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• LinkedIn Adds New Video Intro and Interview Assessment Tools to Improve Digital Recruitment

  By akwyz on May 1, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  LinkedIn is adding two new tools to help candidates showcase themselves via digital video tools. Source: LinkedIn Adds New Video Intro and Interview Assessment Tools to Improve Digital Recruitment

• Twitter Jumps to 166 Million Daily Users in Q1, Warns of Slowing Ad Spend

  By akwyz on May 1, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  Twitter has released its Q1 2020 performance update, showing a significant increase in usage amid COVID-19. Source: Twitter Jumps to 166 Million Daily Users in Q1, Warns of Slowing Ad Spend

• ‘Having One Is Not Progress’: Janet Mock on Netflix’s Hollywood and Industry Gatekeepers Celebrating Diversity

  By akwyz on May 1, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  Hollywood has the best publicist in the game. For years, it has taken on the identity of a city with “streets paved with gold,” when the actual streets are paved with the dust of unrealized dreams, unbridled tourism, and, you… Read More ›

• Non-accessible period for rail replacement vehicles gets extension

  By akwyz on May 1, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  A Department for Transport letter explained how buses and coaches performing rail replacement duties can apply for exemption from accessibility requirements until December 31. Source: Non-accessible period for rail replacement vehicles gets extension

• Plastics pile up as coronavirus hits Asia recyclers

  By akwyz on May 1, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  COVID-19 pandemic starting to threaten the entire Asian recycling sector Source: Plastics pile up as coronavirus hits Asia recyclers

• Forces of nature

  By akwyz on April 30, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  Understanding how ecosystems grow, thrive, and regenerate can help leaders steer their organization in the future. Source: Forces of nature

• Coronavirus: Why the fashion industry faces an ‘existential crisis’

  By akwyz on April 30, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  “No-one wants to buy clothes to sit at home in,” as Next’s chief executive Simon Wolfson puts it. Source: Coronavirus: Why the fashion industry faces an ‘existential crisis’

• Fighting Climate Change Requires a New Capitalism

  By akwyz on April 30, 2020 • ( 0 )

  Tackling one of the biggest crises of our time—climate change—requires leaders to embrace a new vision of business, argues Rebecca Henderson. Source: Fighting Climate Change Requires a New Capitalism

• 7 ways to make your groceries last longer

  By akwyz on April 30, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  Here’s how to reduce food waste during the coronavirus outbreak. Source: 7 ways to make your groceries last longer

• 40 Unexpected Ways You Can Help the Environment Right Now

  By akwyz on April 30, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  Fun fact: Writing a shopping list, learning to pickle, and visiting used bookstores are all great ways to help the planet. Here, we rounded up some relatively unconventional but hugely impactful ways to make your daily routine more eco-friendly Source:… Read More ›