Attractions Magazine: Run away with the circus as a Ringling social media correspondent. “… the Ringling social media correspondent will debut during rehearsals this July, capturing performances, behind-the-scenes content, conducting exclusive interviews, and more. Then, beginning in September, they will be on tour with The Greatest Show On Earth, traveling across the U.S. and sharing social media content to increase engagement with the reimagined production.”
Tag Archives: hiring
Wired: Meet the ‘Anti-Woke’ Job Board for Christian Nationalists
Wired: Meet the ‘Anti-Woke’ Job Board for Christian Nationalists . “Standing next to the eldest son of the recently indicted former president in the RedBalloon advertisement is the company’s unfortunately named founder, Andrew Crapuchettes. RedBalloon’s origin story goes back to 2021, when Crapuchettes claims he was fired from his role as CEO at his former company, EMSI, for being ‘too conservative and Christian.'”
Iowa Workforce Development: New IowaWorks Portal Will Ease Path For Veterans In Search Of New Careers
Iowa Workforce Development: New IowaWorks Portal Will Ease Path For Veterans In Search Of New Careers. “Iowa Workforce Development today announced the launch of a new online portal that will make it easier for Veterans and their families to find a new career in Iowa. The new portal, http://www.IowaWorksForVeterans.gov, was created to help Veterans connect with one-on-one job search assistance and to aid employers with locating and hiring people who have experience from the armed forces.”
Cherokee Phoenix: CN creates new online resource for job seekers
Cherokee Phoenix: CN creates new online resource for job seekers. “Finding Cherokee Nation jobs and applying for them is easier than ever thanks to a new website… the tribe’s HR boss said Feb. 23. Samantha Hendricks, the CN Human Resources executive director, touted the online career site during the Tribal Council’s monthly Rules Committee meeting. She said the site went live earlier in the month.”
University of Texas at Austin: Algorithms That Adjust for Worker Race, Gender Still Show Biases
University of Texas at Austin: Algorithms That Adjust for Worker Race, Gender Still Show Biases. “Even after algorithms are adjusted for overt hiring discrimination, they may show a subtler kind: preferring workers who mirror dominant groups, according to a new study from researchers at The University of Texas at Austin.”
WHTM: Pennsylvania launches new website for state jobs
WHTM: Pennsylvania launches new website for state jobs. “While announcing and signing an executive order removing the requirement of having a four-year college degree for thousands of state jobs in Pennsylvania, [Governor] Josh Shapiro announced the launch of a new Pennsylvania employment website.”
BBC: AI tools fail to reduce recruitment bias – study
BBC: AI tools fail to reduce recruitment bias – study. “Artificially intelligent hiring tools do not reduce bias or improve diversity, researchers say in a study.”
The Mainichi: Ordinary Japanese ‘salarymen’ reach TikTok stardom
The Mainichi: Ordinary Japanese ‘salarymen’ reach TikTok stardom. “Daikyo Security Co.’s account, which gathers goofy dances, gobbled instant noodles and other everyday fare, is the brainchild of the company president. Despite his unpretentious demeanor, Daisuke Sakurai is dead serious about not only enhancing brand power but also recruiting young people to his company, a challenge he sees as a matter of survival.”
Sydney Morning Herald: Metaverse jobs are disappearing as hiring slows at Google, Facebook
Sydney Morning Herald: Metaverse jobs are disappearing as hiring slows at Google, Facebook. “Jobs in the metaverse are declining, with new monthly job postings across all industries with ‘metaverse’ in the title down 81 per cent between April and June, according to workplace researcher Revelio Labs.”
Business Insider: Why Google employees fear the worst as the company quietly extends its hiring freeze
Business Insider: Why Google employees fear the worst as the company quietly extends its hiring freeze. “Google employees are on edge as the company has yet to reverse what was meant to be a two-week hiring freeze, and some have described a ‘real vibe change.'”
University of Florida News: What job applicants need to know about AI in hiring
University of Florida News: What job applicants need to know about AI in hiring. “Artificially intelligent programs now routinely screen job applications, often before a human hiring manager ever sees a single resume. Companies are also increasingly turning to AI job interviews, a kind of recorded interview that can screen for job knowledge and even analyze body language. At the end of the day, the same skills that work for the traditional hiring process can be applied to this brave new world. Here are some simple tips on how to sail through the AI systems so you can land your dream job.”
Bloomberg: Metaverse Jobs Are Disappearing as Hiring Slows at Google, Facebook
Bloomberg: Metaverse Jobs Are Disappearing as Hiring Slows at Google, Facebook . “Meta Platforms Inc., grappling with its first-ever quarterly sales slump, now has another problem: Jobs in the metaverse are disappearing.”
The Verge: Zuck Turns Up The Heat
The Verge: Zuck Turns Up The Heat. “Facebook went public in 2012, riding what became the longest US stock market bull in history. When the government lowered interest rates in the pandemic and investors flooded into tech stocks, the company’s valuation surpassed $1 trillion for the first time. It rebranded to Meta in October of last year, just a few months before its stock price would enter the free fall it’s in now. Now, Zuckerberg isn’t the only one sounding the alarm about potentially worse times ahead.”
UWM Report: Automated hiring systems could be making the worker shortage worse
UWM Report: Automated hiring systems could be making the worker shortage worse. “There’s a worker shortage in the United States. As the country recovers from the pandemic, companies are trying to bring their employees back into the workplace but are finding that many of those employees are quitting – a so-called ‘Great Resignation.’ There are many factors behind this worker shortage, but Noelle Chesley thinks there might be one going overlooked: the use of automated hiring systems to fill those open positions.”
The Verge: Read the memo Google’s CEO sent employees about a hiring slowdown
The Verge: Read the memo Google’s CEO sent employees about a hiring slowdown. “Google has told employees that it’ll be ‘slowing down the pace of hiring for the rest of the year,’ according to an internal memo Tuesday by CEO Sundar Pichai obtained by The Verge. Pichai says the company will have to ‘be more entrepreneurial’ and work with ‘greater urgency, sharper focus, and more hunger than we’ve shown on sunnier days.’ You can read the full memo below.”