Artificial intelligence is the most important technological development of our time. As it continues to rapidly evolve, it will have profound consequences for the job market. Its transformative power — when wisely applied — can help organizations improve their capabilities, increase their efficiencies, and scale their impact.
Brainwaste:
The nonrecognition of the skills (and qualifications) acquired by a refugee or immigrant professional outside of the U.S., which prevents them from finding skill-aligned work.
AI can be a gamechanger for organizations like Upwardly Global, which works to eliminate employment barriers for immigrant, refugee, and asylee professionals and advance the inclusion of their skills into the U.S. economy. We believe that AI can help these individuals surmount the barriers that keep them locked out of traditional career pathways, and by helping them more efficiently navigate to skill-aligned jobs, AI can dramatically expand our ability to serve more people.
By the numbers:
- 2.3 million work-authorized immigrants, refugees, and asylees with professional experience and international degrees currently unemployed or underemployed in the U.S.
- Over 1/2 of 1,000 surveyed companies are currently using AI like ChatGPT to screen resumes.
- 98% of essays by non-English speakers misidentified as written by AI, according to a recent Stanford study.
The report is informed by key learnings from tests conducted with an AI-powered career navigation tool and contains recommendations and best practices to harness AI for greater impact.
