If you have an aptitude for high-level math, you relish the challenge of constantly changing assignments, you’re a strong communicator and you work well on a team, consider a career as an actuary, a job that involves calculating the probability
Dan Price, C.E.O. of Gravity Payments, surprised his 120-person staff by announcing that he planned over the next three years to raise the salary of every employee to $70,000 a year. By Matthew Williams The idea began percolating, said Dan
One successful program pays for an intensive training class, subsidizes wages for the jobless, and has an 80 percent placement rate. Can it be scaled? ALANA SEMUELS LAS VEGAS—Long-term unemployment was a phrase you heard a lot about during the
The sputtering U.S. economy created just 126,000 jobs in March as bad weather, weak consumer spending and flailing corporate profits resulted in the worst report since December 2013. Economists expected nonfarm payrolls to rise 245,000 in March, with the unemployment
It has been estimated that by 2045 robots will be able to perform every job that humans can. But does this mean humans should worry about being replaced by machines? Many experts believe the future actually lies in a more
From kindergarten through high school, some of the most effective classrooms operating within the California public school system use light-on-their-feet, intuitive concepts and technological platforms kids are eager to embrace. One of these is Schoology, an award-winning learning management system particularly appealing to
Women who work in the high-tech industry gather for LeadOn, a conference held in February in Santa Clara, California.CREDITPHOTOGRAPH BY MARLA AUFMUTH/GETTY FOR LEADON Amy Wibowo, a graduate of M.I.T. and a software engineer at Airbnb, wears pastel-colored floral dresses,
Transmosis runs a nationally recognized training and externship program focused on enhancing the skills of job seekers and placing/recruiting them into leading technology oriented employers. Job seekers are matched with sponsor employers and engage in project-based work to enhance their
Transmosis Executive Director to host a panel at the Nevada Economic Development Conference, May 19-21, University of Nevada, Reno: “The Power of Business Incubation in Economic Development and Labor Force Conversion” This session will focus on the importance of business
A so-called “war on the American worker” has intensified in the Golden State. Massive layoffs are being spearheaded by the multi-billion dollar Southern California Edison utilities company, which is terminating scores of American IT workers and replacing them with immigrant
