Companies that are planning to use artificial intelligence for recruitment should think twice before doing that. A new report revealed that Amazon’s AI machine learned gender bias and weeded out women as potential job candidates. The machine even downgraded applicants based on the school they attended. A growing number of employers are using AI to […]
Do you know why a lot of businesses fail? It’s not because of poor products or service or bad accounting. Most small businesses don’t survive past five years because of the lack of sales. As your business starts to grow, you start looking for people who will push your products. Finding and hiring salespeople is
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Companies that are planning to use artificial intelligence for recruitment should think twice before doing that. A new report revealed that Amazon’s AI machine learned gender bias and weeded out women as potential job candidates. The machine even downgraded applicants based on the school they attended. A growing number of employers are using AI to
Even successful entrepreneurs can be scammed, just ask Shark Tank investor Robert Herjavec. In a recent Inc. video clip (below), Herjavec explains how the sales manager of his first startup scammed him out of business. Robert Herjavec of Shark Tank and founder of The Herjavec Group on how he was once scammed by an employee
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The CEO of Deloitte, Cathy Engelbert, calls the massive changes that are happening in business and society the 3 D’s: Data, Digital, and Disruption. These changes are bringing about new strategies of leadership and hiring and are requiring new skill sets of inventiveness and creativity. Thaddeus Arroyo, CEO of AT&T Business says that this disruption
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The release of today’s Jobs Report shows the lowest unemployment in the US since 1969 and CareerBuilder is now predicting that an additional 8,310,003 jobs will be created over the next 5 years. CareerBuilder CEO Irina Novoselsky says that technology is driving that growth, whether the job is a technology-oriented job or a traditional manufacturing
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The world’s largest freelancing network Upwork raised $187 million in their initial public offering this week. They currently have 375,000 freelancers working for nearly 500,000 clients. Upwork is growing exponentially because of the network effect says Upwork CEO, Stephane Kasriel. “It takes a long time to build the network effect necessary to do this at
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If you are just starting your career as a search marketer, Amanda Richman, CEO of Wavemaker which is the second largest media agency network in the world, says that you should “reframe it around precision marketing instead of search.” Richman adds, “Folks coming up from the ranks the search have this great understanding around consumer intent. They
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Amazon announced today that effective November 1st they are raising the minimum wage in the U.S. to $15 per hour. They are also raising the minimum in the U.K similarily. Amazon senior vice president of operations, David Clark, says that the reason for doing this is that “we decided that this was a place we could
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The challenge for business startups is focusing your time and money on the things that will be most impactful to your business success. Kenneth Coats, founder, and CEO of KENTECH Consulting says that “the lesson I would pass on to other entrepreneurs is to simplify.” CEO Kenneth Coats of KENTECH Consulting, an investigative background check
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