📧 Work Evolved AI - Issue #1 2025-07-25

TL;DR 📋

This Week's Reality Check: Indeed and Glassdoor just cut 1,300 jobs to embrace AI - but this creates opportunity for those who act now.

Your Action Plan: Master prompt engineering (the gateway skill) + learn AI's strengths/limitations + practice critical review of AI output.

Bottom Line: Spend 15 minutes daily with ChatGPT - write prompts, judge results, refine. Your domain expertise + AI capability = unstoppable.

Read time: 4 minutes | Value: Your head start in the AI economy

📊 Industry Snapshot:

Indeed and Glassdoor Laying Off 1,300 Employees

Here's what went down:

Japan-based Recruit Holdings (owner of Indeed and Glassdoor) just cut 1,300 jobs - 6% of their workforce
Their CEO's bold move: "embrace AI" to stay competitive

So what does this mean for you?

What this creates: New types of roles are opening up, even as traditional ones evolve
Bottom line: Companies moving fastest on AI aren't just cutting jobs - they're creating entirely new ways of working

Here's your advantage as an AI beginner:

🎯 Your secret weapon: Most coworkers are still ignoring this shift or hoping it won't affect them
⚡ Your head start: While they're waiting to see what happens, you can invest 15 minutes each day this week learning one basic AI skill
🚀 Your goal: Become the person in your office who isn't afraid of these tools and can show others how to use them
💡 Remember: You don't need to become an AI expert overnight, just more prepared than someone who knows nothing

[Source links: CBS MoneyWatch]

Skill Drill-Down 🎯

Why These Skills Matter Now: If job search giants are automating themselves, every knowledge worker needs to shift from competing against AI to becoming the bridge between AI capabilities and human business needs.

Featured Skill: Prompt Engineering Mastery 🧠

• ✨Why start here: Gateway skill that makes every other AI tool 3x more effective - like learning the language that unlocks AI's potential

• Pick a tool: I recommend starting with just one AI model. ChatGPT is a safe bet.

• How you’ll start: Experiment writing very specific prompts that get exactly what you need - you’ll learn what starts to work for you

• Quick win: Instead of "Summarize my meeting notes" → a more powerful prompt would be "Summarize my meeting notes with 3 key decisions made, action items with owners and deadlines, and any unresolved issues that need follow-up. Format as bullet points for easy sharing."

• ⏱️ 15 min daily practice | 💰 Better results from every AI interaction

Two Additional Foundational AI Skills:

⚠️ Know AI's Sweet Spot (And Blind Spots): Don't use AI for current news or fact-checking (it can “hallucinate”). DO use it for summarization, brainstorming, ideation, excel formulas and data analysis - where it truly shines. This knowledge keeps you from AI disasters while maximizing its power
🧠 Critical AI Review (Your Superpower): Always review AI's output with your domain knowledge and critical thinking. Ask yourself: "Does this make sense? What's missing? What needs my expertise?" Then give the AI feedback: "This is good, but add more detail on X and consider Y constraint"
Your judgment + AI capability = unstoppable combination

🎯 This Week's Challenge: Try ChatGPT for 15 minutes daily this week. Pick one work task and practice improving your prompts. Reply with what surprised you! 🚀

Work Evolved AI 2025-07-25