#Welcome back to 70s-style stagflation misery thanks to Biden

#Welcome back to 70s-style stagflation misery thanks to Biden

“#Welcome back to 70s-style stagflation misery thanks to Biden” A feckless Team Biden has set America up for a new round of 1970s-style stagflation. The similarities between then and now are eerie. Seventies stagflation resulted from profligate fiscal policy, politicized monetary policy and food and energy shocks. President Lyndon Johnson’s guns-and-butter decision to simultaneously finance…

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#Record 4.3 million Americans quit their jobs in August

#Record 4.3 million Americans quit their jobs in August

“#Record 4.3 million Americans quit their jobs in August” Americans quit their jobs at a record clip in August, a new government report said Tuesday, with restaurant and hotel workers leading the mass exodus. A whopping 4.3 million people quit two months ago, the most on record dating back to December 2000 — and 300,000…

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#’Resume bot’ gets marketing pro 30K ‘interviews’ in one week

#’Resume bot’ gets marketing pro 30K ‘interviews’ in one week

“#’Resume bot’ gets marketing pro 30K ‘interviews’ in one week” A Spanish marketing professional decided to try to stand out to potential employers during his job search by creating an interactive “resume bot” that essentially allows him to preemptively answer questions he would expect during a live in-person interview. The unique innovation landed 29-year-old Valencia…

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#As workers age, robots take on more jobs

#As workers age, robots take on more jobs

“#As workers age, robots take on more jobs” Sept 16 – It turns out robots are taking over jobs fastest around the world in places where their human counterparts are aging the most rapidly. That is the conclusion of a new study that looked at demographic and industry-level data in 60 countries and found a…

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#Facebook ripped for ‘sexist job ads’ catering to men

#Facebook ripped for ‘sexist job ads’ catering to men

“#Facebook ripped for ‘sexist job ads’ catering to men” Facebook has been accused of enabling sexist job advertising and breaking equality law. Campaign group Global Witness claims the tech giant has a biased algorithm that determines who will see a job ad and that it’s failing to crack down on discrimination. The group conducted an…

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#Silicon Valley finds remote work is easier to begin than end

#Silicon Valley finds remote work is easier to begin than end

“#Silicon Valley finds remote work is easier to begin than end” SAN FRANCISCO — Technology companies that led the charge into remote work as the pandemic unfurled are confronting a new challenge: how, when and even whether they should bring long-isolated employees back to offices that have been designed for teamwork. “I thought this period…

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