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How to remove hiring bias through gamification

May20
by on May 20, 2019 at 2:23 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Work 2030


What if I told you you’d get your next job by surviving on a deserted island? Or by thwarting a Dothraki invasion? Unfortunately, this isn’t a casting call for Game of Thrones. Gamification is getting ready to save us from that awkward pause after a recruiter sits back and says, “So tell me about yourself.” Not only will it make the hiring process more bearable, but a number of new startups also claim their recruitment games can help companies finally tackle unconscious bias. Why blind resume screening doesn’t work Humans are naturally biased. From a neurological perspective, every day we…

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These 20 tech companies literally have the most valuable employees

May20
by on May 20, 2019 at 1:56 pm
Posted In: Around the Web


If you’ve ever wondered how valuable a company is — or in other words, its capacity to bring in revenue, as well as what its assets are worth — the most common way to do it is to look at its market capitalization. It’s the result of a company’s historically reported and expected — by the company itself and the outside world in the form of analysis and speculation — financial performance, further influenced by broader industry and market movements, and general economic conditions, trends, and sentiments. A wide array of metrics are being used to compute a company’s true…

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These 20 tech companies literally have the most valuable employees

May20
by on May 20, 2019 at 1:56 pm
Posted In: Around the Web


If you’ve ever wondered how valuable a company is — or in other words, its capacity to bring in revenue, as well as what its assets are worth — the most common way to do it is to look at its market capitalization. It’s the result of a company’s historically reported and expected — by the company itself and the outside world in the form of analysis and speculation — financial performance, further influenced by broader industry and market movements, and general economic conditions, trends, and sentiments. A wide array of metrics are being used to compute a company’s true…

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Emergency services still struggle with GDPR — but the regulation could be a benefit

May20
by on May 20, 2019 at 1:24 pm
Posted In: Around the Web


GDPR is an incredible piece of legislation that protects our personal data from being abused by companies and organizations. It keeps data handlers in check and gives us a say in the process, but it’s effectiveness is only ensured because it applies to everyone that has our data — and that includes emergency services. Even a whole year after GDPR’s implementation, there’s still a lot of confusion regarding how emergency services can properly operate under it. But despite these early difficulties, there’s actually a way for emergency services to do their jobs and comply with GDPR — and even become…

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Emergency services still struggle with GDPR — but the regulation could be a benefit

May20
by on May 20, 2019 at 1:24 pm
Posted In: Around the Web


GDPR is an incredible piece of legislation that protects our personal data from being abused by companies and organizations. It keeps data handlers in check and gives us a say in the process, but it’s effectiveness is only ensured because it applies to everyone that has our data — and that includes emergency services. Even a whole year after GDPR’s implementation, there’s still a lot of confusion regarding how emergency services can properly operate under it. But despite these early difficulties, there’s actually a way for emergency services to do their jobs and comply with GDPR — and even become…

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