Labor market continues to strengthen Job openings increased by 169,000 in December to a seasonally adjusted 7.3 million, a record high, according to the Labor Department's Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey. The survey found 1.2 openings for every unemployed person. Reuters (2/12)
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Upwork has released its latest report on the 20 skills most in demand, and 75% of them are new. Hadoop, a data analytics program, tops the list, and others indicate employers need people who can combat cybercrime and improve customer outreach. CNBC (2/12)
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Benefits & Compensation
BuzzFeed news workers forming union News workers at BuzzFeed plan to unionize in the wake of the recent layoffs of 15% of the company's workforce. Among the issues union organizers want to address are health insurance, 401(k) benefits, fair severance for those who are laid off and diversity in the newsroom. TechCrunch (2/12)
Twenty students have been accepted to the Applied Machine Learning Intensive program at Mills College in Oakland, Calif. -- Google's first machine-learning program. Students will work with industry professionals under the program, which is aimed at expanding the computer science workforce. EdScoop (2/11)
The HR Leader
HR chief: Ace Hardware succeeds because of a deliberate culture A company culture that prioritizes employees, customers and a job well done is what makes Ace Hardware great, says Chief HR Officer Kane Calamari. "Everything we do, from hiring and beyond are guided by our values: wining, excellence, love, integrity, gratitude, humility and teamwork," says Calamari. HR Dive (2/11)
