By Peter Weddle, CEO TAtech First, Denmark appointed an ambassador to Silicon Valley to monitor the development of new technologies. Now, Ireland has announced its intent to appoint an AI ambassador. Both of these initiatives speak to the same concern: advanced technologies and especially AI are a two-edged sword. They can be used to the...Read More
By: Bryan Hancock & Brooke Weddle, Partners McKinsey & Company. This article first appeared in Washington Business Journal. Retailers and restaurants are “looking for staff;” offices are offering hiring and referral bonuses – clearly, employers are struggling to fill jobs. While there were a record 10.4 million job openings in August, according to the latest...Read More
Curated Intel from the Talent Tech Industry October 25-31, 2021: • Seed funding has exploded in the past 10 years with even the largest VC firms participating; • Greenhouse buys Insteller to add sourcing to the Greenhouse CRM; • Ladder, a professional community platform, announced its new mobile app & a raise of $3.7M in...Read More
Curated Intel from the Talent Tech Industry October 18-24, 2021: • Wonolo raises $138M as temp staffing tools are in high demand; • The biggest future employment crisis: A lack of workers as the talent pool shrinks; • HR tech startup FloCareer raises $5.7 Mn in Series A funding, targets US market; • National study...Read More
Mentors are both increasingly important to career success in HR and talent acquisition and increasingly hard to find. Even those who are willing to help out often find themselves so overcommitted at work, they can’t devote the time to do so. But now, there’s a solution to this problem. It’s called Career Makers, and it’s...Read More
By Jeni Kramer on the LinkUp Blog Our nation’s infrastructure is set to get a massive funding boost courtesy of the Federal government’s American Rescue Plan Act and bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. In their new report entitled Hard-to-Fill Infrastructure Jobs: A Challenge to Building Our Future the National League of Cities explores the...Read More
