WayUp merges with Yello to diversify recruitment
Despite studies, statistics and oh-so-many pledges, a vast number of companies continue to struggle with recruiting diverse talent. Some say that it’s not the pipeline problem, it’s an issue with how recruitment rounds and technical interviews ar.....»»
PCB makers seeking CCL supply from more sources
Taiwan PCB makers are moving to diversify the sources of CCLs in a bid to secure supply to meet increasing demand from clients and abate risks of further price hikes for the materials, according to industry sources......»»
LINE Ventures merges with YJ Capital, launches $271M fund
LINE completed its merger with Yahoo! Japan owner Z Holdings last month, and now the two firm’s venture capital arms have also combined. Z Holdings announced today that its subsidiary, YJ Capital, has merged with LINE Ventures to form Z Venture Cap.....»»
African talent recruitment company TalentQL joins Techstars to further global ambition
African-focused talent recruitment and outsourcing company TalentQL today announced that it has been accepted into Techstars Toronto. The company will join nine other startups in the accelerator’s class of 2021. This comes two weeks after Nig.....»»
Gender bias in the workplace starts with communication during recruitment
Eighty percent of jobs are communicated to people informally and these communications are often riddled with gender bias, providing a female (versus male) candidate with a less positive description of a leadership position, especially when the decisi.....»»
How ByteDance plans to crack the gaming industry
For the last few years, ByteDance, the parent company of short video app TikTok, has been working to diversify its revenue streams beyond advertisement and find more ways to monetize its hundreds of millions of users. One area it is targeting is gami.....»»
Swiss maker of meat alternatives Planted will expand and diversify with $18M Series A
Planted, a startup pursuing a unique method of creating a vegetarian chicken alternative, has raised an $18M (CHF 17M) Series A to expand its product offerings and international footprint. With new kebabs and pulled-style faux meats available and ste.....»»
Blueprint highlights gender-parity push in manufacturing
One manufacturer embedded women-welcoming language in its recruitment materials......»»
Ag monitoring startup Flurostat merges with soil carbon expert Dagan to form Regrow
Flurostat and Dagan, two startups that both are tackling the monitoring and management of agricultural inputs and outputs for a better understanding of the role sustainable agriculture can play in reducing greenhouse gas emissions, have merged and ar.....»»
Highlights of the day: IDMs may adjust outsourcing strategies
The frigid weather that halted production in the US state of Texas may prompt IDMs to mull adjusting outsourcing strategies. Seeking more support from manufacturing partners, particularly those in Taiwan, may be a way for IDMs to diversify risks in a.....»»
European Space Agency seeks diversity in new astronaut drive
Are you calm under pressure and zero gravity, open to extra-terrestrial travel and female? If so, you could be a prime candidate for the European Space Agency's first astronaut recruitment drive in 11 years......»»
Diversity in policing can improve police-civilian interactions
The recent killings of Black Americans have reignited calls for policing reform, including proposals to diversify police departments, which have historically been made up of white, male officers. Yet, few studies have examined whether deploying minor.....»»
Patterns in primordial germ cell migration
Biologists and mathematicians have investigated how primordial germ cells behave in zebrafish embryos when not influenced by a guidance cue and developed software that merges 3D microscopy images of multiple organisms. This made it possible to recogn.....»»
New metamaterial merges magnetic memory and physical changes
A mix of actuator and bit-level memory. Enlarge For applications like robotics, there's usually a clear division of labor between the processors that control the robot's body and the actuators that actually control the physical changes of tha.....»»
Watch Wyze’s new handheld vacuum pick up multiple bowling balls
Wyze is continuing to diversify its budget-friendly product range beyond home security devices with the unveiling of its first handheld vacuum cleaner......»»
Vision Fund backs Chinese fitness app Keep in $360 million round
As Chinese fitness class provider Keep continues to diversify its offerings to include Peloton-like bikes, health-conscious snacks among other things, it’s bringing in new investors to fund its ambitions. On Monday, Keep said it has recently cl.....»»
Researchers discover a novel mechanism of recruiting ARF family proteins
The small GTPases of the ADP-ribosylation factor (Arf) family are key initiators of various physiological processes including secretion, endocytosis, phagocytosis and signal transduction. Arf family proteins function to mediate recruitment of cytosol.....»»
Amazon eyes launching its computer science education program in India
Amazon is planning to extend its computer science program Future Engineer to India, demonstrating its growing interest in the education space in the world’s second largest internet market. In a job recruitment post, the company said that initial re.....»»
Square Has Discussed Acquiring Jay-Z"s Tidal Service
Square, the digital-payment company run by Jack Dorsey, has held talks to acquire the music-streaming service Tidal as part of a push to diversify, according to a person familiar with the situation. From a report: Dorsey has discussed a potential dea.....»»
TikTok parent ByteDance hiring for AI drug discovery team
ByteDance, TikTok’s Chinese parent company, is entering the health industry as it seeks to diversify a business dependent on advertising and livestreaming sales. The company, which prides itself on content algorithms, has started seeking talent.....»»
Former AutoNation CEO Miller rejoins JM Family
Cheryl Miller, who resigned from the largest U.S. dealership group in July after taking medical leave, will be CFO of JM Family Enterprises as the automotive-focused conglomerate moves to diversify......»»