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☆ Is it time to start paying stay-at-home parents?
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-21 | by ( Juliana Kaplan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +11 min

As populations decline and Americans rethink work, it could be time to start paying parents. Like many of the stay-at-home parents Insider spoke to, Carpenter began his work in reaction to an economic reality. As workers across industries rethink what they want out of work, parents could be the final frontier. That leaves both working and stay-at-home parents to create their own economic models, and perhaps dissuades some Americans from ever becoming parents. The idea of paying parents in order to boost birth rates and ensure better outcomes for those children isn't new.

☆ 3 signs Biden's Education Department has not 'efficiently or effectively' taken steps to overhaul the student-loan repayment system, according to the inspector general
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-19 | by ( Ayelet Sheffey | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

The Education Department plans to revamp the student-loan servicing system. But a report from the Inspector General found it has not been preparing to do so effectively. Last week, the Education Department's Office of Inspector General released a report analyzing Federal Student Aid's (FSA) efforts to transition the current repayment system to a new one, known as Next Generation (Next Gen) Loan Servicing. Additionally, it recommends that FSA develop a policy that requires a budget request be completed and approved prior to moving forward with any changes to the student-loan servicing system. The exact timeline for when borrowers will experience the revamped student-loan servicing system is unclear at this point, especially as the administration is working to implement other significant changes.

☆ I'm a 24-year-old virtual assistant making $8,000 a month. Here's how I built my business and find clients.
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-10 | by ( Alexandra York | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

She shared her experience building a virtual-assistant business and finding clients. There, she came across a video posted by Jessica Hawks, a virtual assistant and business coach, explaining the virtual-assistant business model and how she'd made six figures doing what she loved. "I can't even express how far I've come into my business and how much it's grown," Carrasquillo said. "I would've never imagined it, knowing that it all came from a single TikTok that I saw." I think finding a business coach was a huge stepping stone in building my business.

☆ These are the top industries and roles to watch for people looking for remote work in 2023, according to a popular jobs website
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-10 | by ( Sarah Jackson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

January is popular for job-searching, and many job seekers want to be able to work from home. FlexJobs, a jobs site focused on remote work, identified the industries and roles to keep an eye on in 2023 if you're looking for a WFH gig. And if you're looking for a remote job in particular, you should direct your attention to a few industries and roles. FlexJobs, a jobs site for remote and hybrid work, published a blog post Monday identifying industries and jobs to watch in 2023 for work-from-home gigs. FlexJobs saw a 20% increase in its number of remote job listings from 2021 to 2022.

☆ Attention laid-off tech workers: Non-tech companies are hiring. Here's how recruiters and career coaches recommend pitching yourself.
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-05 | by ( Rebecca Knight | Diamond Naga Siu | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Research shows most of the well-paying tech jobs on offer today are in non-tech industries. And yet research suggests that well-paying tech jobs are abundant — they're just not in the tech industry. Around 60% of the top 100 employers of tech talent were from sectors like healthcare, consulting, defense, and banking. Another pro-tip: Using the language of the industry you're targeting. "Exceeding in the softer skills is something that will set aside most of the tech talent from each other honestly."

☆ 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.

☆ Tom Zhu: Elon Musk’s right-hand man at Tesla
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-04 | by ( Laura He | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

Hong Kong CNN —Tesla’s China chief has reportedly been given a big promotion. Tom Zhu, Tesla's executive in charge of China, speaks as a new Tesla experience store opens near West Lake on August 18, 2015 in Hangzhou, China. Zhu joined Tesla in 2014 and has been described as “pragmatic,” “industrious” and “a workaholic” by the Chinese media. Aerial view of Tesla Shanghai Gigafactory at Lingang New Area on July 11, 2021 in Shanghai, China. Tesla’s China successZhu’s reported promotion came after an impressive performance by Tesla’s China operations.

☆ How to set and achieve your career goals for the new year
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-21 | by ( Sarah Jackson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

It's a great time to set professional goals for the year ahead. Here are some expert tips to help you set career goals, including must-haves for a solid goal as well as common mistakes to avoid. "It's important to set goals because if you don't, it's like trying to get somewhere without putting directions into a GPS," says career coach Chelsea Stokes. As you consider your career goals for 2023, here are some expert tips to help you set and achieve them:Take stock of where you areTry to set personal and professional goals at the same time, as they often influence one another. Zero in"A lot of people set goals because they think they should, or they're comparing themselves to somebody else, but they're not actually thinking about their intention behind those goals," Stokes said.

☆ The hidden upside of tech layoffs
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-14 | by ( Aki Ito | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

In the midst of a wave of wholesale layoffs, many tech workers are somehow bouncing back stronger than ever. Ayas and her colleagues analyzed the fate of laid-off tech workers by looking at data from Parachute and Layoffs.fyi, both of which compile information provided by out-of-work employees. Today, not only are laid-off tech workers finding jobs quickly, Revelio Labs found, but 52% are actually earning more than they were before. That's not to say that laid-off tech workers will continue to face great job prospects forever. If the layoffs continue, the economy will eventually become oversaturated with tech workers — at which point their job searches will take longer, and more will be forced to accept lower salaries.

☆ Hate Elon Musk all you want, but he's got one management trick that every boss should emulate
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-13 | by ( Ed Zitron | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +12 min

Managers have become alarmingly distanced from the average worker, making calls based on guesses that aren't informed by actual labor. Musk has demanded that managers are able to create "good code" yet does not appear to be much of a coder himself. Jackson Palmer, a cocreator of dogecoin, said Musk was a "grifter" who "had trouble running basic code" in their interactions. He's targeted critical teams at Twitter and pushed others to quit, which have resulted in a huge upswing in hate speech on the platform. In fact, by his own logic of how managers can contribute to the company, Musk should be summarily firing himself any day now.

☆ Here are Monday's biggest analyst calls: Apple, Netflix, Disney, Microsoft, Robinhood, Gap & more
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-12 | by ( Michael Bloom | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +9 min

Stifel names Microsoft a top 2023 pick Stifel said it likes Microsoft's "strong product portfolio" for 2023. Goldman Sachs downgrades Ulta to neutral from buy Goldman said in its downgrade of the stock that it sees difficult comps. Evercore ISI names Netflix a top idea for 2023 Evercore said it sees "robust revenue growth" for Netflix in 2023. " Goldman Sachs upgrades Gap to buy from neutral Goldman said in its upgrade of the stock that it sees accelerated earnings growth. Cowen names Take-Two a top 2023 pick Cowen said the video game maker has a great "long-term track record."

☆ How a work management platform can help your organization embrace digital transformation
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-05 | by ( Sponsor Post | Created Asana With Insider Studios | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

For many, this will mean moving on from a legacy ecosystem and investing in a new era of digital transformation. Ricoh's team was also primarily operating in manual workflows, which resulted in uncoordinated project launches and lack of transparency across the organization. A leading work management platform that helps organizations of all sizes orchestrate their work, Asana was a foundational step in working cohesively. Nine months in, and Ricoh's marketing team is using Asana as its day-to-day workplace management platform. Learn more about how Asana can help your team embrace a digital transformation.

☆ Top Wall Street analysts say buy these stocks during a market downturn
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-27 | by ( Tipranks.Com Staff | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

This means investors need to shift their focus toward longer-term prospects instead of fixating on near-term gyrations in the market. See below for five stocks picked by Wall Street's top pros, according to TipRanks, a platform that ranks analysts based on their previous performance. However, after the company posted its quarterly results, Susquehanna analyst Christopher Rolland noticed that Nvidia is "getting back on track." This prompted him to reiterate a buy rating on the stock and raise the price target to $185 from $180. (See Marvell Stock Chart on TipRanks) Looking beyond the quarter, Rolland sees several upsides to Marvell.

☆ A Google recruiter reveals the 4 criteria the tech giant uses to select candidates and what a successful résumé should look like
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-17 | by ( Hendrikje Rudnick | Nathan Rennolds | Business Insider Deutschland | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

She told Insider the four key criteria the company uses to select candidates. Despite mass layoffs in the tech industry, Google is currently hiring for 2,334 jobs worldwide, according to its website. She told Insider the four key criteria the company uses to select candidates and what it looks for in a résumé. Candidates should use the X-Y-Z formula for a successful résumé, Emily Salkey, a program manager at Google, previously told Insider. The 4 criteria Google uses to select candidates"We don't do an assessment center," Penkhues said, adding that candidates usually face three to five interviews.

☆ Who is Donald Trump's new billionaire son-in-law Michael Boulos?
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-14 | by ( Katie Balevic | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Tiffany Trump, 29, married billionaire Michael Boulos, 25, in Mar-a-Lago over the weekend. According to The New York Times, Boulos proposed in the Rose Garden with a 13-carat diamond worth $1.2 million. According to Town and Country, Michael Boulos has served as a director at some of his father's companies. Meanwhile, Michael's mother, Sarah Boulos, is the founder of the Society for the Performing Arts in Nigeria, according to Town and Country. When Tiffany Trump began to bring Boulos to events with her family in late 2018, Maples told Town and Country: "I adore Michael!"

☆ Factbox: Australia Inc roiled by raft of cyberattacks since late 2022
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-07 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

[1/3] A woman uses her mobile phone as she walks past in front of an Optus shop in Sydney, Australia, February 8, 2018. AUSTRALIAN CLINICAL LABSAustralian Clinical Labs Ltd (ACL.AX), one of the country's largest pathology providers, said unit Medlab suffered a breach that exposed data of about 223,000 patients. TPG TELECOMAustralia's No.2 internet service provider TPG Telecom (TPG.AX) said it had been notified of unauthorised access to a hosted exchange service that hosts email accounts of up to 15,000 business customers. CBACommonwealth Bank of Australia CBA.AX said its Indonesian unit, PT Bank Commonwealth (PTBC), had been hit by a cyber incident involving unauthorised access of a web-based software application used for project management. IPHAustralian intellectual property services provider IPH Ltd (IPH.AX) said it had detected unauthorised access to a portion of its IT environment, compromising information including administrative documents and some client documents.

☆ I got 3 job offers 3 weeks after I was laid off from my role as head of HR. Here's the exit strategy that helped me rebound fast.
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-05 | by ( Madeline Mann | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

However, she had created an exit strategy a year prior and was able to land 4 interviews a week after being let go. I followed the exit strategy I had crafted a year beforeThat next week, I had four job interviews, all with promising companies. I specifically coach people to focus on career security vs. job security, and it's an important distinction to make. Career security is recession-proofing and layoff-proofing yourself so that when you lose your job you aren't desperately job searching, but confidently job shopping. Very few people plan ahead in the good times, and most people don't know how to plan ahead — most don't know what they want.

☆ UAE and U.S. reach deal for $100 billion in clean energy projects
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-02 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

ABU DHABI, Nov 1 (Reuters) - The United States and United Arab Emirates have reached an agreement to spend $100 billion on clean energy projects with a goal of adding 100 gigawatts globally by 2035, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Tuesday. The two governments signed a memorandum of understanding in Abu Dhabi setting out the framework of the deal, Blinken said in a statement. "This memorandum of understanding is an important step forward in our joint efforts to accelerate our collective movement toward clean energy," Blinken said. Under the initiative, the UAE, an OPEC oil producer, and the United States would provide technical, project management and funding assistance for commercially and environmentally sustainable energy projects in other countries. The statement said the partnership would "assemble and stimulate" private and public sector funding and support for clean energy innovation, carbon and methane management, advanced reactors including small modular reactors, and industrial and transport decarbonisation.

☆ UAE and U.S. to spur $100 bln in clean energy projects - WAM
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-01 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

ABU DHABI, Nov 1 (Reuters) - The United Arab Emirates and the United States have signed a partnership to spur $100 billion of investments in clean energy projects and add 100 gigawatts of clean energy globally by 2035, state news agency WAM reported on Tuesday. "Together, we will spur large-scale investment in new energy technologies, in our own countries, around the world and in emerging economies," U.S. energy envoy Amos Hochstein said a statement carried on WAM. The statement said the partnership would "assemble and stimulate" private and public sector funding and support for clean energy innovation, carbon and methane management, advanced reactors including small modular reactors, and industrial and transport decarbonisation. Under the initiative, the UAE, an OPEC oil producer, and the United States would provide technical, project management and funding assistance for commercially and environmentally sustainable energy projects in other countries. Reporting by Ahmed Tolba; Writing by Lina Najem and Ghaida Ghantous; Editing by Louise Heavens and Mark PotterOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ VCs say successful founders work as 'founder associates' first. Here's how to land the job, how much it pays, and why it's in demand.
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-18 | by ( Nina Anika Klotz | Nathan Rennolds | Business Insider Deutschland | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

A founder associate is a relatively new job open to career starters and young professionals. VCs help startups find founder associatesSandow said Atlantic Labs felt that, given the demand of founders, the fund should create a "structured work experience" for founder associates. Niklahs added that "most founders understand that a founder associate is not an executive assistant — they're far too expensive." "Candidates have to be hungry and have the drive to learn and go through everything with the founders," Sandow said. Salaries and exit opportunitiesAt VC firms, a founder associate is a full-time entry-level job.

☆ 'Feel the feelings': Millennial co-founder of a $2 billion company on dealing with rejection at work
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-14 | by ( Gili Malinsky | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Having experienced the cumbersome nature of running the backend of a business, in 2013, Sigala co-founded HoneyBook, a platform for financial management for small businesses. The company took off, and as of 2021, HoneyBook is valued at more than $2 billion. After five years there, in 2018, Sigala co-founded her second tech venture, Kinside, a child-care marketplace. The company has raised more than $16 million thus far, according to Crunchbase, and she's currently serving as its CEO. For anyone facing rejection in their own career, however it plays out, here's her advice.

☆ $17.5 billion tech juggernaut Miro quietly snapped up video-chat startup Around in the ongoing battle to catch Zoom
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-12 | by ( Ben Bergman | Melia Russell | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

It was acquired by Miro in June but both parties kept quiet until contacted by Insider. Terms were not disclosed though one source put the value of the deal as high as $300 million. Miro, a visual collaboration company last valued at $17.5 billion, has quietly acquired Around, a next-generation video conferencing app. "A Zoom video call is basically a telephone connected to a video camera," Zane said. "We want to get the community to give us feedback in terms of the problems that we are solving."

☆ 13 careers where over 50% of workers are happy with their pay
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-23 | by ( Jennifer Liu | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Go into product management, engineering or real estate, where workers are more likely to say they feel well-compensated for their jobs. That's according to LinkedIn's Workforce Confidence Index, which surveyed more than 32,000 U.S. workers from June to September. Roughly 60% of workers in each of these fields say they feel well-compensated for their work, compared with the average 49% of U.S. workers who report feeling happy about their earning power. Careers where people are least happy with their pay include:Educators: 39% Entrepreneurs: 41% Social services workers: 43%Interestingly, some of the workers happiest with their compensation also feel most empowered to ask for a raise soon. Meanwhile, many workers who feel underpaid are also least likely to negotiate a raise out of concerns for their job security.

☆ Salesforce is facing a huge sales challenge to Marc Benioff's ambitious $50 billion revenue target, and Wall Street thinks a big acquisition could be just what the doctor ordered
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-23 | by ( Matt Weinberger | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Mirabaud analysts suggest buying a company like Box or Coupa could help Salesforce goose growth. To get there, analysts from Mirabaud suggested that an acquisition might be a smart way to goose growth towards Benioff's $50 billion revenue target. "We've bought 60 companies — we'll always buy companies," Benioff said at the event, as Bloomberg reported. "M&A has been key to headline growth for Salesforce and needed to mask slower organic growth trends," the analysts wrote. The biggest concern is that Salesforce's partners reported some trouble selling multiple products to the same customers, analysts say.

☆ How a 24-year-old veteran doubled his pay to $127,000 in a year without negotiating
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-22 | by ( Jennifer Liu | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

Salary transparency laws are sweeping the U.S., and workers are more open than ever about how much money they make. Have you ever negotiated a job offer, scored a major raise or used pay transparency to level up in your career? They told him the pay right away, and it far exceeded his expectations: $127,000. The typical job-switcher got a 10% pay bump after changing jobs in the last year, according to Pew Research Center. The difference between public-sector and private-sector paySavin made sure to research how pay can differ between private-sector and public-sector jobs.

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