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☆ A woman hid her tattoos to get her corporate job, and thinks others should too
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-30 | by ( Mikhaila Friel | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. AdvertisementAshley Ketner works full-time in a corporate sales job where she proudly displays colorful tattoos on her arms, legs, back, and head. Speaking to Business Insider, Keter said she regularly gets new ink, as she believes her tattoos are a "personal art collection." "I obviously got the job based on my credentials, and very soon after being hired, my tattoos were on full display. While starting a conversation about tattoos with your employer could be intimidating for some people, it's worth noting that

Persons: —, Ashley Ketner, Keter, Ketner, she's, Meg Wright Ketner, it's Organizations: Service, Business Locations: North Carolina, New York City

☆ Açai berries and child labor: How children in Brazil are climbing 70-foot-high trees to pick the superfood
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-13 | by ( Julia Vargas Jones | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

Picking berries to help feed his familyLucas Oliveira, 13, of the Fazendinha village outside Macapá, is one of these children. The stories of harvesters who’ve fallen from trees are numerous — some have had severe injuries and never walked again. Açaí harvesters expose themselves to the perils of the rainforest. Of those, at least 756,000 worked in what the International Labor Organization calls the worst forms of child labor, which includes “dangerous” conditions. Dozens of times a day, Lucas Oliveira climbs trees to bring down heavy bunches of açaí.

Persons: —, ”, Lucas Oliveira, Wengleston, Julia Vargas Jones Lucas, ” Lucas, Lucas, “, he’s, ” Wengleston, Julia Vargas Jones, they’re, Allan Bruno, Bruno, ” Bruno, aren’t Organizations: Brazil CNN —, CNN, International Labor Organization, Brazil’s Public Ministry of Labor Locations: Macapá, Brazil, Igarapé da Fortaleza, Pará, Amapá

☆ We picked our baby's name because it wasn't popular. Now it's 'trendy,' and I'm angry AF.
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-19 | by ( Irina Gonzalez | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

When we chose the name Rio, it wasn't popular, but it slowly is becoming a trendy name. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . One of the biggest reasons we chose this particular name is because it wasn't popular, and now it's becoming trendy. I can only imagine how the influence of a popular TV show will increase the name's popularity further. I'm sure that I'm not the only parent to have changed feelings about their child's name after the fact, so it'll all be OK.

Persons: —, Irina, Tam, I've Organizations: Service, Housewives Locations: Rio, Spanish, York

☆ 10 countries where talented workers are moving
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-14 | by ( Noah Sheidlower | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Switzerland ranked at the top of INSEAD's 2023 Global Talent Competitiveness Index. The index analyzed countries' abilities to enable, attract, grow, and retain talent. AdvertisementMany talented workers are packing their bags and flocking to Switzerland and Singapore. Switzerland is once again the world's most talent-competitive country, INSEAD's 2023 Global Talent Competitiveness Index found. Switzerland is the global leader in enabling and retaining talent, the report found, and it ranked second in vocational and technical skills.

Persons: — Organizations: Competitiveness, Singapore, Denmark, Service, U.S . News, US, China Locations: Switzerland, China, India, Singapore, U.S, United States, Australia, Canada, Japan, Spain, Italy

☆ Be more energetic at work! Why it seems like your boss is suddenly prioritizing soft skills.
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-29 | by ( Tim Paradis | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

AdvertisementAdvertisementJames Neave, head of data science at Adzuna, compares soft skills to people skills. Selker said that because soft skills can be observed, they can be measured, even if somewhat subjectively. Measuring soft skills can then become more like evaluating hard skills. AdvertisementAdvertisement"It really is a shift in thinking then to say, 'Can we observe these soft skills?" The pandemic meant that many Gen Zers, as they started their careers, didn't get the face-to-face interactions at work that might have allowed them to further develop their soft skills.

Persons: —, we've, Carrie Fisher, Harry Met Sally, Norman Bacal, Bacal, James Neave, Neave, Greg Selker, Stanton Chase, Selker, Zers, didn't Organizations: Service, Management, LinkedIn, KPMG Locations: American, Adzuna

☆ 3 ways to build A.I. skills even if you don’t work in tech: 'Suddenly your employability options go through the roof'
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-20 | by ( Jennifer Liu | In Jljenniferliu | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

The U.S. is leading the way in artificial intelligence and generative AI jobs, according to data from the global job search platform Adzuna. Neave says generalist workers can build their AI skills, and boost their employability, in three steps:First, get to know the most popular AI tools. "Once you feel confident enough using it, seek out and find any way to use it in your day-to-day work," Neave says. It's a good idea to check with your manager about your company's policy on using AI in your work before doing so. And get a clear understanding of what you're allowed to input into generative AI tools and what you're not.

Persons: James Neave, Adzuna's, Neave, It's, it's Organizations: University of Michigan, Stanford, MIT Locations: U.S

☆ Gen Z workers at a medical company are automating tedious jobs and dramatically boosting productivity, exec says
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-19 | by ( Beatrice Nolan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Some Gen Z workers are making AI work for them. A director at VEM Medical told the BBC that Gen Z workers were boosting productivity with AI. Derrick Hathaway said young workers were automating tedious jobs and optimizing workflows. Some Gen Z workers are capitalizing on the rise of generative AI. Derrick Hathaway, sales director at VEM Medical, told the BBC that Gen Z workers were giving the medical device maker a welcome productivity boost by using AI-powered tools.

Persons: Derrick Hathaway, Companies haven't, Gen Zers Organizations: VEM Medical, BBC, VEM, Companies, Employees

☆ Close to half of Ukrainian refugees in Germany hope to stay
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-12 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

BERLIN, July 12 (Reuters) - Of the more than 1 million Ukrainian refugees who came to Germany to escape the war, 44% would like to stay in the country, according to a survey published on Wednesday. This was higher than the 39% of Ukrainian refugees who said they were planning to stay in a previous survey published in late summer 2022. The reason given for this was high participation in integration and language courses, intended to boost employability. Half of the Ukrainian women who came to Germany as refugees after Russia's invasion of the country in early 2022 have at least one child. The survey, which includes the responses of 7,000 Ukrainian refugees living in Germany, is a joint effort of the DIW Berlin institute, the IAB, the ministry for migration and refugees as well as the federal institute for population research.

Persons: Andreas Ette, Maria Martinez, Andreas Rinke, Rachel More, Mark Porter Organizations: Thomson Locations: BERLIN, Germany, Berlin

☆ IKEA bets on remote interior design as AI changes sales strategy
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-13 | by ( Helen Reid | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

LONDON, June 13 (Reuters) - IKEA is training call centre workers to become interior design advisers as the Swedish furniture giant aims to offer more home improvement services and hand run-of-the-mill customer queries to an artificial intelligence bot called Billie. In April, IKEA expanded its interior design services to the UK and United States, after previous launches in parts of Europe, Australia, the United Arab Emirates and elsewhere. In the UK, customers pay 25 pounds ($31.44) for a 45-60 minute interior design advice video call and suggested product list, and can pay 125 pounds for three workspace design consultations, a floorplan and 3D visuals. Sales by phone or video of products and services through Ingka's remote interior design channel accounted for 1.3 billion euros ($1.40 billion) of revenue in Ingka's 2022 financial year - 3.3% of the total. These virtual services require significant investment, she said, to ensure items' colours, textures and sizes are accurately reflected and to minimise returns.

Persons: Billie, IKEA's Billy bookcase, We're, Ulrika Biesert, Biesert, Wayfair, It's, Jocelyn Paulley, Helen Reid, Susan Fenton Organizations: IKEA, United Arab, Ingka Group, Reuters, Ingka, Gowling, Thomson Locations: Swedish, United States, Europe, Australia, United Arab Emirates, Ingka, headcount, London

☆ Tech firms hold all the power right now as Goldman Sachs predicts AI will impact 300 million jobs
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-29 | by ( Hasan Chowdhury | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Goldman Sachs estimates 300 million jobs could be affected by AI. A new report from Goldman Sachs reckons generative AI models like OpenAI's GPT-4 could impact 300 million full-time jobs globally. OpenAI's apparent willingness to roll out advanced AI models as soon as they're ready points more to a future where the tech replaces vast swathes of the workforce. History dictates that innovation with the power to disrupt and eliminate jobs typically paves the way for new fields, in time. A 2020 report from the World Economic Forum predicted AI will displace 85 million jobs by 2025, and create 97 million new ones.

☆ Workers are 'career cushioning' by creating a Plan B ahead of a looming recession and sweeping layoffs. Here's how it could protect you.
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-03 | by ( Beatrice Nolan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Some employees are "career cushioning" to protect themselves in case they are made redundant. "They're using 'career cushioning' as an insurance policy to set themselves up for success should they need to in the future." In professional life, "career cushioning" means workers will start to look for other jobs while still in their current roles. Cushioning not only gives employees professional security but can also soften the emotional blow of being laid off. For a lot of people, career cushioning is an exercise in building confidence, LinkedIn's Davies said.

☆ Most armies ignore autistic people. Israel is calling them up.
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-12 | by ( Joshua Zitser | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +12 min

He signed up to serve through Ro'im Rachok, a first-of-its-kind program that places autistic people in the military to utilize their valuable skills. Ro'im Rachok, however, allows them to sign up as volunteers. Ro'im Rachok students sit in a circle during a class at Ono Academic College. Israel Defense Forces/ InsiderIt's November, and students of the Ro'im Rachok electronics course are approaching the final month of their training. But because Ro'im Rachok enlistees are volunteers, they can drop out after a year.

☆ A long-term illness crisis is threatening the UK economy
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-28 | by ( Elliot Smith | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

Leon Neal/Getty ImagesLONDON — Along with sky-high inflation and energy costs, a Brexit-related trade tailspin and a recession in progress, the U.K. economy is being hammered by record numbers of workers reporting long-term sickness. Unlike other major economies, recent U.K. data shows no sign that these lost workers are returning to the labor market, even as inflation and energy costs exert huge pressure on household finances. The U.K. avoided mass job losses during the Covid-19 pandemic as the government's furlough program subsidized businesses to retain workers. "The U.K. was particularly vulnerable because of austerity — NHS waiting lists were rising sharply, and performance/satisfaction was falling sharply, well before the pandemic," Portes said. However, the report noted that this isn't a recent phenomenon, and the waiting list has been growing rapidly since 2012.watch now

☆ 'Career cushioning' is the latest workplace trend, seeing employees create a 'Plan B' ahead of a looming recession and job cuts
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-10 | by ( Beatrice Nolan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

The new workplace trend refers to employees creating a professional "Plan B." The panic around job security has replaced a wave of "quiet quitting" with "career cushioning," a new workplace trend that has employees scrambling for a professional "Plan B." "They're using 'career cushioning' as an insurance policy to set themselves up for success should they need to in the future." Cushioning not only gives employees professional security but can also soften the emotional blow of being laid off. For a lot of people, career cushioning is an exercise in building confidence, LinkedIn's Davies said.

After years working for nonprofits, I am nearing age 60 without a pension or retirement savings. While financial help is only "supposed to" flow from parent to child in North America, that hasn't been the case for me. Or rather it would be, if I didn't have a daughter with whom I have an exceptional relationship. Much has been written lately about how only those millennials who can go to the bank of mom or dad will ever buy homes. As we've navigated our way through this mutual-aid arrangement, my daughter has persuaded me to stop doing the math.

☆ Companies need to embrace an innovative path to create new employment opportunities
▼ + stars: | 2022-03-03 | by ( Ravi Kumar | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

This article is part of the "Financing a Sustainable Future" series exploring how companies take steps to set and fund sustainable goals. A LinkedIn survey found just one in 67 paid jobs in the US offered remote work in 2020, and that number this year grew to one in six. The labor shortage is compelling companies to boost pay. Low-complexity jobs will inevitably be automated, given the acute labor shortage, and the real opportunity will be in training people to take on higher-order responsibilities, which will allow enterprises to scale business purposefully. Remote work means more people otherwise limited by their circumstances — like caregiving adults, students, and people with disabilities or in rural areas — can now be included in the nontraditional American workforce and gig economy.

☆ un conglomerat de succes la Universitatea Tehnică a Moldovei
▼ + stars: | 2020-11-20 | by ( Onixmedia Srl | ) diez.md time to read: +4 min

Invitatul special a fost profesorul Radu MELNIC, cu o vastă experiență în domeniu, anterior titular al acestui curs, actualmente director CEGHID. În timp, acesta a devenit unul din cele mai de succes la UTM, afirmându-se ca o platformă de implementare a noilor metode de predare PBL bazate pe soluționarea de probleme. A fost o provocare pentru mine, ca profesor, dar în special pentru ei, ca studenți, să învețe a colabora și a lucra în echipă, să identifice și să soluționeze probleme, să gândească lateral și analitic, din mai multe perspective, ceea ce le-a deschis oportunități de a urma stagii, iar ulterior și de a fi angajați în companii IT cu renume, a subliniat Radu MELNIC. Pledoaria profesorului a avut un impact deosebit asupra studenților, fapt pentru care dânșii i-au mulțumit. Acest material a fost scris și redactat de echipa UTM.

Persons: Mariana, Radu, Radu MELNIC Organizations: RM, Uniunii Europene, Erasmus, UTM, Microsoft Locations: Moldova

☆ (doc) UTM mulțumește profesorului Olav Jull Sørensen pentru valoroasa donație de carte
▼ + stars: | 2020-11-11 | by ( Onixmedia Srl | ) diez.md time to read: +2 min

Universitatea Tehnică a Moldovei exprimă sincere și calde mulțumiri domnului profesor Olav Jull Sørensen de la Centrul Internațional de Business, Universitatea din Aalborg, Danemarca pentru valoroasa donație de carte, oferită cu multă generozitate din biblioteca sa personală. Domnul profesor Olav Jull Sørensen, personal, în calitate de pionier al dezvoltării și implementării metodei de învățare și predare bazate pe soluționarea problemelor, a introdus această metodă revoluționară în mediul academic la Universitatea din Aalborg. Suportul de excelență din partea d-sale a permis remodelarea a șase curricule de predare în universitățile din R. Moldova. Colectivul de profesori și studenți al UTM aduce alese mulțumiri pentru suportul oferit instituției întru dezvoltarea noilor metode de predare și asigurarea procesului didactic și de cercetare cu publicații internaționale. ###Acest material a fost scris și redactat de echipa UTM.

Persons: Olav Jull, Domnul Organizations: Universitatea Tehnică, Moldovei, Business, Universitatea, UTM, universitari, Uniunii Europene, din Locations: Aalborg, Danemarca, Moldova, Employability, Republica Moldova

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