Using ChatGPT to jazz up your resume? Don’t forget to give it a final read over before sending it to employers—or, you could end up like Benjamin, the poor job seeker who has just had his resume publicly roasted by the high-flying fashion CEO and Shark Tank Australia star Jane Lu. “I think I’ve just…
Many Democratic voters thought they were feeling a vibe shift by the time Nov. 5 rolled around in this year’s U.S. election cycle. Most polls showed a tight race, but some numbers from Ohio, late observations from a prominent data scientist, and some intangible feeling in the air suggested that Vice President Kamala Harris was going…
China wields new powers as it confronts the prospect of another trade conflict with the US, expanding its retaliatory reach in recent years to include tools capable of wreaking havoc on global commerce and finance. Six years after Donald Trump started the first trade war with China, the US president-elect has named a series of China…
Soft skills training is often reserved for leaders and top executives. But it’s not just bosses who want better emotional intelligence so they can thrive in the workplace—employees are also looking for the same kind of in-person learning and development opportunities, according to a new study from Deloitte. When ranking how much they value training in various skills, workers put…
Becca Ziegler is only 24, but she already has her death planned out: her corpse will be deep-frozen to minus 200 degrees Celsius (minus 328 degrees Fahrenheit) with liquid nitrogen. Ziegler, a US tech firm worker based in Berlin, has signed up with Tomorrow Biostasis, a startup in the German capital that offers to cryogenically…
Employers may be focused on how to handle incoming Gen Z workers and retiring boomers, but they would be wise to avoid overlooking their middle-aged employees. About 78.5% of employees aged 40 and above are actively working to learn new professional skills, according to a recent report from Udemy, an education technology company. This group…
As the Nov. 5 presidential election draws near, political uncertainty is a top concern for business leaders. The race is dead even and it may be days or even weeks until it’s clear if Donald Trump or Kamala Harris is the country’s next leader—and it may take even longer for many American workers to accept…
Did you really think we’d stop talking about prediction markets after the election? Perhaps the best-known one, Polymarket, burst back into the spotlight on Wednesday after the FBI raided the home of its 26-year-old founder, Shayne Coplan. Reports of a Justice Department investigation leaked shortly thereafter. The future of the popular platform now looks hazy.…
Japanese firm Panasonic has brought back the “God of Management” in AI avatar form, ready to answer all your business questions. Konosuke Matsushita, the founder of Panasonic, remains one of Japan’s most revered entrepreneurs even 35 years after his death aged 94 in 1989. Panasonic’s website even has a list of quotations from Matsushita with…
It took BNY 240 years to pass $50 trillion in assets under custody and administration, reaching 52.1 trillion as of September 30, according to it’s quarterly report out today, and by doing so became the first bank to do so. Boston-based State Street is in second as of last quarter with $44.3 trillion under custody…