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Our children's career aspirations have nothing in common with the jobs of the future - WEF Much of the discussion in Davos this week will focus on technology and jobs. But what will the Fourth Industrial Revolution mean for our children and the way we educate them? How do the jobs they aspire to and the skills and knowledge they are acquiring relate to the jobs we think we will need? They are of course the workforce of our future and key to the success of this revolution. New analysis by the charity Education and Employers examines the career aspirations of young people in the UK aged 7-11 and 17-18 and maps these against projected labour market demand Continued here Read TradeBriefs every day to be better prepared for the future! Advertisers of the day Columbia Business School: A Fintech, Digital & Analytics program for Leaders in Financial Services Purvanchal Projects Pvt Ltd: (Noida) Book Ready to Move in 3 BHK + Flats at Purvanchal Royal City Today Our advertisers help fund the daily operations of TradeBriefs. We request you to accept our promotional emails. Why India's Smartphone Revolution Is a Double-edged Sword - Knowledge@Wharton Imagine you live in a small village in rural India. Your annual income is around $1,800. You've never owned (or even used) a computer or the internet, or any of the electronics that are a part of daily life in Western nations. Suddenly, you have access to a smartphone. "To most Indians, the smartphone is their first camera, first TV, first video device, first Walkman, and first MP3 player. It may even be their first alarm clock and calculator," according to Ravi Agrawal, managing editor of Foreign Policy and former CNN New Delhi bureau chief. That is the dramatic change this small device is bringing to hundreds of millions of Indians, as extremely low-cost smartphones and data plans increasingly become available. Continued here Get today's top stories here

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