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
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
By Peter Weddle, CEO TAtech As is the case these days with almost everything else, we’re facing both good news and bad news in talent acquisition. The good news is that the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy has launched an initiative to address AI’s potential capacity for bias in everything from hiring...Read More
By Peter Weddle, CEO TAtech This is the heyday of talent technology. More and more employers are turning to these solutions to help their recruiters fill openings despite the Great Dropout among job seekers and the Great Resignation among employees. At the same time, venture and private equity funds and angel investors are pouring money...Read More
By Clinch (a PageUp company) If you’re struggling to hire, it’s not just you. The days of posting ads on jobs boards and being flooded with applicants are over. After a year of pandemic-related layoffs and lockdowns, jobseekers are now calling the shots and re-gaining leverage. The Great Resignation is in full swing. 38% of...Read More
