I’ve applied for 736 jobs in California and have no takers. Is this the future of work?

If someone can’t find work, the dominant assumption is they failed to evolve, to learn or to stay current. Now that's likely not true.

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If someone can’t find work, the dominant assumption is they failed to evolve, to learn or to stay current. Now that's likely not true.

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According to CalMatters’s source item, I’ve applied for 736 jobs in California and have no takers. Is this the future of work?, If someone can’t find work, the dominant assumption is they failed to evolve, to learn or to stay current. Now that’s likely not true.

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