In a frenzy that has the entire world in its grips, New Zealand’s government organized nation-wide secret Santa gift swapping. Its youngest PM in about a century and a half, Jacinda Ardern participated and received an X-mas tree to mark the occasion. In return to she anonymously sent forward a book and somebody cream which was received by a female citizen, Rebecca Terry.
Repeated failure of National Health Services to staff vacant positions has caused the organization to bleed without healing. As much as 42, 855 nurses, 11, 187 doctors and 12,219 nurse support workers are needed to bring the situation to normal. The situation being so dire, there is a looming danger over the patients who have their reservations regarding their treatment.
Workout programs for employee wellness have either been copy-pasted or reinvented time and again. Perhaps that’s why businesses are increasingly leaning towards the likes of Exos, which remodels fitness programs combining that with post-workout meals. Given that the startup is serving 25 of Fortune 100 companies, it's safe to say, as employers sweat it out in the fight for retention, employees are assured a promising return.
Though a relatively small number, yet, employers are opening up to the possibility of making employee salaries public. Having become a vote-bank political tool, perhaps the awakening of sooner than later has struck U.S employers like CareHere, FogCreek and Hired who plan to reveal the salary brackets for all profiles. It has been argued that transparent pay equities would contribute to the productivity upon justifying the worth of an individua
The recently released “Your Commute” feature on the world’s largest professional network is all set to make “the long commute to work” history for employers and prospective employees. The feature, which integrates with the mobile app, will also feature in job postings on the network and provide the added advantage of showing jobs in preferred locations to candidates. The move is welcomed by the majority as 85% of Americans “would tak
Tact.ai, a CRM centric startup has managed the impossible - to raise money in the same round from the above trio. And understandably so. Tact is aiming to reduce the gulf between data entry and retrieval in a CRM to optimize sales through its voice interface. The business developing function needs much streamlining, seeing that major business imperatives are already being consulted with the AI.
Gender bias couldn’t be more evident in this industry, where among the Fortune 500 companies, 87% of Chief Information Security Officers (CISO) are men. Findings of a study also point to the fact that the CISOs are expected to have an MBA, with an inclination of hiring an executive from outside in 59% of the recruitments.
2,200 jobs from the non-manufacturing global units will get the boot by the troubled toy maker. Part of its cost saving schema also includes auctioning its factory hubs in Mexico. The restructuring raucous is being initiated to save up to $650 million. The downfall of Mattel’s once great customer Toys “R” Us and a lack of movie franchise partnerships have majorly anchored company shares by 9%.
Underpaid and overworked, such is the state in which the drivers employed by a third party agency hired by Amazon are employed in. Complainants claim that their schedule is so heavily packed, that they exceed the maximum-work limit in a day, as per the UK law. The Driving & Vehicle Standard Agency has promised a prompt investigation into the matter.
The social media giant wants to contribute towards this aspect of businesses as the COO, Sheryl Sandburg understands that “the more companies are open about their policies, the more we can all learn from one another”. Sincere efforts reflect in the company’s memorandum that appears to be more stringent than some government legislation.
A restaurant in Chennai, India, is serving a glimpse of the future along with drinks on the rocks. The place that itself is named Robot, employs them to channel food to tables. Though not ready yet, to take orders, but soon new capabilities will be added to make them more efficient. Talk about employment generation, wonder how safe the restaurant staff feels about job-security.
The song recognition app has been confirmed to be bought by Apple. With the acquisition, Apple stands to profit directly from using the expertise of Shazam to rival Google music, which also has a song recognition feature. The move came as Shazam was struggling to redefine their business model with revenues only touching the $54 million mark, last year.
The 2005 housing boom, which saw young workers touch 11.7 million has dropped to 10.2 million. This was in 2016 but the picture looks no better today. The lure of employment has shifted to the digital economy which promises a life-long experience of relentless learning. That said, the lack of labor would only contribute towards rising house prices coupled with a shortfall in construction project delivery.
Angelica Martinez, sister of 19-year old Alex Martinez, claims her brother was fired for having “shaky-hands” within the first week of employment. Alex, who was open about his autism since the start, stated that the message was conveyed to his grandmother than him. The owner of the franchise has promised action following detailed questioning of his team.
The Federal Law constitutes regulation as per which some of the federal employees’ payment could be capped. This comes as bad news for the staff of the Federal Emergency Management Act (FEMA) who clocked in extra-time and were paid as such. As a consequence, paid-employees will be billed in the upcoming months for the sum exceeding the legal threshold limit.
In a year that saw public figures rocked by sexual assault allegations, Time magazine has chosen to honor the work of those who spearheaded this change. Among those who made it to the cover are Susan Fowler, Adam Iwu, Ashley Judd & Taylor Swift. Ironically the announcement was first televised on NBC’s Today show, the last anchor of which, Matt Lauer, was fired for similar allegations.
In a statement that its competitors will take as a warning, GM will roll-out its self-driven cars by 2019. As if waiting for the best time to announce, after studying Uber and Ford, the car manufacturer sees great potential in error-less driving leading to congestion-free roads, something of a dream if you ask people! GM has been poaching talent across industries to realize its goals.
Instead of grappling to hire 11th-hour candidates and risk customer experience, Kohl’s has begun staffing solutions 5 months in advance. Filing positions for its 300 outlets, experienced retail employees will be incentivized with 15% discounts on purchases along with competitive wages. The recruitment strategy is being lauded by the experts given the fact that Kohl’s would face stiff competition from Amazon & Walm
The temporary ban on the profiles of Marcia Belsky and a few others for using “hate speech”, has many wondering about their means of expression. The comedian who posted “men are scum” in reply to a post, was banned for violating the company’s moderating directives. The guidelines censor content which is explicit in nature and projected towards race/cast/color among other things.
Tim Cook, while speaking at China’s World Internet Conference (WIC), called for technologies which are open and humanized with human values and still offer the refuge of privacy and safety. Specifically talking about AI, he said “I don’t worry about machines thinking like humans. I worry about people thinking like machines”(Sic).
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