“The idea that happiness is only possible after work, in spite of work, risks being a death trap, especially for young people”, explains Paolo Iacci as he talks with Umberto Galimberti, looking to answer a question that is increasingly central to our lives: can we still give meaning to existence through our career path?
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Two years after the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, the feared boom in redundancies failed to materialise, and there are even new hires, though mostly part-time. Unemployment remains high, yet companies are unable to find the workers they are looking for. Francesco Seghezzi explains a shifting scenario and what the prospects are for the future
The video game universe, with its online competitions, represents a market worth nearly €50 million in Italy, also thanks to a fan base of 1.6 million people. Yet now real regulation is needed to make it a sustainable business
A McKinsey study on eight different countries reveals a post-pandemic labour market primed to change even faster than expected. By 2030, as many as 100 million workers will need to find a different occupation, acquiring new and more sophisticated skills to remain relevant on the market
The Italian government has presented the goals to be included in its Recovery Plan, which hinges on Next Generation EU funding. The target is to increase the employment rate by ten percentage points
Journalist Riccardo Luna tells us about his vision for the future of employment
The non-profit labor market has grown by 3.1%. But who are the workers in the third sector? Where do they come from and what training do they have?
Italy has hit record levels when it comes to women in employment, yet they are still the lowest in Europe. There is a lack of services, especially nurseries. And there is a need for a system that divides childcare responsibilities equally between the parents
The figures speak for themselves: Nine jobs in every ten have a fixed term. This is a widespread trend throughout the Western world and it seems difficult to stop it. But really, facilitating transition between jobs and implementing universal welfare would boost employability
Millennials are the generation with the highest level of education and training to date. They have the soft skills the market asks for and yet companies see them as aliens. As children they were mollycoddled, as a generation they’re over criticised; yet as we emerge from the economic crisis, millennials want to show their worth. These are the words of Alessandro Rosina.
The personal care assistance sector employs 3.8 million workers in Italy and is destined to grow, generating positive economic effects for the rest of the Italian economy
Our country should stop selling cars with diesel or petrol engines by 2035 and switch to electric cars. New skills, new professional profiles and more research will be needed
“Psychology and the Good Life”, taught by Laurie Santos at Yale, has become the most popular course in the history of the prestigious American university. Yet there is no shortage of examples in Italy as well
Software developers, engineers and computer scientists will be leading the first phase of creating a virtual reality for avatars. But eventually a detailed world will have to be created, and this will only be possible with architects, designers, mathematicians and many other professional profiles.