LinkedIn ranks top startups who are hiring LinkedIn released its annual list of the top 50 startups, which currently have 2,500 job openings listed on the platform. On the list is Loom, a video messaging company; Verkada, a healthcare software security platform; Databricks, which uses artificial intelligence to analyze data; and, at No. 1, is Better.com, an online home mortgage company. Full Story: Fast Company online (9/23)
Freelance marketplaces are becoming more specialized and focused on specific industries. Spacely.work focuses on the space including engineers and physicists; PR Cavalry matches public relations experts with medium-sized businesses; and Expertpowerhouse offers a repository of experts that can be consulted for short-term needs as well as 4,000 consultants who can be hired for long-term projects. Full Story: Forbes (9/23)
Making the Connection
How companies create their own "citizen-saboteurs" Many organizations harm their productivity by unwittingly following an old World War II guide to sabotaging enemy organizations, with modern equivalents including lax cybersecurity and bloated bureaucratic processes, says Harvard Business School professor Stefan Thomke. "The way things are handled in some organizations, the way decisions are made, and the way people communicate are often at the root of the real problem," he says. Full Story: Harvard Business School Working Knowledge (9/21)
Hire Smart
Find the right learning platform to fix tech skill gaps Implementing new tech can be hard for employees, especially senior employees, so leaders need to look for signs of a skills gap such as disengaged workers and an increase in IT support tickets. However, thanks to new learning technology, employees have access to a continued learning experience via learning platforms, mobile apps and other online tools, rather than an a single outdated orientation. Full Story: Chief Learning Officer (9/2020)
The Trump administration has called for passage of an individual bill to aid the slumping airline industry, in the continued absence of broader stimulus legislation. Republican senators have proposed a $28.8 billion grant in payroll aid for the industry, but it is thought unlikely to be given priority over other sectors which face similar difficulties. Full Story: Reuters (9/22)
Labor Department announces guidelines on gig workers On Tuesday, the Labor Department announced an "interpretive rule" that will help companies define who is an employee and who is a contract worker in the gig economy, especially as it applies to ride-sharing drivers. The rule offers "guideposts" such as the extent the employer controls what happens on the job as well as if the worker is able to profit from the job rather than just earn a steady income. Full Story: The New York Times (tiered subscription model) (9/22)
The premise sounds far-fetched at first, but when you learn more about the effect the aurora borealis can have on navigation and communication systems, it suddenly seems possible that nature played a part in one of the most infamous seafaring disasters in human history. Full Story: PhysOrg (9/22)
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