoo-lean-in" style="border-width:0px 0px 3px;border-bottom-style:solid;border-top-color:initial;border-right-color:initial;border-bottom-color:rgb(180, 231, 248);border-left-color:initial;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit;text-decoration-line:none;word-wrap:break-word;" id="yiv3638880960yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1521237374095_28393">projects</a> will have reached 2.5 million people by the end of the year. Microsoft has committed millions to a Colorado nonprofit called Skillful that helps connect people with jobs in IT, advanced manufacturing and healthcare. Amazon’s spin is a little different—it offers to cover 95 percent of the cost of training its own warehouse employees for a variety of careers outside of Amazon. As Maggioncalda puts it, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://www.wired.com/2017/08/robots-will-not-take-your-job/" id="yiv3638880960yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1521237374095_28395" style="font-family:inherit;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);font-weight:inherit;border-width:0px 0px 3px;border-bottom-style:solid;border-top-color:initial;border-right-color:initial;border-bottom-color:rgb(180, 231, 248);border-left-color:initial;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit;text-decoration-line:none;word-wrap:break-word;">the future of work</a> and the future of education are converging.... "</div><div class="yiv3638880960signature" id="yiv3638880960yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1521237374095_28396"><br></div><div class="yiv3638880960signature" id="yiv3638880960yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1521237374095_28396"><font size="5"><br></font></div><div class="yiv3638880960signature" id="yiv3638880960yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1521237374095_28396"><font size="5" id="yiv3638880960yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1521237374095_28608">There was an earlier discussion on labour, talent, jobs, work...</font></div><div class="yiv3638880960signature" id="yiv3638880960yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1521237374095_28396"><font size="5"><br></font></div><div class="yiv3638880960signature" id="yiv3638880960yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1521237374095_28396"><font size="5">Blessed day.</font></div><div class="yiv3638880960signature" id="yiv3638880960yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1521237374095_28396"><font size="5">Regards/Wangari</font></div><div class="yiv3638880960signature" id="yiv3638880960yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1521237374095_28396"><br></div><div class="yiv3638880960signature" id="yiv3638880960yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1521237374095_28396">---<br><font style="font-weight:bold;font-family:verdana, helvetica, sans-serif;" size="2"><span style="color:rgb(127, 0, 63);">Pray God Bless. 2013Wangari circa - </span><span style="color:rgb(127, 0, 63);">"Being of the Light, We are Restored Through Faith in Mind, Body and Spirit; We Manifest The Kingdom of God on Earth".</span></font><br></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>