For the EdPuzzle version of this activity, click here.

In this FinCap Friday we check out the latest predictions about the future of work life in America. These predictions specifically take into consideration the potential affects of coronavirus on the way we work. Many economists have made predictions that make some Americans excited, while others cringe at the thought of those changes becoming reality. What are the most common predictions about our future as professionals? Find out in this week's FinCap Friday:

Check out our recent blog post for a great activity idea that will allow your students to see and hear virtual guest speakers from various career fields, currently dealing with pivoting their work to adjust during the coronavirus pandemic. A special shout-out goes out to Maggie Wohltmann, who teaches at Livingston High School in NJ, for putting the idea together!  

If you're short on time, try our simplified FinCap Friday (No Tech) with the questions embedded right into the slide deck! Or check out the EdPuzzle version here! 

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All of our FinCap Friday episodes can be found here. They're not date-dependent so any of the 70+ in our catalog dating back to August 2018 can work throughout the coming year!

About the Author

Yanely Espinal

Born and raised by Dominican, immigrant parents in Brooklyn, Yanely is a proud product of NYC public schools. She graduated from Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School in 2007 before going on to receive her bachelor's degree at Brown University in 2011. As a Teach For America corps member, Yanely taught third and fourth grade in Canarsie, Brooklyn. She received her master's degree from Relay Graduate School of Education in 2013. She spends her spare time making YouTube videos about personal finance on her channel, MissBeHelpful. Yanely also loves to dance, sew, paint, listen to podcasts, and babysit her 10 nieces and nephews!