International News, Analyses & Opinions
Shaping a New Job Market in a Post-Pandemic World - A complete shift in the skills needed needed for future jobs
Analysis by Maria Wehbe, Featured Writer and Sarah Helmy, Visiting Contributor
This pandemic has left us confused, lost, and absolutely unsure of what to expect next. Starting with the economic, educational, and public sectors, all of which have been hit by the pandemic, there is one sector that has been especially damaged, and that is the job market. The fact that future expectancies and planning have been made near impossible due to the unpredictable course of the pandemic has engulfed people in a spiral of uncertainty and insecurity about what the future holds. To put it in another way, the reason why joining the labor market in a post-pandemic world is more worrisome than other sectors is because the skills required for these jobs are not ones that we possess nor ones that we are currently acquiring. In fact, it is expected that 85% of jobs that will exist in 2030 do not even exist yet.
Group Compliance and Conformity - The Terrorist Recruitment Process
Opinion Analysis by Tala Otaibi, Contributor
Why is it relatively quite so easy to bring in people to operate within hostile terrorist organizations given their frightening and inhumane nature? Terrorism is one of the most frightening phenomena to exist in our modern world today. With globalization at a constant rise and the world growing more interconnected, terrorism has grown with it as a result. It has become much easier to cross borders and instill fear in people all over the globe. Even more so, it has become much easier to recruit people from all over the globe, too. To try to answer this question, this article tackles the recruitment process through a social psychological analysis.