AM970 One Hundred Pennies: Tech Takeover Recap

While technology has saved businesses money in a variety of ways and has provided efficiency to our lives, the cost of an eliminated, untrained workforce will only continue to make itself felt, and felt painfully.

– Michael Robinson, One Hundred Pennies

Today, we cannot watch television or read the papers without being reminded that technology is fast replacing us. This is not to say that we are headed toward some kind of robot-apocalypse-style takeover. However, you need only to skim the lede of the International Business Times article we featured last week to see that we are hemorrhaging millions of middle class jobs and killing off whole industries in our pursuit of technological advancement. In a recent poll here on mikesrobinson.com, nearly 20% of our readers said that they felt apathetic about this trend– that nothing could be done. So, we asked the experts (Alfred Edmond, Jr., Fred Savarese and Cal Hunter) to weigh in on One Hundred Pennies with Michael Robinson last Sunday. Here’s what they said:Click to view slideshow.

Ultimately, we will all have to reinvent ourselves at some point in our careers in order to remain relevant. So, tune in this Sunday at noon to One Hundred Pennies with Michael Robinson on AM970 The Answer as guest stars Dean Deborah Shanley of Brooklyn College and Dr. Carole Barotte Joseph of Bronx Community College provide the tips and tools you’ll need to compete in this competitive job market.

To leave a question for Robinson, Shanley and Berotte, tweet to @msrobinsonny, leave a comment here or call 866-970-9622 during the show.

 

Special thanks to guest blogger, Kimberley Bainbridge.

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