{"id":6524,"date":"2026-04-08T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/biwiki\/?p=6524"},"modified":"2026-04-13T09:53:47","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T16:53:47","slug":"calling-dibs-ep-115-reducing-unemployment-with-bi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/biwiki\/2026\/04\/08\/calling-dibs-ep-115-reducing-unemployment-with-bi\/","title":{"rendered":"Calling DIBS Ep 115: Reducing Unemployment with BI"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Listen to <a href=\"https:\/\/ubc.ca.panopto.com\/Panopto\/Pages\/Viewer.aspx?id=f94d0ab3-3cff-425c-88ec-b4170187c27e\">Episode 115<\/a><\/strong>: &#8220;Reducing Unemployment with BI&#8221; with Faraz Haqqi, Principal Behavioral Designer at ideas42.<br><em>(22 minutes; posted Apr. 8, 2026)<\/em> [ Transcript forthcoming]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Even highly skilled workers can struggle to find work. Faraz Haqqi provides a snapshot of ideas42&#8217;s projects tackling this challenge from Rwanda to Jamaica to Malaysia to the US. The projects approach the problem from a number of different angles, including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ideas42.org\/project\/a-path-to-more-apprentice-and-intern-opportunities-in-rwanda\/\">helping employers provide apprenticeships and internships<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ideas42.org\/project\/better-equipping-southeast-asian-workers-to-compete-in-the-modern-market\/\">helping training programs synch their curricula with market needs<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ideas42.org\/project\/encouraging-youth-to-participate-in-an-employment-program-in-ethiopia\/\">helping jobseekers complete job placement programs<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:15%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/biwiki\/files\/2022\/07\/Calling-DIBS-icon-300x300.png\" alt=\"Calling DIBS podcast logo\" class=\"wp-image-2623\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/biwiki\/files\/2022\/07\/Calling-DIBS-icon-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/biwiki\/files\/2022\/07\/Calling-DIBS-icon-50x50.png 50w, https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/biwiki\/files\/2022\/07\/Calling-DIBS-icon.png 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:85%\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>For the full list of podcast episodes plus transcripts, check out the <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/biwiki\/podcast\/\">Calling DIBS page on the BI wiki<\/a> or subscribe via major podcast platforms like <a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/ca\/podcast\/calling-dibs\/id1618687227?ign-itscg=30200&amp;ign-itsct=podcast_box_link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Apple Podcasts<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/1dMdl3GFBt724LidAq07cW\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Spotify<\/a>, or <a href=\"https:\/\/music.amazon.ca\/podcasts\/ee67542a-5d1c-4a28-9afb-aa84927bb325\/calling-dibs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Amazon Music<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Faraz Haqqi provides a snapshot of ideas42&#8217;s projects helping highly skilled workers struggling to find and keep work [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28042,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"templates\/template-full-width.php","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25,24,22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6524","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-calling-dibs","category-media","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/biwiki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6524","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/biwiki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/biwiki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/biwiki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/28042"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/biwiki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6524"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/biwiki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6524\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6765,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/biwiki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6524\/revisions\/6765"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/biwiki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6524"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/biwiki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6524"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/biwiki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6524"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}