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Let Go of Letting People Go: A Business Case for Labour Hoarding

Degreed

But in 2008 and 2009, I kept reiterating that point: There will be a recovery, and we need to be prepared for it.”. Time-to-hire and, more importantly, time-to-productivity are major factors in workforce planning. Staffing considerations are a huge part of that preparation. Let’s break this down further.

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18 Top Brands Changing Their Name to Avoid Racial Bias

Ongig

They include corporate names, product names, mascots, and logos. The types of accused racist brands include: Product Name — examples: Aunt Jemima and Eskimo Pies are both brand names that will be changed. Many companies have been accused of having racist brands for years.

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To Coach Others, We Must First Coach Ourselves

Center for Coaching

In either case, these insights awaken the same desire I had when I first expressed interest in coach training: to help others help themselves. With this perspective in mind, I often revisit Simon Sinek’s 2009 TED Talk on finding our “why.” That is, being able to realize, connect with, and act on what moves us.

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Filling a Skills Gap in Manufacturing

ExactHire

This is in drastic comparison to a decade ago, when during the Great Recession the unemployment rate began its steep rise (it would ultimately top out at 10% in October 2009 ). The Slow Recovery of Manufacturing Manufacturing companies were the first to feel the pain from the Great Recession with a crash in production.

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ChatGPT Wrote This Headline: Using AI to Revolutionize Skills Data

Degreed

The online ecommerce giant Alibaba has used natural language processing to generate product descriptions for years while Alphabet, the parent company of Google, started developing self-driving cars using artificial intelligence (AI) as far back as 2009. All signs point to yes. In just a couple years (or even months!),

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Top 7 Books for Small Businesses

Zenefits

Even a solid core product, shifting markets, industry developments, and the millions of other variables involved in creating a successful business change so quickly that your business can be left behind. And we narrowed the list down to the top 7 recommendations. The Lean Startup by Eric Ries. – Dan Potter, Cofounder of CRAFTD.

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Banner Health's Fluid Workforce: A New Way to Optimize Talent

i4cp

When the Institute for Corporate Productivity (i4cp) interviewed more than 80 HR and business leaders from top employers for research into the evolution of work, conversations confirmed that work and workforces are changing.