Longtime HR executive and Simon Taylor has seen all kinds of resumes throughout his career. But none compare to one he received for a tech role at Disney during his more than two years as a recruiter there. “It was, like, five to seven pages long,” he says. Recruiters are […]
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The worst resume an ex-Disney recruiter has ever seen made this major mistake—how to avoid it
Longtime HR executive and Simon Taylor has seen all kinds of resumes throughout his career. But none compare to one he received for a tech role at Disney during his more than two years as a recruiter there. “It was, like, five to seven pages long,” he says. Recruiters are […]
Generative AI’s breakout year produced hefty profits for Nvidia and lofty experiments for others
Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, at the Hope Global Forums annual meeting in Atlanta on Dec. 11, 2023. Dustin Chambers | Bloomberg | Getty Images OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has admitted that he was surprised by the popularity of ChatGPT, which was released as a research project a little more […]
New York Times sues Microsoft, ChatGPT maker OpenAI over copyright infringement
The New York Times Building in New York City on February 1, 2022. Angela Weiss | AFP | Getty Images The New York Times on Wednesday filed a lawsuit against Microsoft and OpenAI, the company behind popular AI chatbot ChatGPT, accusing the pair of infringing copyright and abusing the newspaper’s intellectual property. This […]
Bitcoin’s 2023 rally drove some of the stock market’s biggest gains this year
Monitors display Coinbase signage during the company’s initial public offering at the Nasdaq MarketSite in New York on April 14, 2021. Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images For crypto bulls, the most lucrative bets in 2023 were in the stock market. While bitcoin rallied over 150% for the year, […]
Cars are losing their value at a slower rate
It is often said that a car begins losing its value as soon as you drive it off the lot. The reasons why boil down to some Nobel Prize-winning insights about human behavior and some quirks of the automotive industry. Everyone in the automotive industry keeps a close eye on […]
Houthi attacks and U.S. strikes add to concerns of broader conflict in the Middle East
Houthi military helicopter flies over the Galaxy Leader cargo ship in the Red Sea in this photo released on Nov. 20, 2023. Houthi Military Media | Via Reuters Yemen’s Houthi rebels launched fresh attacks on cargo ships in the Red Sea, while the U.S. carried out strikes against targets in […]
10-year Treasury yield dips as investors weigh the 2024 outlook for interest rates
U.S. Treasury yields were mixed on Wednesday, as investors considered the outlook for monetary policy and financial markets for the coming year. At 5:10 a.m. ET, the yield on the 10-year Treasury was down by over 1 basis points to 3.872%. The 2-year Treasury yield was flat at 4.293%. Yields […]
Tencent, NetEase shares rebound after China regulator’s assurance on new online gaming rules
A mobile phone is displaying the screen of Tencent Games company’s stock plunge in Suqian, Jiangsu Province, China, on December 22, 2023. Costfoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images Chinese online gaming stocks rose Wednesday, recovering some losses from the previous session after the country’s top gaming regulator pledged to “further […]
Healthy foods are often more expensive. Here’s why
Maria Korneeva | Moment | Getty Images Eating a healthier — or at least a more balanced diet — is not always as easy as it sounds, with food prices leading to large disparities between rich and poor communities in many countries. One piece of British research in 2023, the Broken Plate […]