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☆ WiFi Money sued by Nebraska Attorney General over allegations of 'deceptive' passive income promises
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-18 | by ( Rob Price | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

AdvertisementSocial-media collective WiFi Money was sued by the Nebraska Attorney General's office. WiFi Money has made tens of millions of dollars pitching controversial "passive income" investments. The lawsuit accuses WiFi Money of causing Nebraska state residents to lose more than $3 million. WiFi Money was sued by Nebraska's Attorney General who alleged the social-media collective offered "deceptive" get-rich-quick schemes that lost residents of the state more than $3 million. Nearly 100 complaints have been lodged with the FTC about WiFi Money and two of its partner companies, BI previously reported.

Persons: James Ragano, Michael Hilgers, Defendants, Cadillac Escalades Organizations: Nebraska Attorney, Nebraska's, dropshipping, IRS, WiFi, Nebraska AG Locations: Nebraska, Florida, Alachua County , Florida

☆ She interviewed for 15 AI roles before landing a Microsoft offer. It made her realize how the job market has changed.
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-04 | by ( Ana Altchek | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Read preview29-year-old Supreet Kaur has interviewed at 15 companies over the last few months, and just received an offer from Microsoft. She said the job market for AI roles has changed drastically since she was on the hunt about two years ago. While Big Tech CEOs are fighting over AI talent, some candidates are fighting for a spot in the increasingly competitive job market. If you're looking for a job in AI, Kaur said these are the four key things you need to know. "The best way to look for a job is when you don't need a job," Kaur said.

Persons: —, Supreet Kaur, Morgan Stanley, Kaur, Google's, BNY Mellon Organizations: Service, Microsoft, Business, Big Tech, Summit New Locations: Summit New York, York

☆ How to turn your passion into a career, says 42-year-old who quit marketing to become a breakup coach
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-29 | by ( Gili Malinsky | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Along the way, "I had this idea for the breakup bootcamp," she says, a place where people who'd recently gone through a breakup could find solace and comfort together. Despite writing out the vision for breakup bootcamp in 2015, "I was too scared" to make it happen immediately, she says. That's why, now, her best advice for turning your passion into a career is "whatever it is," she says, "just launch it." Finally, in February 2017, she launched the first breakup bootcamp. They laid out a potential career path as a breakup coach and, in August 2017, she finally left her job in marketing to launch into her relationship-oriented career full-time.

Persons: Amy Chan, Chan, I'm Organizations: Huffington, CNBC Locations: New York

☆ 42-year-old left her job in marketing to become a 'breakup coach'—her first book deal was worth 6 figures
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-31 | by ( Gili Malinsky | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

The 42-year-old Vancouver native started sharing her relationship experience at 25 when she wrote a Myspace post about a recent breakup. Chan now leads multiple relationship bootcamps per year, is working on her second relationship book and has various online brand deals. "And they basically say, like, 'look, no one owns the breakup space,'" Chan says. It took one final push for her to finally dive into the relationship space full time. Her mom emphatically said yes, and Chan left her job in August 2017.

Persons: Amy Chan, —, Chan, Amy Fabulous, …, Nick Jonas, Ali Wong Organizations: Vancouver, Simon Fraser University, Hours Vancouver, Heart Hackers, Post, Fortune, United Talent Agency, UTA Locations: Vancouver, Canada, San Diego, New York

☆ Palantir shares fall 7% on lower-than-expected guidance
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-06 | by ( Rohan Goswami | In Rohangoswamicnbc | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Palantir shares fell around 7% in extended trading on Monday after the defense tech firm reported weaker-than-expected guidance. Palantir expects second-quarter revenue to fall between $649 million to $653 million, versus the $653 million expected by LSEG. Palantir reported $105.5 million in net income for the quarter, or 4 cents per share, compared with $16.8 million, or 1 cent per share, in the year-ago quarter. Earlier this year, Palantir signed a $178 million contract with the U.S. Army to help develop a next-generation, field-deployable sensor station. Karp said Palantir conducted more than 660 bootcamps during the first quarter.

Persons: Alex Karp, Palantir, Karp Organizations: Russell Senate, LSEG, U.S . Army Locations: Washington ,

☆ A federal watchdog is suing a tech boot camp, accusing it of loading students up with 'predatory' debt and telling them it could collect 'more than the consumer legally owed'
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-18 | by ( Ayelet Sheffey | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

The CFPB and state attorneys general sued a career boot camp that declared bankruptcy in 2022. Prehired sued nearly 300 former students last year, saying they'd defaulted on their loans. "Prehired also represented that consumers would pay nothing until they got a job and 'partner[ed] with' Prehired in their career. The lawsuit also accused Prehired of "falsely representing the amount of debt owed by consumers by stating that Prehired could collect more than the consumer legally owed." The complaint said Prehired filed more than 280 lawsuits in 2022 demanding that former students who it said had defaulted pay $25,000 each.

Persons: Prehired, they'd, Bob Ferguson, Washingtonians, bootcamps, Ben Kaufman Organizations: Service, Consumer Financial Protection, California's Department of Financial Protection, Innovation, LinkedIn, Delaware's Department of Justice, Washington Attorney General's Locations: Wall, Silicon, Prehired

☆ China tackles chip talent shortage with new courses, higher pay
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-28 | by ( Josh Horwitz | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

China faces a shortage of an estimated 200,000 industry workers this year, according to a white paper jointly published by the China Center for Information Industry Development, a government think tank, and the China Semiconductor Industry Association (CSIA), a trade group. A 2022 survey from Chinese research firm ICWise found more than 60% of students studying chip engineering in China graduate with no internship experience in the field. In Taiwan, top chipmaker Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC) (2330.TW) has established research centres at four universities. Its largest chip foundry, Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp (SMIC) (0981.HK), in 2021 announced a jointly-established School of Integrated Circuits at Shenzhen Technology University. "If I didn't switch to chip engineering, I would probably have to find a job in a traditional manufacturing industry like cars or machinery," he said.

☆ Students of BloomTech, formerly known as Lambda School, filed a class action lawsuit against the coding bootcamp
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-16 | by ( Rosalie Chan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Students of the Bloom Institute of Technology have filed a class action lawsuit against the school. They say the coding bootcamp, formerly known as Lambda School, advertised false job placement rates. While students have previously taken legal action against BloomTech, this is the first class action lawsuit against it. Former BloomTech students said that the school fell short of its promise with under-qualified instructors and an incomplete curriculum, Insider first reported. Leaked documents also showed that BloomTech's job placement rates were much lower than advertised, Insider previously reported.

☆ This ‘best job’ of 2023 pays over $100K, offers remote opportunities and doesn’t require a degree
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-27 | by ( Morgan Smith | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

A growing wave of layoffs might be sweeping through Silicon Valley, but the hottest job on the market right now is in tech: full-stack developer. Not only does this job pay well — the average mean salary for full-stack developers is $129,637, per Indeed's research — but it also offers a lot of workplace flexibility. At least 50% of the listings for full-stack developers on Indeed's database have remote or hybrid options. "More and more, companies have been hiring full-stack developers to reduce headcount on their application, development or general web teams," she adds. You can become a full-stack developer without a college degree.

☆ A former Times Square street vendor has helped 3,000 Black New Yorkers learn to code, changing their lives
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-28 | by ( Aaron Mok | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

He started We Build Black to help Black New Yorkers transition into tech and land high-paying jobs. And he credits a community of Black tech workers in New York City with his success in making the switch. But before starting We Build Black, Jackson first broke into software engineering himself from a non-technical background. We Build Black hosts coding meetups for Black tech workers to network and learn new skillsSimilar to organizations like Black Women Talk Tech, Black Boys Code, and Black Tech Pipeline, We Build Black offers coding classes, mentorships, and networking events to Black workers looking to pursue tech careers. The next step for We Build Black will be building out its job pipelineWe Build Black is now focused on building out its workforce-training programs, Jackson said.

☆ Opinion: Employers should stop caring so much about college degrees
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-13 | by ( Ryan Roslansky Byron Auguste For Cnn Business Perspectives | Ryan Roslansky | Byron Auguste For Cnn Business Perspectives | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

Employers are more open to new ways of finding and evaluating job candidates, and those that move swiftly in this direction will build more resilient teams. Broader talent poolWhen employers use degrees as a proxy for skills, they miss out on half of the workforce, as Opportunity@Work’s research has shown. LinkedIn data suggests that certain industries – like professional services, finance and tech – are some of the hardest sectors for workers without bachelor’s degrees to break into. It can also spur greater diversity, since 61% of Black workers, 55% of Hispanic workers, 66% of rural workers and 61% of veteran workers have in-demand skills but not bachelor’s degrees. Recognizing the diverse ways skills are acquired and adopting a skills-first approach to talent will bring greater transparency, efficiency and equity to the labor market, making it easier for anyone from anywhere to achieve anything.

☆ Peloton Row, the company's much-hyped rowing machine, has finally hit the market for the handsome sum of $3,195
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-21 | by ( Grace Dean | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

The Peloton Row costs $3,195, with orders expected to ship in early December. The Peloton Row is now available for presale at $3,195, with orders expected to ship in early December. There are already rowers available for shoppers to try out at 18 of Peloton's retail stores across the US. In February, the company announced huge cost-cutting measures, including cutting about 20% of its workforce and scrapping plans to build its own factory. The company announced further rounds of layoffs in July and August, totaling around 1,400 workers.

☆ I was a line cook working up to 80 hours a week. A coding bootcamp and online courses helped me land a 6-figure software engineering job with real work-life balance.
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-14 | by ( Julia Pugachevsky | Read More | Read Less | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

He used the time to complete a General Assembly bootcamp and take online courses from Udemy. After some research, I decided to go all in on a four-month software engineering bootcamp from General Assembly — before I even knew if I'd like software engineering. After I signed up, I had about three weeks before the program started. General Assembly Online Coding Bootcamp - Become a Software Engineer Designed to help you launch your career in software engineering, this immersive bootcamp is available online, in-person in NYC, or in a part-time format. I reached out and he actually remembered me, so I was able to land a three-month unpaid internship to get started in software engineering.

☆ 3,000 Black New Yorkers have learned to code and changed their lives thanks to tech career coaching from this former Times Square street vendor
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-13 | by ( Aaron Mok | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

☆ The Master Your Money Bootcamp will help you put a price tag on your dreams — and figure out how to turn them into reality
▼ + stars: | 2021-05-10 | by ( Libkane | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Over the next month, that's what we'll be focusing on: Putting a price tag on your dreams and creating a plan to help you afford them in the future. We know that if you dream of a private island, you'll probably need more than a month of strategizing. Welcome to the Master Your Money BootcampMaster Your Money Bootcamps are month-long challenges broken into simple one-week exercises to help you take control of your money. For each exercise, you'll get a detailed explanation of how to complete it and why it's important. Here's what you'll accomplish in just one month (we'll link to each exercise as it goes live):

☆ 12 Steps to Starting a Small Business
▼ + stars: | 2019-05-02 | by ( ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +8 min

Step 2: Write a business planYou don’t need an MBA to write a business plan. In addition to selecting your business name, you may also need to register a fictitious business name, known as a DBA (Doing Business As). Step 9: Figure out your taxesYour business structure will determine the types of taxes you’ll have to pay. Step 11: Learn relevant laws and regulationsIf you’re starting an online business, contact the Federal Trade Commission to learn about e-commerce regulations. Step 12: Set up your accounting systemBookkeeping can be simple, at least when you first start your business.

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