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Joined April 2009
"This is bad news, but this is what you can do about it." Valentina Castillo's rule for climate comms at the horae. No call to action, they rethink the angle. S15 E16: pcdn.global/e16-s15-building… 200+ more: pcdn.global/listen/
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30% of applications to entry-level jobs in May came from people with 10+ years of experience. Indeed Hiring Lab. Senior postings up 14.7% year over year, entry-level down 7.5%. hiringlab.indeed.com/2026/07…
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I put Boardy on a video call and asked it to explain itself. It will not introduce two people unless both said yes first. I told it "zone of genius" is elitist; it rewrote the line on the spot. 05/30. Full 8 min: youtu.be/TMWnDMbScHA Try it free:
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anticipatory action.
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Medellín's emergency line took 420 calls on the afternoon of 9 October, with rain at up to 8mm in five minutes. UNEP puts international public adaptation finance at $26bn in 2023, down from $28bn. Modelled need by 2035: $310bn a year. The teams hiring are in risk modelling and
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people will decide you are the hiring person and start asking you for jobs. Putting purpose and curiosity first still does more than passively lurking. Questions or topics you want covered: opnform.com/forms/pcdn-inqui… PCDN Global: pcdn.global Career
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Do that consistently and it is extremely likely you will radically grow your engagement. More people come to you. Your own feed gets a lot better, which is how I see most of the opportunities I come across, whether I have five minutes a day or an hour. There are downsides. Some
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you have the energy, the time or the tools. It is not the only way in. Curating is. Post three to ten things once or twice a week. Ten jobs that would interest people in your sector. Three news organizations, articles or resources worth reading. It does not have to be one sector.
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Check out this week's Craig and Careers: become a curator of opportunity and impact. This came up in our PCDN Career Campus office hours. A lot of people get stressed thinking that growing on LinkedIn means making videos, writing blogs or producing original content. It helps if
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78% of firms use AI. Two percent of them account for over half of all AI spending. Nearly 9,000 executives, seven countries, NBER working paper 34836, revised this month. Today's PCDN AI for Impact Newsletter has it, plus 30 roles. Free: impactai.beehiiv.com/
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AI writes the application. AI screens it. AI sends the rejection. AI writes the appeal. Put an AI interview at the gate and over 50% of applicants walk away, largest decline among women, including the most qualified. 3,000+ real applicants, CESifo WP 12573.
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78% of firms use AI. 2% of firms account for over half of all AI spending, in a survey of nearly 9,000 executives in seven countries (NBER working paper 34836). Change is hard. Refills are by invitation. nber.org/papers/w34836
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The Great Q4 Migration, as observed from a safe distance. Every October the herd moves toward the end of the fiscal year, past the dried-up unrestricted watering hole, within sight of the restricted oasis nobody can enter.
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UK Electoral Commission pilot: AI scanned ~3 million posts, flagged 147, humans sent 10 deepfakes to platforms or police. Target: a warning within 3 hours. (James Ball, Tech Policy Press)
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Kohler's $599 smart toilet camera was marketed as end to end encrypted. A researcher showed Kohler could reach the data itself. That is one item in today's AI for Impact, alongside 26 open roles. Check it out and subscribe here:
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