28 links have been added on 9 ideas about #job.
  1. In the wrong hands, employee monitoring apps can invade the privacy of workers even in their own homes.
    https://lsj.com.au/articles/watching-you-at-home-the-rise-of-employee-surveillance/

  2. Employee monitoring is becoming increasingly popular, with more and more people working remotely.

  3. Check this out: students are using VR and the metaverse to acquire office skills.
    https://www.cnbc.com/2023/07/24/interns-college-students-are-using-virtual-reality-to-learn-office-skills.html

  4. VR offices will revolutionize work meetings and conferences.
    https://www.fastcompany.com/90934372/heres-how-virtual-reality-works-and-how-it-is-going-to-transform-meetings-according-to-a-software-engineer

  5. Virtual office spaces can help remote workers to connect and collaborate more easily.
    https://www.talentmgt.com/articles/2023/08/21/how-vr-technology-can-help-remote-teams-connect/

  6. Or you could recruit employees in a “hunger-games” style like BBC was accused of!
    https://inews.co.uk/culture/radio/bbc-hunger-games-interviews-local-radio-presenters-keep-jobs-2253499

  7. It’s certainly a fast and cheap way of recruiting employees!
    https://www.iamexpat.de/career/employment-news/deutsche-bahn-staff-are-job-speed-dating-find-prospective-employees

  8. Teachers need it more than most. Misinformation spreads when not being checked. Read this https://epi.org.uk/publications-and-research/effects-high-quality-professional-development/

  9. Linking to this as it misses the point that it can just be a skive from lots of jobs. Who wouldn’t take a day out of work to learn stuff they could learn themselves if they gave a monkeys?

  10. Not sure if this will help your case, but if you spot a job ad that mentions “young” or “mature” cash in on it, it could be illegal in some jurisdictions. https://www.personneltoday.com/hr/sexism-in-recruitment-red-lipstick-good-dress-excellent/

  11. 35 percent of the U.S. population is now age 50 or older. Difficult to weed the oldies out unless you are clever about your selection process. I don;t think hiding your age is a good idea though. It will make it look like you have issues about it.

  12. You won’t see the discrimination in the ad, but trust me, you will experience it when they pick the candidates. Used to be women that suffered, now, I am not so sure.

  13. Good idea, should be half and half though, after all its a 2 way thing and you need to know as much about the organization as they need to know about you, in order to find the perfect match. Its not about them giving you an opportunity, its about you giving them part of your life.

  14. Reverse interviewing is a thing, but you need to be careful when doing one, here are some tips from an article on Linkedin. The biggest problem is where the interviewee only gets information directly from the company’s own litrature.

  15. Lol, this is mean, they need the work, but check this link – for covid times only I guess. https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/whats-on/shopping/app-supermarket-queues-wait-time-18119606