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☆ Former Google X employees come out of stealth with TwinMind, an AI app that hears and remembers everything about you
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-18 | by ( Hugh Langley | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

AdvertisementTwinMind, founded by former Google X employees, builds an AI assistant to better understand you. A startup formed from a handful of former Googlers — specifically Google X, the skunkworks lab that explores sci-fi moonshot ideas — is coming out of stealth. Related storiesWolverine originsAt Google X, George was the first machine learning scientist on Wolverine, a hearing wearable project first reported on by Business Insider in 2021. AdvertisementWhen ChatGPT launched in late 2022, George was working at JPMorgan with TwinMind cofounder and CTO Sunny Tang, a Google X alum. AdvertisementHe said they figured it out and claims the TwinMind app can run for 12 hours in the background non-stop before running out the battery.

Persons: —, Jarvis, Marvel's Tony Stark, it's, Daniel George, Dan Roth, Rocketship, Anand Rajaraman, Michael Liou, galore, George, you've, TwinMind, ChatGPT, Sunny Tang, Siri, they're Organizations: Google, Oracle, Business, JPMorgan, Android Locations: Robinhood

☆ Stop the crackdown on coffee-badging — here's the real problem
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-30 | by ( Bonnie Dilber | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

The latest one: Coffee badging. Better yet, take steps to make coffee badging unnecessary in the first place. My encouragement to any employer who notices coffee badging happening:Explore the purpose of the expectation. If you notice coffee badging happening in your business, talk to your people. AdvertisementEmployers should either figure out how to make being in the office more purposeful — or drop that office requirement altogether.

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☆ Red flags that suggest a job posting doesn’t offer a 'competitive salary' as it claims, recruiters say
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-20 | by ( Alex Koller | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Job postings that claim to offer a "competitive salary" are on the rise, putting more onus on job seekers to suss out how much money they can expect from a new role. If you're at the start of a hiring process without pay clarity, there may be early indications that the promise of a "competitive salary" is an empty one. Here are some red flags to watch out for in your conversations with recruiters and hiring managers. But if the company continues to evade the pay conversation after multiple interviews, that's a clear red flag, according to Hyman. Why don't you take some time to digest it and circle back once you have established [the compensation] level?'"

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☆ This salary phrase in job descriptions is 'useless,' says recruiter—here's how to make sense of it
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-18 | by ( Alex Koller | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Pay transparency laws are on the rise nationwide, but so is the share of companies that use the ambiguous phrase "competitive salary" to describe what they'll pay. As of May, the phrase appeared in 3% of U.S. job postings on Indeed, up from 2.5% of postings at the same time last year, the employment website told CNBC Make It. It's a small but notable increase that reflects thousands of job posts with unclear pay ranges, according to Indeed. "But without further details in the job posting, the phrase puts the onus on the job seeker to know what a competitive pay range may look like." If you're applying to jobs without clear pay ranges, here are a few ways to discuss salary during the hiring process.

Persons: Jeff Hyman, Hyman, Jennifer Herrity, Bonnie Dilber, — that's, we've, It's, — Organizations: CNBC, Companies

☆ Jobseekers and Recruiters Are Both Using AI in Hiring. It's Chaos.
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-16 | by ( Shubham Agarwal | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +11 min

They can now add AI recruiting systems to that pile. It turns hiring into a depersonalized process, it inundates hiring managers, and it reinforces weaknesses in the system it's designed to improve. AI is supposed to fix this mess, saving companies time and money by outsourcing even more of the hiring process to machine-learning algorithms. Platforms like LinkedIn and ZipRecruiter have started using generative AI to offer candidates personalized job recommendations and let recruiters generate listings in seconds. Several seasoned recruiters told me they hadn't incorporated AI into their workflow beyond auto-generating job descriptions and summarizing candidate calls.

Persons: Josh Holbrook, Holbrook, I've, Rik Mistry, Ian Siegel, —, ZipRecruiter, weren't, it's, Tatiana Becker, Becker, Pallavi Sinha, Sinha, Kerry McInerney, Danielle Caldwell, chatbot, Caldwell, Mclnerney, Peter Laughter, who's, Bonnie Dilber, Dilber, Aki Ito, Sandra Wachter, Wachter, David Francis Organizations: Business, Society for Human Resource Management, LinkedIn, Unilever, Google, BI, Microsoft, University of Cambridge, University of Sussex, Berkeley Haas Center for Equity, Gender, Leadership, Black, University of Oxford, IBM, Talent Tech Labs Locations: Alaska, HireVue, Humanly, Portland , Oregon, Zapier

☆ More startups are paying for ChatGPT as generative AI becomes a go-to tool for tech employees like engineers
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-26 | by ( Samantha Stokes | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

65% of startups on Kruze Consulting's platform are paying for OpenAI, up from just 3% when the chatbot launched in late 2022. Back then, OpenAI had an API service that one to three percent of his clients were using, Jones told Insider in an interview. At fintech unicorn CloudWalk, which is building a payments network, a few engineers started using ChatGPT Plus on their own and praising the application on company Slack channels. Indeed, the growing adoption of ChatGPT is creating demand for engineers who are especially savvy at using generative AI to get work done more quickly. "The feedback we got, which is indirectly related to our using AI, is that investors didn't understand how our team has so many clients and has built so much," Siegal said.

Persons: Healy Jones, OpenAI, Jones, Luis Silva, Carlyle, Lauder, ChatGPT, Silva, We're, CloudWalk, he's, Anthropic, GitHub Copilot, Jared Siegal, Siegal, Copilot, Axel Springer Organizations: Kruze Consulting, OpenAI's, Business, OpenAI, Kruze, ChatGPT, eBay, Slack, ChatGPT Enterprise, Lauder Companies Locations: Brazil, Kruze, GitHub

☆ 3 pieces of information you should never share in a job interview and what to say instead, from a recruiting manager.
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-28 | by ( Bonnie Dilber | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

I've been in recruiting for nearly 10 years and a hiring manager for even longer, working in education, non-profits, and tech. When interviewing with a hiring manager as a candidate, my advice is always to be very discerning about what you share. Challenges in previous jobs or with your job searchIn an interview, the hiring manager is looking for someone who makes them confident they can deliver strong results for the company. Some things I've heard job seekers share before — like challenges in previous workplaces or how tough the market is — can distract the hiring manager from seeing them as the strongest candidate. Was their previous manager really difficult to work with, or are they the difficult one?

Persons: Bonnie Dilber, Dilber, I've, I'm, you've, jobseekers, wasn't Organizations: Employers, . Employers, Companies Locations: Zapier

☆ Dumb jokes, lateness, and saying 'literally': 11 habits most likely to give hiring managers the ick
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-09 | by ( Aaron Mok | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

AzmanL/Getty ImagesHuman resources leaders urge job applicants to prepare questions to ask during the interview or risk being perceived poorly. Getting the recruiter's name wrong —24.4%Going into the interview without knowing who's interviewing you can rub recruiters the wrong way. Not dressing appropriately — 28.2%Wearing a questionable outfit to your job interview could make a bad impression on the recruiter. Getting the name of the company wrong — 28.4%You may be interviewing for multiple jobs at a time. Obradovic/Getty ImagesThe biggest pet peeve for hiring managers, Ringover's survey shows, is when a job candidate is late to the interview.

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☆ I'm a recruiting manager. Here are 3 things you should lie about during your interview to land the job.
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-27 | by ( Aria Yang | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

A red flag answer is any response that involves being overly negative or bashing a former employer. A red flag answer will look like:"My manager was micromanaging me." AdvertisementA green flag answer will look like:"Things were going great, but I wanted to take on more challenges." AdvertisementA red flag answer will look like:"I'm looking for a remote job so I can be home with my kids." A red flag answer will look like:Advertisement"I hope to move into finance but those jobs are hard to come by.

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☆ How ChatGPT Enterprise has helped Canva save hours of time and build better tools
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-04 | by ( Aaron Mok | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

The graphic design platform used the software to build its own AI tools, Canva's head of AI told Insider. Here's what ChatGPT Enterprise has automated — and what it still has to work on. AdvertisementAdvertisementOpenAI, one of the most influential artificial intelligence firms, rolled out ChatGPT Enterprise, a version of ChatGPT designed for businesses, at the end of August. AdvertisementAdvertisementEngineers used ChatGPT Enterprise to review Canva's blocklist and flag artist names that were similar to dictionary words for human review. While the company expects to keep using ChatGPT Enterprise moving forward, it doesn't plan on shrinking Canva's workforce.

Persons: Canva, —, ChatGPT, Danny Wu, Estée Lauder, Wu, Mark Muro, Thomas Hexton, Andy Warhol, OpenAI's chatbot, They're, OpenAI Organizations: Enterprise, ChatGPT Enterprise, Service, Software, Brookings Institute, Engineers Locations: Sydney

☆ 3 ways small-business owners can tackle their personal setbacks and still rocket through growth targets
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-12 | by ( Erica Sweeney | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Starting a small business requires time, finances, support, and balancing personal responsibilities. This article is part of "Small Business Playbook," a series exploring the leadership challenges and solutions that can drive growth. "We had to figure out how to gradually reopen without a playbook of how to do that," Parrish told Insider. To make it work, Parrish and Butler said business owners must set priorities and make sacrifices. "Too often, you feel like, I started this small business, and I need to be there every single day," she said.

Persons: Neillie Butler, Mariée Ami, —, Butler, she's, It's, Tiffany Mielnik Parrish, Parrish, I've, couldn't, isn't Organizations: Service, Club Locations: Wall, Silicon, Birmingham , Alabama, Charlotte , North Carolina

☆ Walmart's corporate employees are getting a generative AI assistant while Amazon and Apple are restricting AI in the workplace
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-30 | by ( Grace Mayer | Aaron Mok | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

The retailer is embracing AI while other companies limit employees' use of AI in the workplace. It's one of many generative AI tools the company has already employed across to its 50,000 corporate employees. Walmart's provision of generative AI tools to its office workers is one of the ways the big box retailer seeks to integrate AI across the company. In-stores, Walmart employees can turn to an "Ask Sam" voice assistant to help them locate items. AdvertisementAdvertisementWhile some major US companies are torn on whether to embrace generative AI, others are introducing AI into their businesses with caution.

Persons: Donna Morris, Emerging Technologies Cheryl Ainoa, Sweta Patel, Sam, Doug McMillon, McMillon, Goldman Sachs, Estée Lauder, ChatGPT Organizations: Walmart, Service, Apple, Samsung, New Business, Emerging Technologies, Accenture, Tech, Meta, Netflix, ChatGPT Locations: Wall, Silicon

☆ 3 easy ways you can start using AI right now to make yourself more productive at work, according to an AI consultant
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-22 | by ( Ashley Couto | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

A study found that over half of the participants using AI for work saw a 30% productivity increase. Here are three ways people can ease into using generative AI at work. Now I work as a generative AI consultant and trainer and use AI tools to save closer to 25 to 30 hours of work a week. A recent study by Forrester Consulting on behalf of Grammarly found that more than half of people using AI at work said they were 31% more productive . If you're hesitant about embracing generative AI, many apps and tools you already use have AI functions you can familiarize yourself with quickly.

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☆ How to Turn Your Chatbot Into a Life Coach
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-23 | by ( Brian X. Chen | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

I’ll use Open AI’s ChatGPT for this example with web browsing turned on in the settings, since the book is fairly new. Then try this prompt, which I adapted from PromptHero, a database of ChatGPT prompts that have helped people:I want you to act as a life coach. On Month 1, for example, the chatbot might advise you to start with four 30-minute walks a week just to get accustomed to physical activity. On ChatGPT, using a plug-in automation tool called Zapier, you can connect the chatbot with your Google Calendar and ask it to automatically integrate these workout recommendations into your calendar for you. (Currently only subscribers who pay $20 a month for ChatGPT Plus can use plug-ins.

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☆ Mark Cuban: Here's what my younger self got right—and why so many people still get it wrong
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-14 | by ( Ashton Jackson | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Don't seek out an investor, says billionaire entrepreneur Mark Cuban. Cuban — who is, notably, an investor on ABC's "Shark Tank" — launched his first tech company, a computer systems startup called MicroSolutions, using his own money. In 1994, Cuban and his friend Todd Wagner invested $10,000 in a small startup called Cameron Audio Networks. "What really gets me going is when people have an operating business where they've already gone for it. For unpredictable expenses, Moran recommended using your own funds.

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☆ 6 of the best side hustles for college students—some pay over $30 per hour
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-20 | by ( Isabel Engel | In Isabel--Engel | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

For college students looking to earn extra money — perhaps to offset rising costs during their undergraduate years — side hustles can provide an added source of income. College students, specifically, are turning to side hustles due to their general flexibility, M'Chelle Ryan, director of Upwork Academy, tells CNBC Make It. Ryan and Frana both shared their thoughts on the best side hustles for current college students. This side hustle option could be a fit for college students pursuing degrees in communications, English or journalism. Virtual assistant salaries vary, but the position is remote and may allow college students to work while enrolled in classes.

☆ 4 side hustles you can do any time of day ‘in your pajamas’—one pays as much as $250/hour
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-27 | by ( Gili Malinsky | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

If you are considering starting a side hustle, along with figuring out how much time you'll be spending on it, you'll need to figure out when in the day you can squeeze it in. Here are four side hustles you can do any time of day. You can also look for contract marketing gigs on sites like Freelancer.com, MarketerHire, LinkedIn and Monster. You can also find gigs on job search sites like Indeed or create a profile on sites like ServiceScape. You could also make a profile on Upwork or try looking for open gigs on sites like Behance or the aforementioned job search engines.

☆ Virtual assisting is a side hustle that can pay as much as $100 an hour—here’s how to get started
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-11 | by ( Gili Malinsky | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Now, Gen Z is getting in on the action. Two thirds, 59% of Gen Zers say they currently have a side hustle, according to a May 2022 Zapier survey of 2,032 adults. You could try some affiliate marketing on your social media channels, for example, deliver food or do some secret shopping. Another side hustle to consider is virtual assisting, which encompasses a wide variety of activities. Here's what virtual assisting covers, how much you stand to make and where you can find gigs.

☆ 4 side hustles for Gen Z that can bring in hundreds or even thousands of dollars a month
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-02 | by ( Gili Malinsky | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Gen Zers, specifically, make an average of $9,537 per year on their side hustles. "You've got more time, probably, you've got the ability to live unconventionally because you're probably by yourself." Here are four side hustles for Gen Z to consider. "Maybe you're really great at Excel, or you're great at Google Docs, or you're great at Photoshop or you're really, really good at organization," says Glantz. When it comes to restaurant assignments, "for Gen Z, it's a good option because it's free food," says Ha, adding that at a young age, "you probably have more flexibility to go out to eat."

☆ These are the 3 most promising side hustles of 2023: Delivery jobs 'take way too much of your earnings,' says expert
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-18 | by ( Megan Sauer | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

A food delivery man crosses the street in Times Square in Manhattan on March 17, 2020 in New York City. "Now, the big growth really is with professional platforms where people can earn six-figure incomes from home, doing everything from marketing to law." She adds part of the shift could be because platforms like Uber and Lyft "take way too much of your earnings." To start, here are the three most promising side hustles of 2023, according to Kristof:Selling your skills and knowledgeA lot of people are making money selling what they already know, according to Kristof. According to the same poll, 22% of Boomers, who range from age 58 to 76, currently have side hustles.

☆ These 4 lucrative side hustles dominated 2022—and they require less than 20 hours of work per week
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-11 | by ( Megan Sauer | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

The couple now only spends about an hour per week managing bookings, they say. She works 10-15 hours per week managing, cleaning and checking in on the bookings. Vending machinesYou might be surprised to learn how lucrative vending machines are for their owners. Now, he spends six hours per week managing 57 vending machines, which bring in an average of $30,000 per month, as his full-time job. In 2018, he moved from Rochester, New York, to Philadelphia and bought two vending machines.

☆ Should you hide your side hustle from your employer? Here's what to consider
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-20 | by ( Gili Malinsky | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

So is your hustle something you should disclose to your full-time employer? Side hustle expert Daniella Flores, who uses they/them pronouns, has seen bosses react in multiple ways. At first, their employer was fine with the hustle, but eventually, they gave Flores an ultimatum, asking them, "Would you rather paint or would you rather code?" Whatever you do, though, Flores says, remember not to use company equipment or company time for your hustle. Make sure "you're doing it on your own laptop, on your own time, not onsite at work," says Flores.

☆ 3 in-demand side hustles to start in 2023―one pays up to $100 per hour
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-01 | by ( Gili Malinsky | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Side hustles continue to be a popular way for Americans to make some extra cash. Nearly half, 40% of Americans currently have a side hustle, according to a May 2022 Zapier survey of 2,032 U.S. adults. If you're considering picking one up yourself, and 2023 will be your year to start, some gigs may offer more opportunity than others, say experts. "I would classify an entire group of burgeoning side hustles as the 'pandemic hangover side hustles,'" says Angelique Rewers, founder of BoldHaus, a consulting firm that helps small businesses find corporate clients. "They post freelancing gigs for video editing, copywriting, writing, marketing, basically anything that's digital marketing related," they say.

☆ Taylor Swift used my company's casket for her 'Anti-Hero' music video. We saw a huge spike in traffic and thank her profusely.
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-03 | by ( Chris Stokel-Walker | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Joshua Siegel cofounded Titan Casket, a direct-to-consumer casket seller. It sold a casket to a production company, which Taylor Swift used in her new video for "Anti-Hero." When Scott described the industry structure to me, I immediately saw the opportunity to create a direct-to-consumer business selling caskets. Liz and Scott ran the business full-time, and we brought on an intern from the University of North Carolina for the summer of 2020. Because funeral caskets don't constitute a highly competitive space, we could book Google Ads without much competition.

☆ 9 in-demand side hustles that can be done from home—and how much they pay
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-22 | by ( Morgan Smith | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

More Americans are turning to side hustles to boost their savings and financial security in the face of a looming recession. The rise of remote work over the past two-plus years has also created more opportunities for people to find flexible, high-paying side hustles they can do from home. To help people interested in pursuing a side hustle find the best remote opportunities, FlexJobs has identified 25 in-demand side hustles that can be done from home, based on thousands of listings in their database. These jobs have dozens of active listings and offer remote, part-time opportunities. Here are nine of the highest-paid, most in-demand side hustles that can be done from home, according to FlexJobs and salary data from Payscale:

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