BBC: The job sharing apps that feel like online dating. “The idea behind Switzerland-based WeJobShare is that instead of having to find a friend or colleague to share a job with, you can instead match up with a complete stranger, and therefore considerably increase the pool of potential candidates.”
MakeUseOf: How to Create a Resume Using Google Slides . “Aside from using Google Slides to create presentations, you can also use it to create resumes. Google Slides’ drag-and-drop interface makes it easy to create custom layouts and perfectly position any text, images, and videos you want to add. So, let’s take a look at the easiest and fastest way to get this done.”
University of Copenhagen: Strong AI skills significantly raise salaries. “Some professional competencies and skills are worth more than others. A new study maps the value of 962 specific skills and shows that knowledge about artificial intelligence (AI) in particular is in high demand today. On average, AI skills increase remuneration by 21 percent.” (translated from Danish.)
North Carolina State University: Potential Employers View Job Candidates Differently If They Post Online About Mental Health. “It is increasingly common for people to discuss mental health challenges on social media platforms, but a new study finds these disclosures can affect the way potential employers view job applicants.”
Fast Casual: Chipotle recruiting 7K workers via social media. “With fall being the start of the Chipotle Mexican Grill’s second-busiest season combined with the opening of over 250 restaurant this year, Chipotle is using social media to recruit over 7,000 workers. Building on the success of its ‘Behind the Foil’ documentary style television spots, Chipotle is rolling out an installment of commercials featuring unfiltered and emotional testimonials from team members about the impact Chipotle has had on their lives as well as a glimpse into daily preparation using real ingredients and classic culinary techniques.”
Washington Monthly: Google’s Participation Trophies. ” My certificate took me just two and a half weeks to get, mainly because I learned to game the system. (I watched videos at double speed and passed quizzes by trial and error.) And when I presented my shiny new credential to prospective employers in the Washington, D.C., area and scoured job postings in Silicon Valley, my credential was less a foot in the door than a plaintive knock at firmly barred gates.”
State of Hawaii: DLIR News Release: State Activates Disaster Recovery Jobs Portal. “The Hawaiʻi State Department of Labor & Industrial Relations (DLIR) today announced the availability of a disaster recovery jobs portal for Maui to help workers and businesses impacted by the wildfires. The portal provides access to all currently available jobs on Maui as maintained by the DLIR.”
Supply Chain Quarterly: ATA launches database for 30,000 workers who lost their jobs in Yellow Corp. collapse . “The freight fleet trade group American Trucking Associations (ATA) today launched an online database that is designed to find new jobs for some of the 30,000 truckers and logistics professionals who were suddenly out of work on Sunday after the collapse of financially troubled Yellow Corp.”
Games Radar: Real-life trucking companies are trying to hire American Truck Simulator players with in-game ads. “A number of billboards in American Truck Simulator’s recreation of the United States now feature recruitment ads from the massive transportation company Schneider National, all pointing to the company’s employment website. Developer SCS Software says that this advertising push is ‘now in the try-out phase,’ but hints that it could eventually expand beyond ATS into the more popular Euro Truck Simulator 2.”
Veterans Administration: Geo-mapping tool builds a path for new partnerships. “VA’s new academic geo-mapping tool was designed to help VA medical facilities identify potential Minority Serving Institution (MSI) academic partners in their area to expand health professions training.”
The Register: Reddit cuts five percent of workers while API pricing shift sours developers. “Social media community Reddit plans to lay off about 90 employees, amounting to about five percent of its 2,000-person staff. A company spokesperson confirmed the cuts in an email to The Register, stating that the whole company’s restructuring is part of changes to Reddit’s data, API and mod tools projects.”
Government of Pennsylvania: Shapiro Administration Launches Online Resource For Service Members Leaving Active Duty, Returning To Pennsylvania. “Today, the Shapiro Administration announced the launch of, ‘Welcome Home PA,’ an online resource to help service members separating or retiring from active duty acclimate to a successful civilian life in Pennsylvania. The new website includes information about employment and licensing, education, securing military paperwork, veteran crisis and much more.”
Governor of California: Free Job Training and Incentives Now Available for California Caregivers. “To continue to build California’s health care workforce, the California Department of Aging (CDA) is announcing the launch of the CalGrows workforce training and development program. Beginning today, CalGrows is open for registration with hundreds of courses available to caregivers working with older adults and adults with disabilities, helping support Californians on a path to a career in health care and ensuring the state retains highly-qualified health care workers.”
Washington Post: ChatGPT took their jobs. Now they walk dogs and fix air conditioners. . “When ChatGPT came out last November, Olivia Lipkin, a 25-year-old copywriter in San Francisco, didn’t think too much about it. Then articles about how to use the chatbot on the job began appearing on internal Slack groups at the tech start-up where she worked as the company’s only writer.”
The Star (Kenya): Canada, Mutua warn Kenyans over fake job websites. “The Canadian government has warned Kenyans about fake job websites. In a statement, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada said the information was false and the programs that had been referenced do not exist. The IRCC said for accurate information on how to move to Canada, Kenyans should visit the country’s immigration website.”
