Panel: Computer-Supported Career Development in The Future of Work

As people increasingly work different jobs, the responsibility of building long-term career satisfaction and stability increasingly falls more on the workers rather than individual employers. With technologies playing a central role in how people choose and access employment opportunities, it is necessary to understand how online technologies are shaping career development. This panel brings together leading human-computer interaction researchers and industry members who have worked with systems and people across the socio-economic spectrum during the career development process. We will discuss questions, such as, Under what conditions do online technologies impact people’s career mobility and satisfaction? How have design features of online platforms (e.g. algorithms, user affordances) created more or less equitable opportunities for career development? How have online technologies changed how people learn new skills for their jobs?