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☆ Google offers several low-cost online programs to help you land tech jobs — we tested one of the courses and thought it was better than a grad school class
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-04 | by ( Julia Pugachevsky | Read More | Read Less | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Coursera Google IT Support Professional Certificate Learn the skills necessary to apply to entry-level IT jobs, from completing IT support tasks like computer assembly, wireless networking,program installation, troubleshooting, debugging, and customer service. Keep reading to find answers to some FAQs about Google's Coursera professional certificate programs. How much does a Google professional certificate program cost? Is there financial aid available for the certificate program? Coursera Google IT Support Professional Certificate Learn the skills necessary to apply to entry-level IT jobs, from completing IT support tasks like computer assembly, wireless networking,program installation, troubleshooting, debugging, and customer service.

☆ Over half of US buyers think electric cars cost way too much
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-04 | by ( Alexa St. John | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

The cost of electric cars continues to hamper adoption, consultancy Deloitte found in a new survey. More than half of consumers say cost is standing in the way of an EV purchase. 47% cited charging time, and 46% cited lack of public charging infrastructure. The latter is particularly interesting given that 77% of those intending to buy electric at some point expect to charge their vehicle most often at home. That means those EV drivers could rely less on public charging infrastructure.

☆ ESG will be a heavy focus for tech leaders in 2023
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-04 | by ( Bob Violino | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

Reducing the carbon footprint of IT operationsThere are a number of drivers moving ESG forward. One area of focus will be the need for reporting on ESG progress, as required by regulations. Nearly half of the respondents said their organization could not accurately report its carbon footprint. Efforts appear to be underway to enhance ESG reporting strategies. By 2024, IDC said, 75% of large enterprises will implement ESG data management and reporting software as a response to emerging legislation and increased stakeholder expectations.

☆ UK factories face tough 2023 after December weakness
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-03 | by ( David Milliken | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

[1/3] A member of staff works on the production line at Jaguar Land Rover’s factory in Solihull, Britain, December 15, 2022. "Output contracted at one of the quickest rates during the past 14 years, as new order inflows weakened," S&P director Rob Dobson said. The figures broadly chime with a gloomy outlook issued last month by trade association Make UK, who forecast output in the sector would fall 3.2% in 2023. "These results are the latest in a series of weak indicators ... which suggest that GDP likely fell again in Q4 2022. But factories still cut jobs by the most since October 2020, as orders fell from both domestic customers and clients in China, the United States, mainland Europe and Ireland.

☆ Soccer giants’ new owners may get tiny returns
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-30 | by ( Streisand Neto | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

The Financial Times reported that PSG’s Qatari owners wanted to offload 15% of the French champions. Recent deals valued the National Football League’s Denver Broncos and basketball’s Utah Jazz at over 9 times revenue, according to Forbes. Possible Man United, Liverpool and PSG owners might hope that the teams will eventually reach such valuation heights. Fenway Sports Group would consider new shareholders for Liverpool, having frequently received expressions of interest from third parties, the English Premier League club’s owners said on Nov. 7. The Financial Times reported on Nov. 28 that Paris Saint-Germain’s Qatari owners were considering selling 15% of the club.

☆ Risk Experts Gird for a Potentially Tumultuous 2023
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-29 | by ( Richard Vanderford | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +7 min

Kristen Jaconi, executive director of the Peter Arkley Institute for Risk Management at USC Marshall School of Business. The risk and compliance software company recently surveyed more than 450 senior risk, compliance and other professionals on their top perceived risks. Nearly three-quarters of risk professionals Diligent surveyed said they were concerned about meeting regulatory demands. Newsletter Sign-up WSJ | Risk and Compliance Journal Our Morning Risk Report features insights and news on governance, risk and compliance. “Unfortunately, humans bring a lot of biases into their decision making, including decision-making about risk,” Ms. Jaconi said.

☆ More Americans are seeking help for their mental health. Here's how to talk to your boss if you're struggling with anxiety or depression.
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-29 | by ( Marguerite Ward | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Mental health experts shared tips for approaching your manager about your mental health. Thousands of cancelled flights during the holidays, inflation, the pandemic, and the war in Ukraine are chipping away at Americans' mental health. A Gallup poll published in December found that the number of Americans reporting their mental health was "good" or "excellent" was at a record low, while the number of Americans seeking help for their mental health was up. Many are likely grappling with whether to talk to their manager about their mental health. "Beyond Happiness" author Lim suggested framing the conversation around improving your mental health as something that would help both you and your employer.

SummarySummary Companies Auditors cite past 'financial irregularities'Utility reports $719 mln net loss for 2022Expects bigger loss this yearEskom says reliant on government supportJOHANNESBURG, Dec 23 (Reuters) - South Africa's Eskom said on Friday that auditors have questioned the utility's ability to survive as a going concern citing past financial irregularities. Auditors Deloitte & Touche LLP in a report said there is “a material uncertainty relating to Eskom’s ability to continue as a going concern,” the utility said in its annual financial report. [1/2] Locals walk past electricity pylons during frequent power outages from South African utility Eskom, caused by its aging coal-fired plants, in Orlando, Soweto, South Africa, September 28, 2022. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko/File Photo 1 2In response, Eskom said it was investigating the incident and was finalising a disciplinary process against an individual. Eskom CEO Andre De Ruyter resigned this month saying a lack of political support had made his position "untenable".

☆ UK watchdog fines Deloitte over SIG audit
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-22 | by ( Tom Wilson | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

LONDON, Dec 22 (Reuters) - Britain's accounting watchdog said on Thursday it had fined Deloitte LLP more than 900,000 pounds ($1.09 million) over its audits of building materials supplier SIG plc (SHI.L) for the 2015 and 2016 financial years. The FRC reprimanded Deloitte, ordering it to take action prevent the breaches from happening again. It also fined Deloitte audit engagement partner Simon Manning 50,000 pounds, reduced to 36,250 pounds, after he also admitted the breaches. Deloitte and Manning admitted two breaches in relation to the audit of supplier rebates - incentives paid to SIG by its suppliers - and cash, the FRC said. "We have learnt from the matters identified by the FRC and remain committed to audit quality and its continuous improvement."

☆ I plan parties for the ultrawealthy. We get multimillion-dollar budgets to source real reindeer, fire-breathing dragons, and gift bags filled with Dior jewelry.
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-20 | by ( Claire Turrell | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

But we're also asked to organize their holiday parties. We take our holiday parties to the next levelIt's not unusual for us to be given a multimillion-dollar budget to arrange a festive party. Our holiday parties take place all year roundAs we have offices across the globe, we organize holiday parties all year round. A private client event around Chinese New Year featuring a smoke-breathing dragon. Party guests could board the train and walk through the carriages.

The article was one of a series of reports this year by the news agency on Binance's financial compliance and relationship with regulators across the world. Reuters also asked representatives of the local Binance units and affiliates about their relationship with the main Binance exchange. In Italy, Binance's public corporate filings detail just the unit's capital base and its ownership by a separate Binance company in Ireland. The Italian company, Binance Italy S.R.L., has its listed address in a block of shops and apartments in the southern city of Lecce. Just two of the Binance units analysed by Reuters offer more substantial details in their filings.

☆ A couple in their 20s who turned a side hustle into a business that brings in up to $19,000 a month share the 3 strategies they used to increase their income
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-17 | by ( Kathleen Elkins | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Entrepreneurs Steph Gordon and Den Mathu have managed to increase their income consistently. Start by with your current job: Can you negotiate a raise or land a higher salary with a different company? He and Gordon started their joint side hustle, which has evolved into a full-time business, in 2019. Mathu was working as a consultant at Deloitte, while Gordon was working in HR at PricewaterhouseCoopers. That way, they'll have more time and energy to spend on growing their company and revenue streams even more.

☆ A couple in their 20s quit their 'Big 4' accounting jobs and now earn up to $19,000 a month creating online content. They explain how they turned a side hustle into a lucrative business that is helpin
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-16 | by ( Kathleen Elkins | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

They quit their corporate jobs and now make up to $19,000 a month creating personal finance content. The Toronto-based couple worked their way up to saving and investing about 60% of their income, they told Insider. It's been about a year since Gordon and Mathu left the corporate world to go all-in on content creation. In 2022, the couple earned up to $26,000 CAD (about $19,000 USD) a month, according to documents viewed by Insider. They honed in on personal finance, covering topics like saving, investing, increasing your income, and paying down debt.

☆ Google cofounders Larry Page and Sergey Brin gave $438 million to charities through their foundations last year. Here's where the tech gurus' huge donations went.
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-14 | by ( Rob Price | Hugh Langley | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

In 2021, Google's cofounders, Larry Page and Sergey Brin, collectively gave away nearly half a billion dollars from their philanthropic foundations. 2 moguls, 2 different approaches to charitiesBrin's personal foundation, the Sergey Brin Family Foundation, disbursed roughly $250 million in both 2020 and 2021. The Sergey Brin Family Foundation lists three key officers. Brin's and Page's philanthropic donations, while extensive, represent a fraction of their net worths. Brin donates directly to the Sergey Brin Family Foundation, while Page's contributions to the Carl Victor Page Memorial Foundation are routed through a limited-liability company named Florida LLC.

☆ India and Vietnam could benefit as chipmakers shift away from China
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-13 | by ( Weilun Soon | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

Yuichiro Chino | Moment | Getty ImagesU.S. curbs on chip exports to China are the latest shakeup prompting companies to consider moving some of their chipmaking capabilities to nearby Vietnam and India. In October, the U.S. began requiring companies to obtain licenses to export advanced semiconductors or related manufacturing equipment to China. Shift from China to AsiaThe curbs are the latest in a series of upheavals for the $600 billion global semiconductor industry. China firmly in the leadDespite Asia's rising attractiveness for chipmakers, experts point out that China still maintains a lead over regional economies in terms of its competitiveness in chipmaking. In its "Made in China 2025" blueprint released in 2015, the country laid the groundwork for technological self-sufficiency in chipmaking.

☆ 'Don't talk s**t' about your previous job if you want to get hired, says Deloitte executive
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-11 | by ( Jyoti Mann | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Deloitte's Leo Alexandru said candidates who "don't talk s**t about their previous job" stand out. He posted a series of tweets on Friday offering 10 tips to help candidates stand out in job interviews. According to data from job site Indeed, Deloitte had the highest number of new tech job postings between November 18 to December 2, with 1,774 postings per 1 million jobs on the site. To boost the chances of getting hired, Alexandru offered tips from his experience of hiring more than 100 people during his career. Alexandru said: "I don't want to hire mindless robots, but people who I can trust to get the right job done."

☆ The average American may spend nearly $1,500 on the holidays
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-08 | by ( Cheyenne Devon | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Holiday retail sales are predicted to soar as high as $960 billion, according to the National Retail Federation. Americans are expected to spend about $1,455 each this season, according to Deloitte's latest study. That's around the same as last year's average of $1,463 per person. But in some cities, consumers could spend nearly three times as much. Here's a look at the 10 cities where Americans can afford to spend the most on holiday gifts:

☆ Elon Musk is bringing in new faces for Twitter 2.0 — including his cousins and Bari Weiss
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-08 | by ( Jordan Parker Erb | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

The makeup of Elon Musk's Twitter is changing, and not just because the offices are now bedrooms. With the majority of the company's former staff having been laid off — or fired, or resigned — Musk has brought in some of his own picks to work at Twitter 2.0. There's more on the new faces at Musk's social media company below, so let's get to it. Elon Musk is bringing in new faces for Twitter 2.0. And these aren't the only new faces at Twitter — hundreds of people have applied for a chance to work at Musk's new company.

☆ U.S. watchdog levies $7.7 mln in fines against KPMG entities
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-07 | by ( Chris Prentice | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Dec 6 (Reuters) - A U.S. agency tasked with overseeing the audits of public companies on Tuesday said it imposed $7.7 million in fines and sanctioned three firms across KPMG's global network for violations of professional auditing standards, quality control standards and other rules. The companies are all member firms of KPMG, known as one of the "Big Four" accounting firms, which also include Deloitte & Touche LLP, Ernst & Young LLP and PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP. Larry Bradley, global head of audit at KPMG, acknowledged the PCAOB's findings and said the firm "remains committed globally to the highest standards of quality and integrity." The PCAOB also barred or suspended four KPMG auditors from participating in public company audits. Reporting by Chris Prentice; editing by Jonathan Oatis, Aurora Ellis and Leslie AdlerOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ These 20 companies are hiring a ton of tech workers
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-07 | by ( Madison Hoff | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Career site Indeed put together a list with recent job posting data of the places hiring tech job seekers. Deloitte ranked at the top — with 1,774 new tech job postings per 1 million based on Indeed's data. Meta, Amazon, Twitter, Lyft, and other tech companies have recently announced layoffs. "Deloitte as a management and consulting company is doing quite well right now, and they need tech workers," Dobroski said. "They're not traditional tech companies, but they really assist and support and consult so many other companies that are trying to up level their tech presence," Dobroski said about the top three.

☆ EY sees other Big Four firms mirroring its proposed split
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-06 | by ( Huw Jones | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

LONDON, Dec 6 (Reuters) - Splitting EY into separate accounting and consultancy businesses will help pay rising technology bills and "inevitably" be copied by rival "Big Four" firms, a top EY official told a Reuters Breakingviews podcast. "It was an appropriate time to dust down the work we did before," Baldwin said. Some of the other Big Four firms have said they have no plans to copy EY. Critics caution that splitting the business could see the auditing side suffer in the shadow of what is traditionally more lucrative consulting work. EY says the split will make it easier to raise capital to invest and create two more agile companies.

☆ Australian contractor Clough's collapse leaves more than $8 bln of projects in limbo
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-06 | by ( Sonali Paul | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

It said the goal is to source "immediate interim funding to be able to continue work on as many projects as possible as quickly as possible". Clough is also handling construction of the A$768 million ($515 million) Waitsia Stage 2 gas project, owned by a unit of Japan's Mitsui & Co (8031.T) and Australia's Beach Energy (BPT.AX). The Waitsia Stage 2 project was due to start producing gas for export through the North West Shelf liquefied natural gas (LNG) plant in late 2023. "Given that an administrator has only just been appointed for Clough, it would be premature to speculate on the precise impacts for the Waitsia Gas Project Stage 2," Mitsui E&P Australia said in a statement. TransGrid said it would continue to work with Clough's partner Elecnor to deliver the A$2.3 billion project.

☆ Gen Z wants equality, diversity, and flexibility at work, but it may cause them to sacrifice financial security
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-06 | by ( Alexandra York | Jacob Zinkula | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Some Gen Zers are focusing on a company's mission and job security during their job searches. As a recession looms, Gen Zers might want to consider their financial futures when applying for their next role. Additionally, over half of Gen Z could enter retirement without sufficient savings due to savings challenges and rising costs, Boston University economist Laurence Kotlikoff previously told Insider. In fact, the typical annual salary for Gen Z employees was $32,500 in 2021, according to research from the personal finance site GoBankingRates. To be sure, plenty of Gen Zers understand the financial pressures to come and are prioritizing salary in their job search.

☆ Luminary's founder offered employees 3 options when her company was in financial ruin. Here's why they all chose to take a pay cut.
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-01 | by ( Jennifer Ortakales Dawkins | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

InsiderCate Luzio is the founder and CEO of Luminary, a women's coworking space and professional network. Between March and April, the company lost about 80% of its revenue, Luzio told Insider. During the Zoom meeting in April, the founder told her full-time staff members that she had to make some cuts. Luzio told her team to take time to think, but the workers decided unanimously within minutes: Everyone chose the pay cut and told their boss they weren't going anywhere. Luzio and her team spoke with Insider about the pivotal moment in Luminary's business.

Adobe Analytics expects consumers to spend between $11.2 billion and $11.6 billion on Cyber Monday. Overall, Black Friday sales topped $8.9 billion last year, versus $10.7 billion on Cyber Monday 2021. Meanwhile, e-commerce giant Amazon said sales on Black Friday broke a record, underscoring the appeal of shopping online. Sarah Hymer, a mother of two in Utah, said she hadn’t planned on any in-store Black Friday shopping. Rega, holding multiple bags, said Black Friday prices struck her as “comparable” to a year ago.

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