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China accelerates industrial automation as workforce contracts
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Data from the International Federation of Robotics viewed by The Wall Street Journal revealed that shipments of industrial-grade robots in China increased 45 percent year over year to more than 243,000 units. According to the publication, that represents just under half of all industrial robots installed last year and bolsters…
Daily Crunch: Twilio CEO: Laying off 11% of company’s workforce is ‘wise and necessary’
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Daily Crunch: Twilio CEO: Laying off 11% of company’s workforce is ‘wise and necessary’ by Christine Hall originally published on TechCrunch
The Wall Street Journal: Patreon lays off 17% of workforce, closes two European offices
Help My Career: Thinking about quiet quitting? You’re not alone. Quiet quitters make up half of the U.S. workforce, poll shows.
‘Flexible working will help keep working mothers in the workforce’
Rent the Runway’s Anne Marie Nolan talks about her journey to the tech world and why we need to rethink what a leader looks like.
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How to build a ‘citizen developer’ workforce
With a tech talent gap that’s expected to worsen in the next few years, organizations and business users are increasingly looking to low-code and no-code app development to fill digital transformation needs.
In fact, for many business users, knowing how to use low-code and no-code to build apps is becoming more of the rule than the exception. (The difference between no-code and low-code is that the latter enables some customization because developers have access to command-line coding; no-code depends on visual tools such as pull-down menus and drag-and drop building blocks.)
Daily Crunch: Snap lays off one-fifth of its workforce after missing revenue and growth targets
Snap is cutting 20% of its workforce and discontinuing products to combat financial challenges
5 trends employers need to watch to future-proof their workforce
Hays’ Steve Orr discusses the biggest changes employers need to be ready for to ensure they have a strong employer brand and a healthy talent pipeline.
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