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HR policies and practices must continuously be assessed to ensure they are inclusive and equitable ... to all employees—it is far too easy to miss the mark. getty Human resource (HR) departments play a vital role when it comes to cultivating policies and practices that sustain organizations and institutions. When having conversations about workplace diversity, equity, and inclusion, interrogating the role that HR plays is crucial. Policies and practices must continuously be assessed to ensure they are inclusive and equitable to all employees—it is far too easy to miss the mark. Namitha Jacob is a learning advisor, organizational facilitator, and executive coach who found herself navigating an HR oversight firsthand. On LinkedIn, Namitha shared a post of her recent experience with a policy that was not designed with her particular family structure in mind; the post has since gone viral. Namitha sat down with Forbes to discuss what prompted her to write the post, what companies can do to create more inclusive policies, and how employees can advocate for change. Janice Gassam Asare: I stumbled upon you because of a post that was actually sent to me by a close friend of mine. Upon reading the post, I…

(Pixabay)SÃO PAULO – In the face of an increasingly competitive job market, any skill improvement that the professional develops today can be a differential. Learn a new language, or take a programming course, or even a specific course in the area of ​​expertise.However, what has been calling the attention of recruiters are soft skills, or interpersonal skills. According to Milton Beck, LinkedIn’s general director for Latin America, behavioral skills were already important before the pandemic, but now they have become indispensable.“Professionals need to be prepared and willing to relearn the dynamics of the work environment. On the other hand, companies must rethink their offices beyond simply physical space. They will be places of exchange, where people will get to know the organizational culture and will have the possibility of learning by watching others perform their functions”, says the executive.In a recent report the InfoMoney detailed the most important behavioral skills for the professional today, according to LinkedIn.And a LinkedIn survey, published last Thursday (17), asked more than 1,000 professionals who have had the experience of telecommuting what skills they consider most important in the event of a return to the offices, even if partial – the hybrid model has been…

In our commitment to democratize insurance and provide agents with the tools they need to compete in the digital marketplace, we are excited to announce that Quantum Assurance International will be acquiring insurtech Quotehound Inc. Quantum Assurance Quotehound Insurance In our commitment to democratize insurance, we are excited to announce that Quantum Assurance International will be acquiring insurtech Quotehound Inc. This acquisition will help agents compete in the digital space and will have a positive impact on businesses across the country.”— Justin Eggar, Chief Executive Officer at Quantum Assurance InternationalDALLAS, TEXAS, UNITED STATES, September 17, 2021 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Quantum Assurance International, Inc, the leading insurtech agency activator today further enhanced it’s support system for agents in it’s announcement to acquire insurtech Quotehound Inc., a digital lead solutions company. This acquisition strengthens Quantum’s commitment to helping agencies succeed and providing them with the tools they need to scale in the modern market. Quotehound Inc, is an online insurance marketplace that connects consumers with multiple insurance companies and local insurance agents across the United States. They leverage internal and external technology to deliver performance-based marketing in the form of leads, clicks and calls. Quotehound's business model allows its partners to build scalable…

Are you using LinkedIn more than ever before? As the pandemic continues, many midcareer professionals are using the extra time to network online. Whether you have been on LinkedIn for some time or are just getting started with it, having a strong profile is important. And having a solid LinkedIn profile includes choosing a cover or background photo. While having the standard LinkedIn background photo is a good starting point while you brainstorm ideas, choosing a unique image is a great way to help you stand out from the crowd. While your profile photo should be professional and conservative, your background photo is a way to show off your brand and your personality. When used correctly, your LinkedIn cover photo can help new connections and hiring managers get a sense of your personal brand and get to know you a little bit better. It can be tough to choose a photo that perfectly represents who you are as a professional, so here are some tips and ideas on how to choose the best LinkedIn cover photos: — Use a photo that represents your field. — Use a personal photo. — Use a photo of your workspace. — Use your company…

After a career as a customer-facing executive, Scott Shute designed and took his dream job, as Head of Mindfulness and Compassion Programs at LinkedIn. On the eve of his departure from LinkedIn, we spoke about Scott’s approach to leadership, which he describes as inside-out. This approach, based in compassion, has never been more critical than now amid the Great Resignation and so much other stress and tumult for employees within and beyond the workplace. Nell Derick Debevoise: You talk about Inside-Out leadership – what does that look like? Scott Shute: One of my favorite quotes is from Rumi: “Yesterday I was clever, and I tried to change the world, and today I am wise, and I'm working on myself.”  These days, we can open the virtual newspaper, and think wow, the world is a messed up place, and I'm not even sure which world I live in, based on which browser I opened. In that context, I could spend energy trying to solve any of those problems, whether climate or social justice or race or education. But I want to spend my energy on consciousness. And compassion.  I've had two tracks in my career: a giant part of my life…

Kitty Hawk Corp., an air taxi startup looking to put a pilotless shuttle in the sky, has hired Nancy Egan as chief policy and administrative officer.Egan joined Kitty Hawk within the last month from her role as general counsel for Wing Aviation LLC, the drone delivery unit of Google parent Alphabet Inc. Scott Coriell, a Wing spokesman, confirmed that the Palo Alto, Calif.-based company is searching for Egan’s replacement.Kitty Hawk is one of several companies operating in the air taxi space. Former Google executive Sebastian Thrun, a German-born computer scientist, started the Mountain View, Calif.-based company in 2010 and serves as its CEO. Kitty Hawk has the financial backing of Google co-founder and billionaire Larry Page. Egan’s move comes less than a month after Archer Aviation Inc., another Palo Alto-based electric aviation startup, hired chief legal officer Andrew Missan. He joined Archer from FitBit Inc., where Missan served as general counsel through the fitness startup’s $2.1 billion sale to Alphabet, which closed earlier this year.Another Kitty Hawk rival includes Santa Cruz, Calif.-based Joby Aviation LLC, which last year acquired the former flying car unit of Uber Technologies Inc. Joby went public in August by merging with a special purpose acquisition…

LinkedIn’s new Articles For Pages gives companies the ability to publish long-form content for the first time, rather than being restricted by a character count.In addition, company pages are getting a new way to produce live content, and new campaign options in LinkedIn Ads.LinkedIn is rolling out three new features in total:Articles For PagesLinkedIn live eventsWays to optimize & measure brand building with LinkedIn AdsAdvertisementContinue Reading BelowHere’s more about each of them.Articles For PagesLinkedIn users have long been able to publish longer content from their personal accounts.Company pages, on the other hand, have been restricted by an arbitrary character count.That’s no longer the case with LinkedIn’s new Articles For Pages initiative, which allows companies to compose and publish blog-style content of any length.Articles For Pages also provides detailed audience insights, including the firmographics of people reading and interacting with the content.The best part for pages that are familiar with publishing on LinkedIn — you can follow the same process. If you’re unfamiliar, here’s how you can publish articles as your page.AdvertisementContinue Reading BelowFirst, access your page’s ‘Super’ or ‘Content’ admin view. Then, under the Start a post prompt, click Write article.LinkedIn Live EventsLinkedIn is making its “Scheduled LinkedIn Live” and…

LinkedIn has advanced through with the new market of LinkedIn Learning and expanded into further industries. With its significantly high exposure in the job market towards both employers and employees, LinkedIn is the most widely used and acclaimed corporate social media platform where connections and networks make wonder in the real world. After LinkedIn Learning, and new updates from the company may seem huge over the newest update that was launched on Monday. However, the demand for this update was there for a very long time and by a huge amount of LinkedIn as revealed by the company in an email to DIW. The introduction of the dark mode for LinkedIn over to not only its web version but also the Android and iOS devices took the users by the wind for it was much expected and demanded as mentioned above. The introduction of the dark mode came second with the entire platform being remodeled to a new version last September for attracting more users and ramping up the impact of the application to backup and monetize effectively LinkedIn Learning. Contrary to the simplicity of the dark mode to be negative of the natural mode, the LinkedIn team gave immense…

Apple updates close the Pegasus gap Apple surprisingly presented new operating system versions on Tuesday night. The central innovation is the fact that the group has apparently finally succeeded in closing a “Zero Click” security hole exploited by the security company NSO Group, with which the Pegasus spyware was distributed via iMessage. The exploit, named FORCEDENTRY by the security organization Citizen Lab, gave Pegasus all-round access to Apple devices – including microphone, camera and all the data they contain. FORCEDENTRY was not only possible on iPhones. According to Apple, the underlying loophole was also in iPadOS, macOS and even watchOS. In all of these systems it has now been remedied with the new versions. LinkedIn discriminates against job applicants LinkedIn algorithms apparently have problems dealing with the EU’s fundamental right to free movement. According to the regulation, citizens of the community are allowed to work and live in any of the member states. According to a report by the organization AlgorithmWatch, however, the “Recruiter” service offered by the social network to maintain and initiate business contacts automatically classifies people who apply for a job in another EU country as “unsuitable”. Experts see this as a violation of European law. Our…

by Wendy Davis  @wendyndavis, 4 hours ago LinkedIn has told a federal judge that analytics company hiQ Labs, which has been fighting a high-profile battle against LinkedIn since 2017 over its scraping policies, actually went out of business three years ago.In those three years, the companies have taken their fight over scraping to the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, which upheld an injunction that prohibited LinkedIn from blocking hiQ, and the U.S. Supreme Court, which returned the case to the 9th Circuit for further consideration. Neither of those courts appeared to have been notified that hiQ allegedly ceased operations.“LinkedIn learned in the past few weeks that hiQ went out of business three years ago,” the Microsoft-owned platform wrote Friday in papers urging U.S. District Court Judge Edward Chen in the Northern District of California to lift the order that prohibits LinkedIn from blocking access by hiQ.advertisementadvertisement“hiQ shuttering its operations is precisely the kind of changed circumstance that eliminates the risk of likely irreparable harm and compels dissolution of the injunction,” LinkedIn writes.A LinkedIn lawyer elaborated in court papers that an hiQ attorney disclosed on August 20 of this year that the company had ceased operating in August or September of…