Can't Get a Job? Blame AI? Train in 'Power Skills,' IBM Exec Says: 'You Can't Hire a College Student Now to Just Come in and Create a Spreadsheet'

Can’t get a job? Blame AI? Train in ‘power skills,’ IBM exec says: ‘You can’t hire a college student now to just come in and create a spreadsheet’

If 2023 was the year of shock and 2024 was the year of experimentation, 2025 marks the moment the corporate world finally accepted that artificial intelligence is not just a novelty—it is the new infrastructure of work. According to Justina Nixon-Saintil, IBM’s Vice President of Corporate Social Responsibility and Chief Impact Officer, the conversation has fundamentally shifted from fascination to urgent integration. In a recent interview with F…

Can't get a job? Blame AI? Train in 'power skills,' IBM exec says: 'You can't hire a college student now to just come in and create a spreadsheet'

According to Justina Nixon-Saintil, IBM's chief impact officer, 2025 was the year "the penny dropped" for AI.