The job market is brutal right now. Julia Ivy has a four-step method that gets graduates hired faster, and it has nothing to do with your GPA.Most career advice tells you to apply everywhere and hope. Julia Ivy built a better framework. The boutique employability method treats your career the same way a business treats competitive strategy: define your multidimensional edge, target the right employers, build trust before asking for anything. Ivy's four-step BE-EDGE framework flips the job search entirely, and in a world where AI is eliminating one-dimensional jobs, it's the only approach that scales.The student who got that CEO response? She had a pre-med background, a web design certificate, and a passion for accessible medical interfaces for visually impaired users. That combination, not her GPA, is what made her unforgettable. Julia Ivy shows you how to find yours.📌 What boutique employability actually is, and why job-focused and growth-focused employability are both becoming obsolete💡 How one student's combination of pre-med, web design, and passion for accessible interfaces landed her a CEO reply in 30 minutes⚡ The three tectonic shifts reshaping work right now: AI, Kondratieff Wave 6, and millennials as decision-makers🎯 Why "strong ties with 3 people" beats weak-tie networking with 100 people at every career fair you've ever attended🧠 The 4 capitals universities actually measure vs. the 3 they're completely missing (and why that gap is costing graduates their first job)🔥 Why 2025 had the lowest first-job employment rate after graduation, and the specific gap in education Julia says is responsible.About the Guest:Julia Ivy is an Executive Professor of International Business and Strategy at Northeastern University's D'Amore-McKim School of Business and founder of BE-EDGE.com. She holds two doctoral degrees, in Psychology and Management, and created the boutique employability framework now used in graduate programs across 22 countries.Northeastern bio: https://damore-mckim.northeastern.edu/people/julia-ivy/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/julia-ivy-phd-psych-phd-mgmt-58877812/Website: https://be-edge.com📖 Get Crafting Your Edge for Today's Job Market: Using the BE-EDGE Method for Consulting Cases and Capstone Projects:Amazon (paperback): https://www.amazon.com/Crafting-Your-Edge-Todays-Market/dp/1789732980Amazon (Kindle): https://www.amazon.com/Crafting-Your-Edge-Todays-Market-ebook/dp/B07SX1C9DWPublisher (Emerald): https://bookstore.emerald.com/crafting-your-edge-for-today-s-job-market-pb-9781789732986.htmlAbout the Host:Paula Caligiuri is a Distinguished Professor at Northeastern University's D'Amore-McKim School of Business and co-host of International Business Today. Her research focuses on cultural agility, global leadership, and workforce development.Northeastern: https://damore-mckim.northeastern.edu/people/paula-caligiuri/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/paulacaligiuri🎬 Watch this episode: https://youtu.be/tbqgfb7Ceq8International Business Today Podcast:📺 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@InternationalBusinessToday🎧 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2y21XexVdXEiTBdZQIuSyf🍎 Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/international-business-today/id1665009512💼 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/international-business-today-by-northeastern-university/🌐 https://damore-mckim.northeastern.edu/podcasts/international-business-today/🎓 Ready to lead in the global economy? Explore Northeastern's online business programs → https://online.northeastern.edu/#ibtpodcast #northeasternuniversity #boutiqueemployability #futureofwork #beedgemethod #juliaivy #jobsearchstrategy #aiandwork #careerdevelopment #graduatejobs #businesseducation #highereducation

Scientists in the same building often never meet. Kevin Boudreau is building AI versions of them to fix that — and what he's finding changes how we think about platforms, collaboration, and who AI actually helps.

Kevin runs large-scale field experiments on how knowledge gets created and shared. His digital twins project deploys AI representations of real scientists to interact with each other on campus, lowering the cost of the collaboration that humans keep skipping. His hiring study found the opposite problem: when job seekers knew AI was screening them, the best candidates were a third less likely to apply. AI promised efficiency. In both cases, it's delivering something more complicated.In this conversation with Professor Paula Caligiuri, Kevin connects these findings to a bigger shift: platforms built on crowd knowledge are under pressure, and the organizations that adapt fastest will be the ones that figure out where humans still have an edge.

Kevin Boudreau is a Professor of Entrepreneurship and Innovation at Northeastern University's D'Amore-McKim School of Business, a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research, and a Research Fellow at Harvard's Institute of Quantitative Social Science.

🤖 The digital twins experiment: how AI versions of scientists "go have coffee" with colleagues their human counterparts would never approach

📉 The hiring study result that surprised even Kevin: the most capable candidates opted out of AI-screened jobs at the highest rate

🔒 Why the iPhone App Store model is under structural pressure as the cost of building software approaches zero

🧠 What peer review actually gets right and wrong about organizing knowledge at scale — and why it matters for AI

🔬 Why AI can evaluate existing knowledge well but still can't predict what's genuinely new

🎯 How to design an experiment that generates real learning even if the main goal fails

About the Guest:

Kevin Boudreau is a Professor of Entrepreneurship and Innovation at Northeastern University's D'Amore-McKim School of Business and a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research. His research uses large-scale field experiments to study platform design, digital twins, AI-enabled organizations, and the economics of scientific discovery. He holds a PhD from MIT and has previously taught at Harvard Business School, London Business School, and HEC-Paris.

Northeastern bio: https://damore-mckim.northeastern.edu/people/kevin-boudreau/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kevin-boudreau-707b29/

Personal website: https://www.kevinboudreau.com/

About the Host:

Paula Caligiuri is a Distinguished Professor at Northeastern University's D'Amore-McKim School of Business and co-host of International Business Today. Her research focuses on cultural agility, global leadership, and workforce development.Northeastern: https://damore-mckim.northeastern.edu/people/paula-caligiuri/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/paulacaligiuri🎬

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The U.S. dollar is 10% weaker than it was four years ago. Niki Boyson, finance professor at Northeastern, explains exactly what that costs you and where the real opportunity is hiding.Most people think tariffs hurt foreign companies. Niki Boyson sets the record straight: those costs get passed directly to U.S. consumers as inflation. She breaks down why a weak dollar is a double-edged sword for manufacturers, how tariff uncertainty is freezing capital investment, and why global markets outperforming the U.S. is not a red flag but a signal to diversify. She also unpacks how hedge fund activists actually improve governance, why ESG risk is just another financial variable to manage, and whether robo-advisors are the most underrated tool for everyday investors. The one thing she says AI will never replace might surprise you.Niki Boyson is a Professor and Group Chair of Finance at Northeastern University's D'Amore-McKim School of Business. Her research focuses on institutional investors, hedge funds, financial crises, and conflicts of interest in financial advisory. She is a frequent keynote speaker on capital markets and financial advisory regulation.💵 Why tariffs raise prices for U.S. consumers, not foreign exporters📉 How a weak U.S. dollar drives inflation on everyday goods🌍 Why global markets outperformed the U.S. last year and what that means for your portfolio🏦 How hedge fund activists unlock shareholder value through governance improvements🤖 Why robo-advisors may be the most underrated financial tool for everyday investors🧠 The leadership skill Niki says no AI will ever replaceAbout the Guest:Niki Boyson is a Professor and Group Chair of Finance at Northeastern University's D'Amore-McKim School of Business. Her research examines institutional investors, hedge funds, financial crises, and conflicts of interest in financial advisory and investment management. She is a frequent keynote speaker on capital markets and financial advisory regulation and is also a principal at Longview Investment Advisors.LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicole-boyson-5491296Northeastern: https://damore-mckim.northeastern.edu/people/nicole-m-boyson/About the Host:Paula Caligiuri is a Distinguished Professor at Northeastern University's D'Amore-McKim School of Business and co-host of International Business Today. Her research focuses on cultural agility, global leadership, and workforce development.Northeastern: https://damore-mckim.northeastern.edu/people/paula-caligiuri/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/paulacaligiuri🎬 Watch this episode: https://youtu.be/pTtJEO58b4UInternational Business Today Podcast:📺 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@InternationalBusinessToday🎧 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2y21XexVdXEiTBdZQIuSyf🍎 Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/international-business-today/id1665009512💼 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/international-business-today-by-northeastern-university/🌐 https://damore-mckim.northeastern.edu/podcasts/international-business-today/🎓 Ready to lead in the global economy? Explore Northeastern's online business programs: https://online.northeastern.edu/#ibtpodcast #northeasternuniversity #globalfinance #weakdollar #exchangerates #hedgefunds #esginvesting #financialadvice #futureofwork #aiinbusiness #businesspodcast #investingstrategy