What does it really mean to future-proof your career — and is AI really coming for your job?

In this episode of the Career Transitions Podcast, we sit down with Sankar Venkatraman, Global Evangelist for Talent Solutions at LinkedIn, to explore what the data actually tells us about how work, the workforce, and the workplace are being reshaped by AI.

With nearly 14 years at LinkedIn and a front-row seat to global talent trends, Sankar brings both the numbers and the nuance. We dig into why organisations are hiring for potential over pedigree, what skills will truly matter in an AI-enabled world (hint: it's mostly human ones), and why the fear of AI displacing jobs is more headlines than reality.

Sankar also shares his own career journey — from Silicon Valley startups to Cisco to LinkedIn — and the three pieces of advice he'd give anyone navigating a major career shift. Plus, his concept of ikigai and why finding that intersection of passion, mission, vocation and profession is the only real path to long-term fulfilment.

Whether you're leading a team, reskilling yourself, or just trying to make sense of the moment we're all in — this conversation will leave you feeling more curious than afraid.

Connect with Sankar: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sankarvenkatraman/

LinkedIn Talent Blog: https://www.linkedin.com/business/talent/blog

WEF Future of Jobs Report 2023: https://www.weforum.org/publications/the-future-of-jobs-report-2023/

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· Vanessa Iloste (Host)

· Vanessa Teo (Host)

· Aaron Wu (Producer)