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Paper Explores Whether Wage Insurance Buffers Impact Of Disruption

The Horizons Tracker

Every year, millions of workers lose their jobs due to technological advancements, international competition, offshoring, and regulatory changes. Displaced workers face severe repercussions, including financial instability and long-term career setbacks.

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Is There a Difference between a Layoff and a Furlough?

HR Digest

Very often, it occurs because the business has to reorganize its finances in order to continue making a profit and meeting targets, and employees are let go as a result to cut down on business expenses. This allows employers to reorganize their finances and find funding before they can have employees work for their wages again.

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World Business Forum – Day 1 Recap | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

Following are a few of the thoughts David shared in closing out Day 1: Start-ups begin here, but are scaling offshore. Out of all the speakers on today’s agenda David is the one I’d be most interested in having dinner with. Looking to hire great leaders – hire one of our veterans.

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The Downside of Best Practices | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

Moreover if they decide to develop the application should this be done internally with existing staff, or outsourced, and if outsourced will it be done domestically or offshore and who will manage the process. Oh, and what about development methodology?

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Why Sales Ops Is So Hard to Get Right

Harvard Business Review

They must hire, develop, manage, and lead a team of people with diverse and specialized competencies who do fundamentally different jobs and likely have dissimilar career aspirations. Many companies look for sales ops talent outside the immediate group by encouraging job rotations with other company departments, such as finance or marketing.

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How the U.S. Can Rebuild Its Capacity to Innovate

Harvard Business Review

by looking back to the original offshoring frenzy which started with consumer electronics in the 1960s. While few SMMs entertain offshoring strategies, they do, increasingly, compete globally. We can trace how this happened in the U.S. By the time that substantial U.S. had already ceded electronics manufacturing to Asia.

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Lifelong Learning Is Good for Your Health, Your Wallet, and Your Social Life

Harvard Business Review

Few of us will pursue college degrees as nonagenarians, or even as mid-career professionals (though recent statistics indicate that increasing numbers of people are pursuing college degrees at advanced ages). Trends including AI, robotics, and offshoring mean constant shifts in the nature of work. Learning is positive for health.