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Catherine Barrera

Catherine Barrera

The Human Touch: There are some things robots will never replace.

Figuring out whether a certain job will be replaced by robots often takes the form of two questions: Will robots be able to do that task…

Nov 22, 2017

The Human Touch: There are some things robots will never replace.

Nov 22, 2017

Catherine Barrera

MIT Conference Lays Out the Long Road Ahead for AI & the Future of Work

I had the privilege of attending the AI and the Future of Work conference at MIT last week, a joint project of MIT research centers, CSAIL…

Nov 8, 2017

MIT Conference Lays Out the Long Road Ahead for AI & the Future of Work

Nov 8, 2017

Catherine Barrera

Learning by Doing

“New collar” jobs and what they mean for the future of the American Dream

Oct 25, 2017

Learning by Doing

Oct 25, 2017

Catherine Barrera

The Road Not Taken: Career Edition

There’s no doubt about it — competition is high in today’s labor market, and there’s something interesting that the team at ZipRecruiter…

Oct 11, 2017

The Road Not Taken: Career Edition

Oct 11, 2017

Catherine Barrera

Hope in Hurricane Season

A look at the road ahead for job markets affected by Irma and Harvey

Sep 13, 2017

Hope in Hurricane Season

Sep 13, 2017

Catherine Barrera

Jobs Added, Explained

On Friday, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) will publish its monthly Employment Situation Report, through which we will glean a…

Aug 30, 2017

Aug 30, 2017

Catherine Barrera

More Jobs and Better Jobs

Unemployment is at a 15-year low. But with wages remaining stagnant, there’s still a sense that the recovery hasn’t reached millions of…

Aug 16, 2017

More Jobs and Better Jobs

Aug 16, 2017

Catherine Barrera

Time to move to where the jobs are?

Relocating for a career dipped to a historic low in the wake of the Great Recession. Since the labor market has been recovering and jobs…

Aug 3, 2017

Time to move to where the jobs are?

Aug 3, 2017

Catherine Barrera

Retail apocalypse? More like metamorphosis.

It’s game on in the debate over whether the internet and other technologies are killing retail jobs, according to economist Michael Mandel…

Jul 18, 2017

Retail apocalypse? More like metamorphosis.

Jul 18, 2017

Catherine Barrera

Subj: Dear Hiring Manager, I’m a Retail Veteran

“The Retail Apocalypse Has Officially Descended Upon America,” trumpets a recent headline. Overblown? Yes and no. “A tidal wave of change”…

May 25, 2017

May 25, 2017

Catherine Barrera

Catherine Barrera

@ZipRecruiter Chief Economist. For more labor market insights, sign up for Cathy’s weekly newsletter: http://pages.ziprecruiter.com/Econ-Newsletter-Opt-In.html

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