Roles

Brian Fung / CNN: Biden administration to work with private sector in a 120-day sprint to create hundreds of cybersecurity apprenticeship programs to fill out cybersecurity roles — Washington (CNN Business)The Biden administration is pushing to fill hundreds of thousands of cybersecurity jobs in the United States … Brian Fung / CNN: Biden administration to work with private sector in a 120-day sprint to create hundreds of cybersecurity apprenticeship programs to fill out cybersecurity…

AI systems learn from data generated by human decisions, so they are reflecting back to us our own society’s biases encoded and amplified into our technology. Less than 5% of the workforce at the leading tech companies were Black or Latinx, a study by AI Now Institute found. The more people from different backgrounds you have working with data, the more likely it will be that the team will be able to spot bias before it is too late. The more diverse representation across race, gender, sexual orientation, age, economic…

Asia-Pacific extended its dominance for internet of things (IoT) hiring among automotive industry companies in the three months ending May. The number of roles in Asia-Pacific made up 36.9% of total IoT jobs – up from 24.1% in the same quarter last year. That was followed by North America, which saw a -1.1 year-on-year percentage point change in IoT roles. The figures are compiled by GlobalData, who track…

Brad Pitt as Neo? Josh Hartnett as Batman? Halle Berry as the lady that drives the bus in Speed? Believe it or not, all of the above would have happened if those actors had said “yes”. Dive into the history of Hollywood and most incredibly famous characters were nearly played by someone else. Those early and ultimately aborted casting decisions just don’t tend to get talked about.Sometimes, though, actors are very open about the high-profile parts they turned down, and the pangs of regret left behind once those films are…

Photo by Rich Fury/Getty Images The unfortunate news that beloved action star Bruce Willis has Aphasia (a disorder that affects speech) reverberated through Hollywood and brought a harsh mortal reality to a man that’s been entertaining audiences for more than 30 years. That doesn’t mean we’ve seen the last of him though. Late career Willis has seen him doing lesser and smaller profile movies which seem to only exist to pad his pocket. Which is fine, he’s an actor and he has to earn a living, but it’s hard to…

Asia-Pacific was the fastest growing region for data analytics hiring among automotive industry companies in the three months ending May. The number of roles in Asia-Pacific made up 8.8% of total data analytics jobs – up from 7.4% in the same quarter last year. That was followed by Europe, which saw a 0.8 year-on-year percentage point change in data analytics roles. The figures are compiled by GlobalData,…

Credit: Leiden University New archaeological research into grave goods and skeletal material from the oldest grave field in the Netherlands shows that male-female roles 7,000 years ago were less traditional than was thought. The research was conducted by a multidisciplinary team of researchers led by Archol, the National Museum of Antiquities and Leiden University.…

Job titles have changed a lot in the last 30 years. If you asked someone in 1990 what a cloud architect was, they would probably imagine someone designing houses up in the heavens. Or, if you mentioned a data ninja in the early 2000s, a good guess might have been something fun happening on the Holodeck in an episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation. The job market adapts and changes pretty rapidly which is why it’s so important to stay on top of the recent trends, skills, and of course job…

Women in tech can offer an alternative perspective and diversify teams, these teams get better at connecting the dots and seeing the big picture. The imbalance between women and men in tech remains: Statistics show that women tech founders receive less funding than men (women-founded companies only received 2.3% of VC investment in 2018), but make double the revenue. Before getting into the real business benefits of having more diverse teams, it’s vital to state that correcting this gap and ensuring fair and equal…

Image: Hinterhaus Productions/GETTYDespite fears of a looming recession and hiring freezes at a number of major tech companies, demand for tech-based roles continues to run high. Most companies have been forced to increase their reliance on – and investment in – technology over the past two and a half years. That's left them with a number of gaps in the workforce to fill, whether in IT security, software development, IT support or data analysis.Some tech professionals are seeing greater demand than others. An…