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It appears that dogs as well as people need to build their job skills to compete.

So says Richard W. Samson, author of the employment report, “Highly-Human Jobs: The New Work That Technology Can't Take Over.”

Inspired by an October 16 article in the New York Times, "Devices Go Nose to Nose…

Will the working people of tomorrow be mostly on their own, independent service providers rather than employees? There are signs that this could be so, according to Catherine Rampell, who writes about economics for The New York Times.

See her recent breakthrough report: …

MONEY: While employment hangs back, a whole new form of work is straining at the starting gate. That's the conclusion of a special report from EraNova Institute. It documents an emerging shift to the next level of employment beyond today's service and knowledge economy, non-automatable work in the "highly-human economy."

We…

MONEY: No matter what you do for a living, you may do better if you pay less attention to making money than to delivering value. We see the proof of this in --

• The car dealer who wins repeat business by showing an interest in a car's performance after the sale. 
• The grocery clerk who survives a downsizing because he smiles at people, seeks…

LIVING: Gallup pollster Dalia Mogahed shares surprising data on Egyptian people's attitudes and hopes, with very positive implications for the future not only of Egypt but the entire region. This in spite of recent setbacks to the democracy movement.

There's a positive take-away, also, for Westerners. By similarly elevating their optimistic…