Springtime has always been a smart time to seek out a new job. It's the season of rebirth and hope. The sun is shining, the skies are blue, flowers are blossoming and things just feel nicer and better. There is a pre-summer push for companies to search and recruit for talent. When summertime arrives, hiring traditionally slows down and the window of opportunities practically closes during August. This season will be different. There’s a lot to look forward to. After a rough year, we’re about to see a seismic shift in the job market.
In An Amazingly Positive And Encouraging March Employment Report, 916,000 Americans Found New Jobs
After one year of generally dismal hiring, we’ve seen what could be the beginning of the blooming of a new era with blowout job numbers for the month of March. The United States economy added a blazing amount of new jobs—916,000 jobs last month. The unemployment rate fell to 6% from 6.2%.
Career Experts Offer The Pros And Cons Of LinkedIn’s New ‘Cover Story’ Video Feature
LinkedIn is the go-to social media site for career-oriented professionals. The company announced in a corporate blog post that it has “re-imagined how you can bring your professional story to life on LinkedIn.” The job search site is introducing new “tools to help you create a more expressive and inclusive profile,” including offering a video cover story. This tool will enable users on the site to personalize their “hello,” which is a way to tell your story to recruiters, hiring managers and people in and out of your network.
Brooklyn Man Accused Of Using Information From Bloomberg Reporter Or Insider Trading
A Brooklyn man indicted for an insider trading scheme used information from a Bloomberg News reporter about certain deals to trade, according to a review of the charging documents, in a case that comes as the volume of leaked information about mergers and acquisitions is rising.
Why The Leak Of 533 Million Facebook Users’ Personal Information Is Much Worse Than You Think
A hacker has published the personal information of 533 million Facebook users on a hacking forum for free. The information includes Facebook IDs, names, phone numbers, birth dates, and location. In some cases, the data also included email addresses.
Office Buildings Are Opening Back Up. Not All Employees Want To Return.
On the morning Alexia Layne-Lomon returned to her office for the first time since the pandemic began, she woke up anxious. Her stomach felt queasy. Commuting into work, once a mindless daily routine, now felt foreign and risky.
Former SEC Chairman Jay Clayton Warns of New Bitcoin Regulations
In an interview with CNBC Squawk Box posted Thursday, Clayton said bitcoin had the status as a non-security at the SEC but this does not mean it should not be regulated. “Where digital assets land at the end of the day will be driven in part by regulation both domestic and international, and I expect that regulation will come in this area both directly and indirectly,” Clayton said about bitcoin.
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