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Amazon Plans to Lay Off Ten Thousand Employees According to Report

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Reading Time: < 1 minute In a move that could hit the retail industry hard, Amazon has announced plans to cut ten thousand jobs. The layoffs will be in several areas including its device division, human resources, and retail division. However, the layoffs would represent only three percent of the company’s overall corporate workforce. As of September, Amazon employed 1.5 million people worldwide, a five percent increase over the previous year. It has more than 330,000 corporate and technology employees around the world. Regardless of the exact number of people affected by the layoffs, the…

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Post Reporter Takes Look at Wage Problems Facing Employers and Employees and More

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Amazon Book Editor Reveals Hottest Books So Far 2022 and More

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A Serious Look at Skills Challenges Facing the IT Industry

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Based on responses from over 9,500 IT professionals across 159 countries, the Global Knowledge IT Skills and Salary Report is the largest of its kind, used by tech professionals, industry-experts and governments to inform career, resource and policy decisions. “78% of IT decision-makers globally face critical skills gaps and struggle to find qualified employees.” ~Todd Johnstone Tweet this 78% of global IT decision-makers face critical skills gaps Skills gaps can cost upwards of $29,000 per employee New certifications can boost pay by $12,000 40% of tech professionals are pursuing new certifications in the…

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Is COVID Making People Perform Better at Work?

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Reading Time: 3 minutes KPMG releases an important survey: “According to a second pulse survey by KPMG LLP (KPMG), the U.S. audit, tax and advisory firm, 79 percent of U.S. workers from organizations with more than 1,000 employees indicate that over the last four months, the quality of their work has improved, 70 percent say that their productivity has increased, and 67 percent indicate their work-life balance has improved. Eighty-four percent are also satisfied with their employer’s response to the pandemic. “‘American workers have demonstrated remarkable resiliency under the pressures of COVID-19 and against…

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