Will AI and robotics create more jobs or destroy them in the future?
By: Faraz Mohsin Will AI and robotics create more jobs or destroy them in the future? There are predictions (research conducted by Oxford University in back in 2013 that 47% of jobs in the US were under threat of automation in the next two decades. However, even if we have as many as 47% of […]
The future of SAP consultants
First of all: There’s not an “SAP” adviser anymore. SAP in the meantime comes with a cost list with over 1,500 products, therefore there’s absolutely not any 1 answer. First of all, You may form your future, not the present or past. That means you would have to appear in the near future of SAP […]
What is outsourcing? Definitions, best practices, challenges and advice
By: Stephanie Overby What is outsourcing? Outsourcing is a business practice in which services or job functions are farmed out to a third party. In information technology, an outsourcing initiative with a technology provider can involve a range of operations, from the entirety of the IT function to discrete, easily defined components, such as disaster […]
Tech giants are paying huge salaries for scarce talent in artificial intelligence
By: Cade Metz Typical AI specialists, both Ph.Ds fresh out of school and people with less education and just a few years of experience, can be paid from $300,000 to $500,000 a year Silicon Valley’s start-ups have always had a recruiting advantage over the industry’s giants: take a chance on us and we’ll give you […]
Bitcoin can now buy you citizenship in the world’s happiest countries
Vanuatu, a South Pacific archipelago of some 80 islands, will now let outsiders use the volatile cryptocurrency to apply for so-called investment citizenship. Fork over the equivalent of about $280,000, and your family of up to four can receive passports from what the New Economics Foundation, a UK-based think tank, calls the fourth-happiest country in the world. (It ranked […]
The 10 hottest startup hubs in the world
1. Silicon Valley and Bay Area, U.S. Silicon Valley continues to serve as an icon of startup culture for aspiring entrepreneurs from all backgrounds. Here, more than 50% of startups are founded by immigrants and and more than 70% of engineers are also immigrants. From the report: Silicon Valley has earned its reputation as the […]
Microsoft Dynamics 365 for Talent adds tech preview of Gauge for online skills assessment
By: MSDW editorial team Microsoft has promised to deliver Dynamics 365 for Talent as a modular set of apps based around core HCM capabilities, and the company continues that approach with the technical preview of “Gauge”, a new online skills assessment service for use in the recruiting process. Gauge, when released, will join apps like […]
8 hot IT hiring trends — and 8 going cold
By: Paul Heltzel We’re seeing a number of shifts this year in hiring as technologies mature, new ones emerge and companies work to cut costs by blending full-time IT staff with contract work. While some see the gig economy as a flexible new way to work, one that appeals to solo entrepreneurs, others see a […]
Tech Startups Using AI To Disrupt the Recruitment Industry
By: Alison Coleman Hiring the best talent and creating a diverse workforce is a top priority for businesses — and is arguably one of their biggest challenges. But help is now at hand from a new generation of tech startups using artificial intelligence (AI) to give employers the edge in the recruitment stakes. Nicholas Shekerdemian […]
GoDaddy’s MD of India & Australia to Join Microsoft
GoDaddy’s India & Australia MD & Vice President, Rajiv Sodhi, has formerly handed in his notice, and will be joining Microsoft in December to lead their Cloud and Server Business according to the Times of India. Sodhi joined GoDaddy in June 2012, with the responsibility of driving internet adoption among small business in India, which according […]