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Sure, robots are coming on your job, however you would possibly like the brand new yet one more (if you happen to’re nonetheless employed)

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For many years, a speculated wave of job-stealing applied sciences has stirred debate concerning the function of people within the labor power alongside automation and AI provides a brand new wrinkle to the equation.

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It has been a century because the phrase “robotic” first entered the human lexicon. Within the ensuing many years, automation has leaped from the pages of science fiction with very real-world implications on workforces across the globe. Whereas the early use of those applied sciences could have targeted on the {hardware} facet, advances in AI are ushering in a brand new automated age, augmenting

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The Nice Resignation: HR analytics may help predict who could be on the lookout for one other job

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When you can establish a dissatisfied employee, you may be capable to work to maintain them earlier than they head for greener pastures.

TechRepublic’s Karen Roby spoke with Kon Leong, CEO and founding father of ZL Applied sciences, about HR analytics and the impact of the Nice Resignation. The next is an edited transcript of their dialog.

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Karen Roby: Right now we’re specializing in HR analytics. The Nice Resignation is upon us. I’ve a sense we will get bored with utilizing that time period and another phrases

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Slack Themes: There’s extra performance constructed into these interfaces than you may assume

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Slack affords quite a lot of themes to personalize the expertise. One choice is even based mostly on “old-fashioned terminal shows,” in keeping with Slack.

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Over the past 12 months, an enormous suite of digital collaboration instruments has been important as corporations switched to distant work en masse. One such resolution, the favored messaging service Slack, affords quite a lot of options to assist individuals personalize the expertise equivalent to creating customized emojis and altering the default notification alert, in addition to quite a lot of interfaces to deploy based mostly on an individual’s preferences. Aesthetics apart, there’s

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Have you ever tried to guess your boss’s password? A number of staff have, in response to a report

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An August Past Id report takes a take a look at individuals’s password safety habits in addition to their tendencies to guess different people’s passwords.

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In latest months, a slew of cyberattacks has hamstrung important facets of U.S. infrastructure together with home meat and petroleum manufacturing as community safety considerations take middle stage amid hovering ransomware payouts. Final month, Past Id revealed the outcomes of a survey highlighting password safety habits, workplace password “guessing video games” and extra. Apparently, many individuals are simply utilizing the names of their pets, kids and, at occasions, even their very own names

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Small companies have to step up efforts to safe and retain hybrid staff

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Solely 31% are delivery laptops to staff and practically half have spent their very own cash on a distant workspace, a survey from GetApp finds.

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It is fairly clear that hybrid work is right here to remain, for the foreseeable future, anyway, and but, solely 31% of small companies are delivery laptops to a minimum of some staff, in accordance with a brand new report. 

The Tech at Work survey from GetApp, a part of Gartner Digital Markets, additionally discovered that one in 4 staff used their private laptop computer for work earlier than the pandemic. As distant

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Zoomtowns: These cities are prime actual property for distant staff

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A brand new LinkedIn report highlights the highest cities for distant staff. Whereas many distant staff are choosing smaller scenic areas, a lot are selecting bigger metros, together with 4 cities in Florida.

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During the last yr, so-called Zoomtowns have boomed as some distant staff, now not tethered to a particular metropolis or day by day commute, hit the open street. Earlier this month, LinkedIn revealed a put up highlighting each small and huge U.S. cities which might be house to a disproportionate share of distant job candidates.

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Zoomtowns growth

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