31 posts and columns on employment
Apple Inks Major Sapphire Supply Deal With GT Advanced Technologies
GT will own and operate sapphire production equipment in a new Apple facility in Arizona.News Byte
LinkedIn Brings Job Applications to Mobile
LinkedIn on Monday updated its iOS and Android applications, allowing users to directly apply for jobs listed on the network via their phone. After searching for job listings on the site, LinkedIn’s new feature takes information from a user’s profile and uses it to auto-complete a job application (though only for those listings that do not redirect users to a third-party application site hosted by the company). The new feature will roll out globally to all English-speaking LinkedIn users immediately.News Byte
Employment Startup Proven Raises $1 Million
Proven, a mobile app for finding employment, announced an additional $1 million to its seed round of funding on Wednesday, bringing the total amount contributed to $3.8 million. Investors include Andreessen Horowitz, Kapor Capital, Founder Collective, Greylock Partners and a number of angel investors. The app allows job seekers to search Craigslist, Simply Hired and Beyond.com for postings, and lets them keep track of positions they’ve applied for, among other features.The $50 Million Man: Mattrick Gets Hefty Cash and Stock Package From Zynga, Including $19.3 Million in the First Year
It apparently takes money to make money.I, Robot
It’s one of the dirty secrets of economics: technology progress does grow the economy and create wealth, but there is no economic law that says everyone will benefit.
— Erik Brynjolfsson, a professor at the MIT Sloan School of Management, who theorizes that advances in computer technology, like advanced robotics, are behind the post-2000 employment slowdown, and that technology is destroying jobs faster than it can create them
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