The Institute For The Future has developed a solid list of ten workplace skills for the future which emphasizes social networking skills, collaboration, pattern recognition, ability to deal with accelerated change and big picture thinking.
The skills:

Ping Quotient
Longbroading
Open Authorship
Cooperation Radar
Multi-Capitalism
Mobbability
Protovation
Influency
Signal/Noise Management

Head over to the Institute’s site for the details.
(image of the Treehouse Co-Working space in Brooklyn)

The New York Times reports that New York City’s library use is surging during the current economic downturn. This increase in usage is turning libraries into a kind of makeshift employment center. The new denizens of the library are largely made up of  job seekers, and patrons with dwindling resources. Shared computer time is being eaten up by frantic patrons looking for work and resume books are on near permanent loan. For some, the library is becoming a virtual office and base of operations as they’ve had to cancel internet service at home.
Going forward it will be interesting to watch [...]