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☆ I'm the global director of talent acquisition at Ancestry. Here's how I use AI and other tools to diversify the workforce.
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-07 | by ( Kiara Byrd | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Dani Allen is the global director of talent acquisition at Ancestry. This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Dani Allen, the global director of talent acquisition for the tech company, Ancestry. I've been in recruiting for 27 years, and now I'm the global director of talent acquisition at Ancestry. I'm responsible for global talent acquisition from international to product and technology, two very large organizations, and the corporate recruiting and sciences side. We can track where our diverse talent is in the process, capture more diverse talent applying to these roles, and work them through the system.

Persons: Dani Allen, Allen, —, I've, I'm, Lever, Clinch, we've Organizations: Service, Who

☆ How AI and better pay can address the ongoing cyber talent shortage
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-27 | by ( Bob Violino | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

Nearly all of them said the cybersecurity skills shortage and its associated impacts have not improved over the past few years and 54% said it has gotten worse. The cybersecurity skills shortage has been going on for years, and it's getting worse, with a rising number of firms citing the issue. Artificial intelligence, particularly generative AI, might play a growing role in easing the skills shortage. Let's say an organization has an inexperienced member of its cyber team, which is a common scenario, Shockey said. In other words, you can treat generative AI as a virtual member of the cyber team."

Persons: Jon Oltsik, ESG, Oltsik, Candy Alexander, ISSA, Alexander, Jason Shockey, Shockey, there's Organizations: IT, Enterprise Strategy, Information Systems Security Association, ISSA International, NeuEon LLC, West

☆ Gold steadies as investors brace for key cenbank verdicts
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-18 | by ( Brijesh Patel | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Spot gold was flat at $1,923.40 per ounce by 09:59 a.m. EDT (1359 GMT). Non-yielding gold tends to fall out of favour among investors when interest rates rise. [USD/Chinese gold prices hit record highs last week, extending a months-long rally as consumers snap up the safe-haven asset to offset a depreciating yuan. "While the developments in China are worth watching, we currently do not believe that this will change the outlook for the gold market," said Julius Baer analyst Carsten Menke. Reporting by Brijesh Patel and Anjana Anil in Bengaluru; Editing by Krishna Chandra EluriOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Edward Moya, CME's, Kazuo Ueda, Julius Baer, Carsten Menke, Brijesh Patel, Anjana Anil, Krishna Chandra Organizations: Wednesday, U.S . Federal Reserve, The Bank of, U.S, Treasury, Thomson Locations: requisitions, The Bank of England, China, Bengaluru

☆ Leaked document shows Amazon's flawed job-posting process led to 'over-hiring,' with one team listing 3 times more openings than approved for
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-21 | by ( Eugene Kim | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Amazon lacked internal oversight and governance in listing job posts, leading to over hiring, according to an internal document. That means the utility computing team had over 3-times more job postings than the headcount target at the time. The document points to Amazon's lack of standardization and governance for the gap between the job postings and open headcount. "This enabled over-hiring in certain cost centers and contributed to span of control and level ratio defects," the internal document said. This person said Amazon's lack of oversight in job postings and the related hiring process caused "over-hiring issues" and leaders trying to "squeeze people in where they could."

☆ Exclusive: Grab to implement cost cuts, cites uncertain macroeconomic situation- CEO in memo
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-15 | by ( Anshuman Daga | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

SINGAPORE, Dec 15 (Reuters) - Grab Holdings Ltd (GRAB.O), Southeast Asia's biggest ride-hailing and food delivery firm, is rolling out cost-cutting measures to cope with an uncertain macroeconomic situation, the Singapore-based company's chief executive told staff in a memo. Tan said in the memo that Southeast Asia has not, and will not, be spared from rising prices and interest rates, and the consequent effects on growth. Grab, which operates in 480 cities in eight countries, had about 8,800 staff at the end of 2021. The memo circulated on Wednesday said Grab would "freeze the majority of current open job requisitions which are not in offer stage". These measures, Tan said, had helped Grab get closer to its profitability goals.

☆ France begins nationwide strike amid soaring inflation
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-18 | by ( Juliette Jabkhiro | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

French students block the entrance of the Lycee Montaigne high school to protest as part of a nationwide day of strike in Paris, France, October 18, 2022. REUTERS/Gonzalo FuentesPARIS, Oct 18 (Reuters) - French trade unions began a nationwide strike on Tuesday, asking for higher salaries amid decades-high inflation and posing President Emmanuel Macron one of his stiffest challenges since his reelection in May. French public railway operator SNCF said that traffic on local connections was down 50% but that there were no major disruptions on national lines. Civil service workers' unions have also called for joining Tuesday's strike, with possible disruptions in schools and other public facilities. The leader of hard-left party La France Insoumise (France Unbowed), Jean-Luc Melenchon, marched alongside this year's Nobel Prize winner for Literature, Annie Ernaux.

☆ French energy minister: No more requisitions planned for now in refinery strike
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-14 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

PARIS, Oct 14 (Reuters) - The French government does not plan to issue more back-to-work orders at this stage amid strikes affecting refineries and storage sites, French Energy Minister Agnes Pannier-Runacher said on Friday, adding that the ongoing labour disputes now needed to be solved as fast as possible. One in three petrol stations in the country is struggling with supplies as a result of strikes which have been dragging one several weeks. The French government have launched requisition proceedings at two petrol depots this week to get supply flowing again. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterReporting by Tassilo Hummel; Editing by Benoit Van OverstraetenOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

CGT trade union flag flutters as tyres set on fire by demonstrators burn in front of the ExxonMobil oil refinery, in Port-Jerome-sur-Seine, France, October 12, 2022. The government said it was requisitioning some staff at the Gravenchon-Port Jerome depot run by Exxon's (XOM.N) Esso France business, where the hardline CGT union remains on strike despite an agreement between management and other unions over pay. Refinery and fuel depot stoppages in France are among the longest since the cost-of-living crisis sparked labour unrest across Europe. "In view of a strike by part of the Port-Jerome staff, in Normandy, the government launches the requisition of staff necessary to operate the depot. The strike at TotalEnergies' French refineries resumed across all sites on Wednesday, the CGT said.

☆ Factbox: How France is forcing striking fuel staff back to work
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-12 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

HOW CAN THE FRENCH GOVERNMENT ORDER STRIKING FUEL STAFF BACK TO WORK? Once employees are notified of a requisition order, they have to comply, or they could face up to six months in prison and a 10,000-euro ($9,700) fine. "Requisition orders are very rare, very exceptional," said labour lawyer Zoran Illic, who often represents workers' unions. "I don't know one lawyer who would advise an employee to refuse to comply with a requisition order, because the consequences would be too serious." When nationwide strikes paralysed France’s oil refining industry back in 2010, then-Prime Minister Francois Fillon's conservative government used requisition orders to bring back TotalEnergies' refinery staff back to work.

☆ That's not a real job opening: Some companies are posting 'ghost jobs' but don't actually plan to hire you — or anyone
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-18 | by ( Rebecca Knight | Juliana Kaplan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

The number of job openings has been sky high over the past year in the red-hot labor market. That could be because some firms are posting "ghost jobs" that they're not actually hiring for. While many employers can't find enough workers, some qualified candidates are applying to open jobs and aren't hearing anything back. Some recruiters say that ghost jobs are on the rise due to the heightened level of uncertainty that's persisted for the past two and a half years. "There are too many jobs posted"Andrew Flowers, a labor economist at Appcast, the recruitment advertising technology company, expressed skepticism that "ghost jobs" are a widespread problem.

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