Tag: Employment & Career
Hitting the Books: Meet Richard Akrwright, the world’s first tech titan
You didn’t actually believe all those founder’s myths about tech billionaires like Bezos, Jobs and Musk pulling themselves up by their bootstraps from some suburban American garage, did you? In reality, our corporate kings have been running the same playbook since the 18th century when Lancashire’s own Richard Arkwright wrote…
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LinkedIn starts rolling out new verification and anti-scam features
After previewing new verification features last month, LinkedIn is now rolling them out to give job-seekers confidence that they’re dealing with real companies and jobs. At the same time, the work-oriented social media site has introduced warnings for messages that may look like scams. The latter feature arrives amidst a…
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LinkedIn’s new AI will write messages to hiring managers
LinkedIn is experimenting with a new generative AI feature for job hunters. The company is testing a new feature that will generate brief, cover letter-like messages candidates can send to hiring managers on the platform. The feature is starting to roll out now for the site’s premium subscribers. With the…
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You can now ‘enhance’ your LinkedIn Profile with AI-written ‘suggestions’
LinkedIn is the latest platform to hop on the generative AI bandwagon. The company is adding AI-powered “writing suggestions” and job descriptions to its service as it looks for new ways to infuse AI into its platform. The writing suggestions are meant to make it easier to fill out key…
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The gender-pay-gap Twitter bot returns to call out brands for IWD
It’s International Women’s Day 2023 and women worldwide still earn an average of 77 cents for every dollar men make. The United Nations predicts it will take 257 years at the current rate of progress to close the gender pay gap. This is a deeply rooted societal issue with many…
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Yelp is making it easier to manage quotes for home projects
Yelp is offering users a more refined way to keep tabs on communications with service professionals when they have a problem to fix or want to make some home improvements. Through the Projects tab in the Yelp app, you’ll be able to create, manage and organize jobs. Yelp says that…
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