[24 AUG] Paper Cut — Green Lights, Red Flags, Real Work

Surveillance spreads. AI pilots stall. Skills get political. Entry-level careers wobble. Paper Cut distils the week’s headlines into moves you can use.

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Surveillance Season 2

Straits Times: https://www.straitstimes.com/business/banking/hsbc-plans-major-global-expansion-of-office-staff-surveillance-documents-show

News.com.au: https://www.news.com.au/finance/work/at-work/above-simply-automating-major-company-to-roll-out-aipowered-hr-personas/news-story/dc959391e7c876a3ddd9ac4995ddae11

AI ROI: From Fireworks to Accounting

Fortune: https://fortune.com/2025/08/18/mit-report-95-percent-generative-ai-pilots-at-companies-failing-cfo/

The Conversation: https://theconversation.com/does-ai-really-boost-productivity-at-work-research-shows-gains-dont-come-cheap-or-easy-263127

Channel NewsAsia: https://www.channelnewsasia.com/business/meta-freezes-ai-hiring-wsj-reports-5305886

The Global Skill Scramble

T&D World: https://www.tdworld.com/utility-business/news/55311234/global-study-warns-of-growing-engineering-talent-gap-in-energy-transition

AI News: https://www.artificialintelligence-news.com/news/malaysia-huawei-ai-talent-training-program/

South China Morning Post: https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3321901/china-creates-new-visa-young-science-and-technology-talent

Axios: https://www.axios.com/2025/08/19/trump-tariffs-jobs-gen-z

Early Careers: Mind the Missing Rungs

Fast Company: https://www.fastcompany.com/91387498/what-is-job-hugging-new-career-trend-why-gen-z-is-into-it

The Straits Times: https://www.straitstimes.com/opinion/protecting-the-endangered-species-known-as-entry-level-workers

CNBC: https://www.cnbc.com/2025/08/21/job-seekers-are-in-survival-mode-hr-expert-says.html

Fortune: https://fortune.com/2025/08/21/starbucks-ceo-replaces-merit-raises-flat-salary-increase/

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