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☆ On-the-Job Training Is Broken. That Hurts Companies and Workers.
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-14 | by ( Emily Stewart | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +18 min

Workers are struggling to get a handle on their jobs, and this failure falls on everyone — companies, managers, human-resources departments, and, in some cases, the workers themselves. The chaos has left employers, managers, and employees wondering just how much time and money it's worth investing in training in the first place. It's tough to learn by osmosis over Slack, and the deluge of HR apps and training modules isn't filling in the gaps. As workers and managers are increasingly overextended, these types of unmeasured, softer activities can fall by the wayside. Gavin emphasized that it's not just on companies and managers to make sure employees are learning and getting onboarded but also on individual workers.

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☆ Toxic chemical ‘Hall of Shame’ calls out retailers in time for holiday shopping
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-14 | by ( Sandee Lamotte | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

“This is a critical time of year, the time when most retailers make a lot of their money,” Schade said. Only four companies in the top 50 retailers earned an A or A- — Apple, Sephora, Target and Walmart. Three companies — Ulta Beauty, IKEA and Whole Foods Market — received a B grade, while 26 companies were equally split between C and D grades. “We also grade companies on whether the changes requested from their suppliers are actually implemented, if they have truly ‘banned the bad,’ so to speak,” Peele said. Correction: A previous version of this story incorrectly stated the number of retailers who earned an A or A-.

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In fact, the state polls are showing not just an astonishingly tight race, but also an improbably tight race. Imagine if pollsters in this world conducted 100 identical surveys of 863 randomly selected voters (that’s the average sample size of this year’s swing state polls). Actual swing state polls show far less variation than the benchmarks we would expect in a perfect polling world. Visualizing how the reported polling margins compare to what we would expect in a perfect polling world strongly suggests “herding” of swing state polling margins around the statewide polling averages. The pattern is especially pronounced in Pennsylvania, where a huge share of the public polls have showed a tied race.

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☆ I interviewed Google applicants and ranked them on 'Googleyness.' Here I found the greatest interviewee I've ever had.
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-24 | by ( Tess Martinelli | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Jerry Lee, a former Google manager, said the company graded candidates on four attributes. He said Googleyness requires a set of soft skills that is objective. While at Google, I interviewed several potential new hires and ranked them based on "Googleyness." Googleyness captures the broad range of soft skills needed to align with your coworkers, such as dependability, helpfulness, and willingness to go above and beyond. When answering a question in a Google interview, make sure your answer is honest, company-specific, and proves your soft skills.

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☆ Carmel, Indiana is the best small city in America for affordability, education and quality of life—see the full top 10
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-16 | by ( Celia Fernandez | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

For the second year in a row, Carmel, Indiana has been rated the best small city in America. That's according to WalletHub, which this month released its annual report on the country's best small cities. 1 spot thanks in part to its median annual household income of nearly $133,000 and median credit score of 775. Its 3% unemployment rate is one of the lowest in the country. Residents of Carmel spend only about 14% of their income on rent, the 33rd-lowest in the country.

Organizations: Health Education, U.S . Census, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Bureau of Labor Statistics Locations: Carmel , Indiana, America, Indianapolis, Carmel

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☆ This couple bought a 110-year-old schoolhouse for $175,000 sight unseen and converted it into their family home—take a look inside
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-05 | by ( Celia Fernandez | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +7 min

Stacie Grissom and Sean Wilson lived in New York City for almost a decade, and then the covid-19 pandemic hit. Stacie Grissom and Sean WilsonAfter the couple closed on the former schoolhouse, the real work began. Despite how hard the renovation was for the couple, Grissom says her favorite part was getting to work alongside her dad. Stacie Grissom and Sean WilsonAmid ongoing renovations, the couple and their now two kids moved into the home in September of this year. Stacie Grissom and Sean Wilson

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☆ I'm taking a hands-off approach to my son's schooling. I don't want him to fail, but he needs to be independent.
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-02 | by ( Ashley Archambault | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

I'm taking a more hands-off approach and letting him learn to manage his own schooling. AdvertisementIn Florida, where we live, third grade is the first school year students are issued grades in their four core subjects. I'm a teacher myself, and the possibility of my son failing an entire grade felt like a failure on my part. I'm simply asking my son why he's getting these grades and what he might do to raise them. While getting good grades is a reward for working hard, getting poor grades should also serve as a reflection opportunity on what you could have done differently.

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☆ My partner and I just started couples therapy, and it's nothing like I expected. There's a lot more joy and laughter.
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-22 | by ( Edson Montenegro | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

In fact, couple's counseling has felt more like I'm getting my Ph.D. in Adulting with a focus in Handling Situations Maturely from Solutions University. Despite its challenges, couples therapy has also been enlightening and emotionally rewarding. Couple's counseling, as she reminds me, is not about taking sides or proving who's right or wrong. Couples counseling is not a diaryI was convinced that every session would be like writing in my personal diary. It's just about recommitting to each other over and over againYou're not graded in couple's therapy.

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☆ Michigan knocks off USC in classic Big Ten showdown: What this means for both teams
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-21 | by ( Antonio Morales | Austin Meek | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +8 min

And the Wolverines did just enough of both to knock off USC 27-24 in the Trojans’ first-ever Big Ten game. “Whatever it takes to win.”Here are some takeaways from Michigan’s win. Michigan should feel goodIt wasn’t pretty, but Michigan did just enough to win a game few people thought it would win. This is the kind of result that can make a big difference in who plays for the Big Ten championship. Somehow, thanks to Mullings, Michigan found a way.

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Surveys indicate that health care is among the top priorities for voters in the November presidential election. Former President Donald Trump has given little detail about his health care vision; his running mate, JD Vance, has suggested deregulation. Each country was graded on five categories: access to care, care process, administrative efficiency, equity and health outcomes. “For far too many people, high-quality medical care is out of reach.”Dr. Adam Gaffney, a critical care physician at the Cambridge Health Alliance in Massachusetts, pointed out that the U.S. differs from the other countries in one critical area: universal health care coverage. Thursday’s report also listed solutions to the country’s health care problems, including lowering the cost of care and expanding access to coverage.

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☆ I'm a professor. I tell all my college freshmen these 6 tips so they have a successful first year.
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-16 | by ( Jaime Bedrin | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Read previewI've taught or advised college students in New York and New Jersey for the last 15 years. Read the class syllabusTaking a moment to read the syllabus will help you get ahead as a student. Even a simple "Subject: Looking for clarification on class reading" would be helpful. Spend time in the libraryDespite having lots of reading to do for class, I recommend students read for fun, too. College is a time to experiment in all aspects of life; don't waste it by staying in your comfort zone.

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☆ Hawaii is the happiest state in America—California and Florida didn’t make the top 10
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-11 | by ( Celia Fernandez | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Last year Utah was the happiest state in America, but this year, a different state took the No. Hawaii is the happiest state in AmericaHawaii ranked as the No. 1 happiest state in the U.S. with an overall score of 68.71. The 10 happiest states in AmericaHawaii Maryland New Jersey Utah Delaware Minnesota Connecticut Idaho Nebraska Massachusetts Maryland moved up from No. The state ranked third in the emotional and physical well-being metric, tenth in the work environment and sixth in the community and environment rank.

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☆ 'Selling Sunset' star Alanna Gold owns part of a town in the California desert. These are the 4 biggest challenges she's faced.
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-06 | by ( Alcynna Lloyd | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Ahead of the show's premiere, Gold spoke with Business Insider about her passion for Pioneertown and the challenges of owning part of a town. RevitalizationIn a world with a Starbucks on every corner and a strip mall down the street, towns and cities that retain their small-town charm have become increasingly sought after. Gaining trustGold grew up in a small town outside Toronto and moved to California after a successful modeling career that took her to countries like Japan and Paris. MaintenanceManaging the upkeep of a town can be costly and challenging, particularly in a town with older or underdeveloped infrastructure. Editor's note, September 9, 2024: Based on new information, the story has been updated to clarify that Alanna Gold owns part of Pioneertown, not the whole town.

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☆ When Do Women Have the Right to Kill in Self-Defense? - The New York Times
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-04 | by ( Rachel Louise Snyder | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +45 min

Mr. Ford kept their daughter at home to ensure Ms. Ford wouldn’t tell anyone in the emergency room how Robert’s injury happened. Ms. Ford, now 65, is serving a sentence of life without parole at the Central California Women’s Facility in Chowchilla. Leigh Goodmark, the author of the book “Imperfect Victims,” said that self-defense law imagines two parties of equal strength, size, weight and physical capability. But where self-defense law really fails to capture a woman’s experience is around the question of imminence. For women like Ms. Ford, Ms. Ayobi and many others, killing their way out of a relationship was an act of salvation — for themselves, for their children.

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Learn moreThe LG G4 is one of the most stunning premium displays I've tested. Judged against other 2024 models, the LG G4 is easily one of the best TVs you can buy for top-notch image quality. But the G4 is technically the best OLED TV LG has ever made. LG 65-inch G4 OLED 4K TV The G4 is one of the most impressive OLED TVs we've tested, but its benefits over last year's more affordable G3 are subtle. Steven Cohen/Business InsiderThe LG G4 delivers high-end image quality that's a clear step above cheaper TVs.

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☆ Millennials are fueling a Pokémon renaissance and moving mad money in an industry where baseball cards used to reign supreme, says the honcho of collectibles grading
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-30 | by ( Matthew Loh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Read previewThe COVID pandemic was an unprecedented boom for the Pokémon card business. Few can forget the $3.5 million YouTuber-boxer Logan Paul blew on a pack of Pokémon cards that turned out to be GI Joe collectibles. He estimated that last year, PSA graded at least 6 million Pokémon trading cards out of the total 14 million it processed. It's made a lifetime total of more than 64.8 billion Pokémon cards since 1999, and production has been accelerating rapidly since the pandemic. Most customers wait a maximum of two months for their graded card, which returns with a rating between 1 and 10.

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☆ Elon Musk is still being graded on a curve
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-27 | by ( Nora Naughton | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Wall Street was tough on auto stocks after second-quarter earnings. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . AdvertisementIt's a tough time to be a car company on Wall Street — unless, of course, you are Elon Musk. General Motors posted a significant beat Tuesday, only for its stock price to close down more than 6% that same day. Ford's financial results were dinged significantly by higher-than-normal warranty costs, and a significant earnings miss sent its stock price down 13% immediately following those results.

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☆ These are America's 10 best states for buying and selling a home in 2024, with a big caveat at No. 1
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-16 | by ( Scott Cohn | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +8 min

CNBC considers the housing market as part of the Economy category in America's Top States for Business, the annual rankings of all 50 states. We consider price appreciation and seller gains, as well as affordability, inventory, and housing starts. Still, price appreciation remains healthy. That price appreciation may be bringing more construction activity, which is one reason inventory levels are rising. 1 (Top States Grade: A+) Appreciation: 6.85% Inventory (July): 4 months Affordability score: 0.44 Effective property tax rate: 0.76% Median sales price: $420,100

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☆ Why Does a Routine Test of Newborns Reward ‘Pink’ Skin?
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-13 | by ( Roni Caryn Rabin | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Shortly after they’re born, infants are assigned an Apgar score, a measure of how well they’re adapting to life outside the womb. One of them is skin color, an indication of how much oxygen the baby is getting. A newborn gets two points only if he or she is pink all over. Pale or blue fingers and toes earn one point; a baby who is white, gray or blueish all over gets none. But an accumulating body of research has found that Black infants and other babies of color don’t score as well on the Apgar as white infants.

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☆ This Pokémon YouTuber gives some of his coolest cards to kids for free
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-08 | by ( Scottie Andrew | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

Making a Pokémon fan’s day means more than catching ‘em allPokémon isn’t Coop’s day job, but it’s become an increasingly meaningful part of his life. Coop was, like many children of the ‘90s, a Poké-fan in his youth, collecting cards and facing bosses in the early Pokémon video games. But he takes a shine to one of Coop’s cards with an iridescent Alakazam, a mustachioed psychic Pokémon, and a high score of 9. It’s a card Coop intended to sell, but without thinking twice, Coop opens his display case and gifts the kid the card for free. Coop still sells cards on eBay and at card conventions –– he’s built a massive collection since 2018, and he’s submitted numerous cards for grading.

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☆ Opinion: Why Jill Biden won’t urge the President to end his reelection bid
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-02 | by ( Opinion Kate Andersen Brower | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

But for anxious Democrats hoping Jill Biden will step in, don’t hold your breath. Jill Biden has been by his side for almost that entire time. Jill Biden believes that there is no one else who can defeat former President Donald Trump who poses a serious threat to democracy. President Biden and first lady Jill Biden, right, arrive on Marine One with granddaughters Natalie Biden, from left, and Finnegan Biden in East Hampton, N.Y. on Saturday -- two days after his disappointing debate performance. “Jill Biden, I begin to suspect, doesn’t want to talk about her feelings.

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☆ More young people are having strokes. A doctor shares 3 ways to help prevent them.
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-06 | by ( Kim Schewitz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

This corresponds with a rise in cardiovascular risk factors such as obesity among younger, working-age adults, it said. That's why acting fast and educating the public about stroke risk factors are crucial, the study said. These are all known stroke risk factors. Aim to up your heart rate in a "graded way," she said: "you don't want people going from zero to really pushing themselves." This is because it plays an important role in reducing several stroke risk factors, including hypertension, diabetes, and cholesterol.

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☆ Diamond industry 'in trouble' as lab-grown gemstones tank prices further
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-05 | by ( Lee Ying Shan | In Ying-Shan-Lee | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Diamond prices have fallen 5.7% so far this year, according to Zimnisky's rough diamond index, declining more than 30% from their all-time high in 2022. Lab-grown diamonds, which can be up to 85% cheaper than natural diamonds, are made in a controlled environment using extreme pressure and heat. Lab-grown diamond sales have surged from just 2% of the global diamond jewelry market in 2017 to 18.4% in 2023, according to data provided by Zimnisky. An industry 'in trouble'"The diamond industry is in trouble," Daga told CNBC, adding that he believes natural diamond prices could fall another 15%-20% over the next 12 months. Similar to a natural diamond, a lab-grown diamond is graded based on the 4Cs — clarity, color, cut and carat weight.

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