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Women Are Stalling Out on the Way to the Top
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Women Are Stalling Out on the Way to the Top

Despite gains made in gender diversity in Fortune 100 companies, the distribution of women remains uneven across types of leadership roles, with most women relegated...

Chinese Game Company Appoints Humanoid Robot as Its CEO
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Chinese Game Company Appoints Humanoid Robot as Its CEO

China-based mobile game company NetDragon Websoft has appointed an AI-powered virtual humanoid robot named Ms. Tang Yu as CEO of subsidiary Fujian NetDragon Websoft...

Analysis Suggests Remote Work May Stifle Innovation
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Analysis Suggests Remote Work May Stifle Innovation

The types of work relationships that encourage innovation tend to be hard hit when workers go remote, according to a study conducted at MIT.

Lab Leaders Wrestle With Paucity of Postdocs
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Lab Leaders Wrestle With Paucity of Postdocs

A complex mix of politics, economics, and shifting career priorities has made it hard for principal investigators and high-profile scientists to recruit new lab...

When Immersed in Sexual Harassment, Workers Can't Identify It
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When Immersed in Sexual Harassment, Workers Can't Identify It

Workers in the information and other industries with high levels of sexual harassment have a harder time identifying inappropriate workplace behavior, according...

Gender-Diverse Teams Produce More Novel, Higher-Impact Research, Study Shows
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Gender-Diverse Teams Produce More Novel, Higher-Impact Research, Study Shows

A research team's gender balance is an under-recognized, yet powerful indicator of novel and impactful scientific discoveries, according to an examination of about...

The Toxic Culture of Rejection in Computer Science
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The Toxic Culture of Rejection in Computer Science

A toxic culture has emerged in conference program committees that carry out the bulk of the peer reviewing in computer science, where conference publications dominate...

Tech Companies Tilt Power in Performance Review Shift
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Tech Companies Tilt Power in Performance Review Shift

Tech executives have been turning up the heat on employees by giving performance reviews more teeth. For staff used to being coddled with softball reviews, the...

Meta Lets Algorithm Pick 60 Employees to Fire
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Meta Lets Algorithm Pick 60 Employees to Fire

The staff had no warning and noone to appeal to; all video calls were anonymized.

The Making of an IT Strategy Consultant
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The Making of an IT Strategy Consultant

Years ago, my mentor asked me how I envisioned my career. I replied, "It's important that my work is fun." She replied rather dryly, "You can't live off fun, Kristian...

Data Science Jobs Are a Top Pick for Gen Z, Report Finds
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Data Science Jobs Are a Top Pick for Gen Z, Report Finds

Gen Z considers the role of data scientist to be a top occupation, ranking it No. 4 in job satisfaction, according to a Glassdoor report.

Remote Work a Double-Edged Sword for Women's Career
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Remote Work a Double-Edged Sword for Women's Career

Remote work has advantages and disadvantages, but researchers at George Washington University are finding that, for women especially, virtual work can harm a career...

Why Thinking Hard Makes You Feel Tired
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Why Thinking Hard Makes You Feel Tired

The desire to shut down after a day spent toiling at the computer could be a physiological response to mentally demanding work, according to a study that links...

Cash May Not Be The Only Way to Motivate Employees
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Cash May Not Be The Only Way to Motivate Employees

Employees can be motivated by both cash and tangible rewards, and managers should frame them differently to maximize their motivational benefits, researchers say...

Six Ways to Tackle the Software Engineering Skills Shortage
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Six Ways to Tackle the Software Engineering Skills Shortage

Cloud computing remains the number one most sought-after skill. There are six fundamental ways to address the talent crunch.

Tech's Offshore Hiring Has Gone Into Overdrive
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Tech's Offshore Hiring Has Gone Into Overdrive

Companies that once battled to hire employees close to home are now turning to Latin America and other markets for talent.

Network Architect Who Built His Own ISP Is Expanding His Service
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Network Architect Who Built His Own ISP Is Expanding His Service

Jared Mauch, a Michigan man who built a fiber-to-the-home Internet provider because he couldn't get good broadband service from AT&T or Comcast, is expanding with...

Why Can't Tech Fix Its Gender Problem?
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Why Can't Tech Fix Its Gender Problem?

Despite the tech sector's great wealth and loudly self-proclaimed corporate commitments to the rights of women, LGBTQ+ people, and racial minorities, tech remains...

China Tops U.S. in Quantity and Quality of Scientific Papers
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China Tops U.S. in Quantity and Quality of Scientific Papers

China now leads the world both in the number of scientific research papers as well as most cited papers, a report from Japan's science and technology ministry shows...

Demand Cools for Less Experienced Software Engineers
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Demand Cools for Less Experienced Software Engineers

The job market for less experienced software engineers is worse now than a year ago, with companies more likely to hire experienced engineers.
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