#hiring

#hiring

"Just checked, 176,000 job applications at Figure the last 3 years," he wrote in an X post on Saturday. "We've hired ~425 people." That amounts to a hiring rate of about .24% within the three years. Adcock wrote that most of the submissions were "slop." The spread of the 176,000 applications over the three years is unclear. Adcock did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

The latest: Small-business owners' confidence fell this fourth quarter from an all-time high in the third quarter, according to an index from MetLife and the Chamber of Commerce out Wednesday morning and shared exclusively with Axios. It's one of several measures showing weaknesses for small business. By the numbers: 45% of small-business owners said inflation is their biggest challenge in the Chamber's survey, conducted in October during the government shutdown.

NYU professor Suzy Welch recentlyreleased the results of her study on Gen Z and businesses across America. Welch teaches M.B.A. students and attempts to prepare them for a life of purpose and leadership. There's just one problem: their values. Welch's analysis produced an outcome that startled her and her team: A mere 2% of Generation Z members hold the values that companies want most in new hires, which are achievement, learning, and an unbridled desire to work. Generation Z respondents' top three values were:

Banks need elite talent to tackle what's expected to be a busy 2026, forcing them to compete for top dealmakers amid one of the strongest M&A backdrops in years. The industry "will probably have the second biggest year in history," Goldman Sachs CFO Denis Coleman said on Tuesday at a financial industry conference hosted by the firm, noting that the bank has already advised on activity "north of a trillion dollars" this year.

We've spent a lot of time this year trying to iterate on our subscription and make it more valuable. We launched with full-site access, a lighter ad experience, two subscriber-exclusive newsletters, and RSS feeds. Since then, we've added the top-requested new feature with ad-free podcasts, added commenting badges for subscribers, and started testing subscriber AMAs. We've also expanded our subscriber-exclusive newsletter offering with Optimizer, The Stepback, Regulator, and Installer, which are all essential reading.

The job market feels like you're constantly jumping through hoops and ambiguity. Is it a good idea to write a cover letter? Will the hiring manager even read it? Should you share that you have more than 20 years of experience on resume and risk looking overqualified? Or would that be seen as a good thing? Should you send your resume as a Word doc or a PDF? And there are a thousand other questions that no one seems to be able to fully settle on.

A few years ago, the head of business operations launched a startup, now operating as Cricket Wireless, a subsidiary of AT&T. Cricket Wireless is now worth over $6 billion and has more than 13 million customers, a spokesperson for AT&T said. During that process, she had the opportunity to build her dream team - and her goal was to find employees who were willing to think big. Through trial and error, Van Buskirk discovered two interview questions that she still uses to help her identify the right candidates.

I used to be a top sales performer, but one day I had a midlife crisis and wanted to try something different. Sales recruiting combined two things I loved - helping people and being passionate about sales. I wanted to get into it, but it felt like nobody would take a chance on me. I basically had to start my own company because nobody would hire me. I founded a sales and recruiting company called Right Choice Resources. We focus on hiring anyone from a junior-level salesperson to a sales leader.

Most people think they're A-players until they hear what an A-player actually is,

I think about hiring the same way. Like a stat sheet, a résumé might list someone's achievements, but it won't show how they adapt under pressure or support a team. Yet in the age of AI, companies often overlook that, prioritizing technical skills instead. According to a 2024 report from Microsoft and LinkedIn, 71% of employers said they would choose an AI-fluent candidate with less experience over someone more experienced but with limited AI knowledge.

"When I interview people, I ask them to give me an example of something they've invented,"

Dear Undecided, Hire Rhonda. She is an adult who presumably knows how large her breasts are, and if she is as impeccably qualified as you say, then she knows how to handle middle schoolers. Also, not hiring someone because of the size of their breasts could be considered discrimination because someone's sex is a protected class. Fun fact, if you didn't want to hire Rhonda because she was short or had blue eyes, that would actually be legal (although still gross!).

"Five years from now, we'll have more engineers working for our company than we do today," Cannon-Brookes said.

L.L. Bean is bringing its signature outdoor lifestyle brand to MetroWest this fall. A 20,000-square-foot store will open in November at Framingham's Fresh Market Plaza. "Framingham's location in the heart of MetroWest makes it an ideal spot for our newest retail store," said Greg Elder, Chief Retail Officer at L.L. Bean, in a statement. "It will allow us to more conveniently serve our area customers with our outdoor-inspired, four-season assortment of apparel and footwear."

A Raising Cane's in Chinatown will open its doors on Tuesday, October 21. The location is at 722 7th St. NW, steps from the Gallery Place/Chinatown Metro stop and a block down from where the Washington Capitals and Wizards play their home games. The Capitals play the Seattle Kraken that night. Raising Cane's menu features four box combo options and a kid's meal.

We didn't hire a recruiter (on purpose), so I've read all of them. One thing stood out. Why aren't you a good fit Our application form consists of three questions: Surprisingly enough, the question that helps to spot our potential matches the most is the second one - why aren't you a good fit? Turns out, very few people can answer this question in a thoughtful, sincere, and empathetic way.

A key pipeline for funneling talent into white-collar work has sprung a big leak that won't be easy to fix. Consultants are no strangers to volatility. In fact, a big part of their business is advising clients on the best ways to navigate change. BI's Polly Thompson, our resident consulting expert, has extensively reported on these trends. PwC, for example, plans to cut college graduate hiring over the next three years, with AI cited as a primary reason.

Donna Morris has one go-to question that helps determine whether she'll hire you - and knowing it in advance won't help you script the perfect response, she says. The question is: "If I was to ask people who've worked for you before, what will they tell me?" As executive vice president and chief people officer at Walmart, Morris oversees the largest private workforce in the US.

As someone who recently worked partially in the sustainability industry, I was pretty upset to find out that my portfolio was emitting a hecklot of CO2. But that was just the tip of the iceberg of why I decided to dive into the portfolio topic again, years after I wrote an extensive guide on designing better portfolios. Tldr? Standards have changed. And I think it's time you knew about it.

Generally, when someone interviews with me, it's their last interview. And generally, prior to the interview, I have a full list of what I'm looking for. I'm trying to understand culture fit and if they're the right person for the job. It's also an opportunity for me to set expectations for them. To me, educating yourself and learning constantly is what will separate any candidate.

I asked her to tell me about her favorite project. She shared her screen and for a few seconds, I was staring at a perfect world: a spotless desktop, neatly structured folders, and file names (seriously, not a single new or final_v2 in sight). And in the design files, every layer, every component had a proper name, following a thoughtful naming scheme. At first, I could barely focus on what she was saying. I was so impressed by her orderliness.

The Portland Mercury is hiring a full-time news reporter with a focus on short-form reporting and breaking news, plus opportunities for in-depth culture writing.

Overall, London businesses reflect stronger optimism about their operating conditions, with an increase in hiring and a focus on technology-led growth in the coming months.