by Christine Moukazis | Nov 10, 2023 | Latest News
As many as 117 job applications are submitted on LinkedIn every second, according to the site. To stand out from the pack and land your dream job, there are a number of steps experts recommend. Use your banner to show off professional accomplishments. Use featured...
by Christine Moukazis | Oct 6, 2023 | Latest News
The US economy added 336,000 jobs in September, highlighting concern that the labor market isn’t cooling as fast as the Federal Reserve would like in its battle against inflation. The nonfarm payroll additions were nearly double the 170,000 economists surveyed...
by Christine Moukazis | Oct 2, 2023 | Latest News
Companies are trimming their budgets for merit raises next year, a sign of belt-tightening that could surprise some employees who had enjoyed two straight years of increases. US employers surveyed by Aon Plc, which compiles compensation data on more than 5,500...
by Christine Moukazis | Oct 2, 2023 | Latest News
After Saturday night’s drawing came and went without a winner, the Powerball jackpot has ballooned to a staggering $1.04 billion (yes, billion with a b.) The next drawing is Monday, Oct. 3 and according to the Multi-State Lottery Association, it’s the...
by Christine Moukazis | Sep 25, 2023 | Latest News
Hollywood’s writers and studios have a preliminary labor agreement. Talks between the Writers Guild of America and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers resumed last week after months of starts and stops, ultimately leading to a tentative deal that...
by Christine Moukazis | Sep 25, 2023 | Latest News
OpenAI’s ChatGPT can now “see, hear and speak,” or, at least, understand spoken words, respond with a synthetic voice and process images, the company announced Monday. The update to the chatbot — OpenAI’s biggest since the introduction of GPT-4 — allows users to opt...
by Christine Moukazis | Sep 25, 2023 | Latest News
Since the beginning of the pandemic, corporate bosses have used Labor Day as a benchmark to call workers back to offices. And in the last year, some of the companies who first sang the praises of remote work, like Google, Meta, Amazon and even Zoom, have cracked down...
by Christine Moukazis | Sep 25, 2023 | Latest News
Until now, Michael Hornick hasn’t been a very typical restaurant owner. His 40-year old Chicago Diner is vegetarian, in a diner niche that exalts burgers and fries. He pays 75% of his staff’s health insurance premiums and a retirement-savings match. And after Covid,...
by Christine Moukazis | Sep 25, 2023 | Latest News
Companies are struggling to deal with the rapid rise of generative AI, with some rushing to embrace the technology as workflow tools for employees while others shun it – at least for now. As generative artificial intelligence – the technology that underpins ChatGPT...
by Christine Moukazis | Sep 22, 2023 | Latest News
Two Black former workers of video-sharing platform TikTok have filed a federal class action complaint alleging they faced racial discrimination and ultimately were fired from the company when they took the matter to human resources. Nnete Matima and Joël Carter claim...
