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To Build The Metaverse, Facebook Plans To Hire 10,000 Tech Workers In Europe And Bypass American Talent
It now looks like Facebook is going full warp speed into the metaverse by planning to create 10,000 new jobs to build this new universe. Over the next half decade, the social media giant will embark on a hiring spree. The jobs will be based within the European Union, including Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Poland, the Netherlands and Ireland.
You’ll Be Surprised To Learn What The Workers Who Quit Their Jobs In The ‘Great Resignation’ Are Doing Now
We keep hearing about the Great Resignation, a fast-growing trend of millions of workers quitting their jobs. The most recent data from the U.S. government shows that around 4.3 million Americans left their jobs in August alone. Surprisingly, experts don’t have specific answers to where they are going or what they’re doing after resigning their jobs.
Fighting For Better Pay, Benefits And Respect, Workers At Kellogg, Deere And Other Companies Are Walking Off Their Jobs In A New ‘Striketober’ Movement
There is a growing, simmering anger and resentment building in the workplace. It first manifested in the Great Resignation movement. Millions of Americans quit their jobs. These were mostly front-line workers who were herald at the start of the pandemic. We appreciated that they risked their health and safety by delivering food and packages, toiling in warehouses and fulfillment centers, driving us when we were concerned to take busses and subways, and meeting other needs while white-collar office professionals remained safely ensconced at home. As the outbreak worsened, many of these folks were fired or furloughed.
My Q&A Interview With Hyatt CHRO, Malaika Myers, Discussing Diversity And Inclusion, Employee Well-Being, Recruitment And Retention
I had the privilege to catch up with Malaika Myers, CHRO of Hyatt Hotels Corporation, one of the leading luxury hotel companies in the world, to learn about their employee-focused initiatives. I was a little jealous as her hotel room overlooked the pool in sunny California, while I’m in the northeast. Myers has seen a large change over the last eighteen months. The hotel and travel industry was hit hard by the pandemic. For a while, airplane travel abruptly stopped. No one wanted to go outside or stay at a hotel. Tens of thousands of Americans lost their jobs or were furloughed.
In A Hot Job Market, Here’s How To Respond To A Cold Reach Out From A Recruiter
Companies are engaging in a war for talent. Millions of Americans have quit their jobs in the Great Resignation trend, seeking better pay and new opportunities. The job market, in many sectors, is blazing hot. Two of the most in-demand jobs are recruiters and human resources professionals. It’s highly likely that you will be contacted by one of them. This could be both flattering and awkward, if not handled deftly. If a recruiter calls you on the phone or reaches out through a LinkedIn message or unsolicited email or text, you may initially feel that it’s intrusive. You wonder how they got ahold of your personal data.
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Colin Powell, First Black US Secretary Of State, Dies Of Covid-19 Complications Amid Cancer Battle
Colin Powell, the first Black US secretary of state whose leadership in several Republican administrations helped shape American foreign policy in the last years of the 20th century and the early years of the 21st, has died from complications from Covid-19, his family said on Facebook. He was 84.
Goldman Sachs Executives Are Annoyed After The Company’s CEO Moved Their Offices Closer To Regular Employees
Goldman Sachs executives are annoyed after CEO David Solomon relocated them from cushy offices with views of the Hudson River on the 41st floor into cubicles on the 12th floor closer to the company’s rank-and-file employees, the New York Post reported. As Insider first reported in December 2019, Solomon wanted executives to be closer to the “Sky Lobby,” which is a center of collaboration at the company with couches, a cafeteria, and a gym. “The Sky Lobby was specifically designed to be the hub of this office,” Solomon wrote in a memo at the time. “There is a natural ‘buzz’ there, and I want our leadership team to be part of it.”
The SEC Doesn’t Want To Let Firms And Individuals Get By Without Admitting Wrongdoing Anymore As Part Of Enforcement Actions
The Securities and Exchange Commission will return to a policy of requiring companies involved in settling some civil enforcement actions to admit wrongdoing, according to a Wall Street Journal report on Wednesday.
Two Crypto-Lending Firms Ordered Shut by New York’s James
New York Attorney General Letitia James said she ordered two cryptocurrency lending platforms to stop operating in the state, and sent three other platforms letters with questions about their operations.
SEC Finally Greenlights Bitcoin Futures ETF With ProShares Bitcoin Strategy ETF
Friday, October 16 saw the approval of a bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF), marking it the first regulated cryptocurrency investment vehicle in the U.S. to go mainstream. ProShares is likely the company that will start trading on Monday at the NYSE with the ProShares Bitcoin Strategy ETF, with its listing is on the NYSE under the ticker BITO confirmed for October 28, 2021.
Justice Department Sets Up National Cryptocurrency Enforcement Team
The U.S. Justice Department is creating a national cryptocurrency enforcement team to tackle investigations and prosecutions of criminal misuses of cryptocurrency and to recover the illicit proceeds from these crimes, Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco said Wednesday.
The Future Of Work: How To Succeed In The New Post-Pandemic World
