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The past week was monumental. I spoke at the Tech Jobs Fair London and having not done too many in-person speaking engagements recently, this was a breath of fresh air.

It was great to meet people from the recruiting and tech industry and the best part of the day was seeing the level of energy in the auditorium. With over 1500 participants and 20 recruiters, it was certainly a well attended evet, especially considering it was the first one put together by the Tech Jobs Fair team.

More on my talk "AI: Death of Average" in the next issue.

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Speaking of AI, here is a mind-blowing video of a AI humanoid currently being developed by Figure, an AI Robotics company that is aiming to build the world's first commercially viable autonomous humanoid robot.

The future might look unreal and even a bit scary BUT the future is here.

Figure's prototype robot aptly named "Figure 1" is powered by Open AI and can now do basic tasks, clearly differentiate between two separate tasks while having a conversation with a human AND displays ambidextrous hand movement. You can check out the video HERE

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How Satisfied are you in your current job?

According to a recent survey, more than half of the modern day workforce in developed countries is not happy with their job. Some of it could do with their overall happiness but a lot of that is due to not being the right fit for the role they are in.

Career Fitter has a 5 minute quiz that can help you find out if your personality matches your job.

TAKE THE QUIZ

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8 Photos that should NOT be on your LinkedIn profile

Most of you might already know this about me, I'm a big fan (and a big user) of LinkedIn. I think it is one of the best (if not the best) business networking tool out there.

However, just like every other platform, first impressions matter. And having the appropriate profile picture is crucial to making a positive first impression.

In this short but definitive blog article, Sophie Deering breaks down the

8 Photos that should NOT be on your LinkedIn profile

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With ChatGPT taking over the "interweb", I thought it would be a great idea to look at some alternatives to generative AI.

In the next few editions of the Growth Sprout, I'm going to share some awesome tools that marketers can use to take advantage of generative AI but for this edition, take a look at Rytr.

Write better blog, product descriptions, social media and more with Rytr

Writing content for your blogs and other marketing touchpoints is tough. Yeah, ChatGPT has made is easier to a certain extent but you still need to know how to use prompts and more importantly, ChatGPT has been known to spit out wrong information every now and then.☹️

Enter Rytr! Use it to write SEO optimized content for your website, marketing presentations and even copy for your ads.

To check out Rytr, click HERE

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AI isn't just ChatGPT as a lot of people think. It involves tools, frameworks and strategies that need to be blended to get the best out of AI.

Over the next few weeks and months, we will take a deeper look at different types of AI tools and figuring out the best ways to use them.

In the meanwhile, stay safe, stay awesome...

Barry

Growth Marketer,

AI Enthusiast and

Head Honcho at NexGen Digital

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