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Virtual selling is increasingly becoming the norm with 9 in 10 top sellers in India using sales tech to close deals in the hybrid world, according to a recent report by LinkedIn.The professional networking platform on Tuesday launched the third edition of the ‘State of Sales’ APAC 2021 report to understand how these times of change are challenging the world of sales today. The findings are based on the responses of 400 buyers and 400 sellers in India.As per the report, virtual selling has become the norm. 74 per cent of Indian buyers said that working remotely has also made the purchasing process easier.It further emphasized that sales organisations and sales managers must prepare for an ongoing hybrid working world moving forward. This trend comes at a time when 90 per cent of India’s sales managers say that the ability to cope with change is more important now, than 5 years ago. The report further stated that sales leaders indicate that hiring may also change in two more crucial ways. "First, with the rise of remote work, sales organisations will be able to hire talent from virtually anywhere in the world — not just the cities where their offices are…

A post on LinkedIn calling on employers to remove “phantom job vacancies” if they are not hiring via the platform has gone viral, as jobseekers call for more “empathy and respect”.Brigette Hyacinth, an author and keynote speaker based in Trinidad and Tobago, expressed her frustration with companies that leave job vacancies online even if they are not actively hiring, describing it as a “complete waste of our time”.In an open letter, she wrote: “Dear Companies, please remove job vacancies posted if you are currently not hiring. It’s a complete waste of our time preparing and sending out resumes for ‘phantom jobs’.“Job searching is emotionally draining and this only gives us false hope. Leaving these postings up just to collect resumes is not cool.“Put yourself in our shoes,” she added. “Just be honest and transparent. Only advertise for live jobs. Show empathy and respect and we look forward to one day to work for such an organisation as yours. Sincerely, Jobseekers.”Hyacinth added in a comment: “It’s time to put back the ‘HUMAN’ in Human Resources!”More than 11,600 people from all over the world reacted to Hyacinth’s post on LinkedIn, with hundreds of comments agreeing that companies should stop giving jobseekers “false…

Thiago Prudêncio, SOPA Images, LightRocket, Getty Images A new social-media app for mobile phones called Clubhouse is gaining steam in some nonprofit quarters. The app isn’t text based like Twitter or Facebook. Instead, Clubhouse users speak to each other on their phones in groups. Nonprofit leaders are using it to amplify their missions and expand their networks. Rahsaan Harris became CEO of the Citizens Committee for New York City last March just as the pandemic was shutting down the city — and every nonprofit leader in the country had to start communicating with staff, donors, and grantees using online tools like Zoom and Slack. Harris first used Clubhouse last fall when the Citizens Committee was just starting to do podcasts. He wanted to learn the ins and outs of the medium from experienced podcasters.“I ended up in a room of creatives,” Harris says. “They were giving tips on how to do a podcast with blow-by-blow details regarding how to market and create a compelling podcast that’s meaningful. I learned so much from the folks that were across the country all in this one conversation.”Since then,  » Read More

Twitch has a host of problems it needs to sort through, but one of the most pressing involves an increasing frequency of hate raids towards streamers. Twitch drama seems to be a constant in the world of livestreaming, but the most recent incident goes beyond petty arguments between streamers or inexplicable bans. Although it has always been an issue, the frequency and intensity of "hate raids" towards marginalized streamers (ie. people of color and members of the LGBTQIA+ community) has been drastically increasing in recent weeks, and Twitch hasn't done much about it. This has prompted streamers to get the hashtag #TwitchDoBetter trending on Twitter. As more and more streamers join the movement, it's likely that Twitch will address it in some way. The problem is exacerbated by the way that Twitch streamers are treated by the platform. While streamers aren't typically treated maliciously there are widespread complaints about lack of communication and an unfair payment system. Namely, the fact that streamers only get around 50% of the money they would make from fans subscribing. Potential Trigger Warning For Hateful Speech This was in December, had only been on twitch less than a year.. We help grow and diversify this platform where…

Former 100 Thieves streamer Froste is now banned on Twitch for two days. The twitch star received the ban and a DMCA strike from Disney after allegedly watching Marvel movies on stream.   Froste gained quite the following while part of The Mob, a group of content creators and friends that produced some legendary content. Lately, Froste has been spotted playing in Poker tournaments and other casual games where he can interact with his community. However, while the streamer was trying to pass time during a subathon, he decided do something against Twitch TOS – that is, showing movies on stream without permission. Got a DMCA strike from Disney and a 48 hour ban on my Twitch channel for ALLEGEDLY watching Black Panther on stream…. Subathon continues in 48 hours! — Froste 💯 (@Froste) August 9, 2021 Froste receives ban after “allegedly” watching Black Panther The Twitch entertainer was taking a look at Marvel’s Black Panther – or, as he and his community put it, “allegedly” watching the movie. His viewers were quick to defend him and said he was watching “extended trailers.” Read More: NFL player figures out perfect way to grind Warzone while preparing for 2021 season Regardless of…

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Shares of Twitter Inc. TWTR, -0.53% slumped 0.53% to $67.01 Monday, on what proved to be an all-around poor trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index SPX, -0.09% falling 0.09% to 4,432.35 and Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, -0.30% falling 0.30% to 35,101.85. This was the stock's second consecutive day of losses. Twitter Inc. closed $13.74 short of its 52-week high ($80.75), which the company reached on February 25th. The stock underperformed when compared to some of its competitors Monday, as Microsoft Corp. MSFT, -0.39% fell 0.39% to $288.33, Alphabet Inc. Cl A GOOGL, +0.87% rose 0.87% to $2,738.26, and Facebook Inc. Cl A FB, -0.52% fell 0.52% to $361.61. Trading volume (7.9 M) remained 5.6 million below its 50-day average volume of 13.5 M. Editor's Note: This story was auto-generated by Automated Insights, an automation technology provider, using data from Dow Jones and FactSet. See our market data terms of use.

Marvel has changed the Captain America Twitter account to reflect Captain Carter's role in What If...?, and Sam Wilson fans have some objections. Following the sudden change of Marvel's Captain America social media page, Sam Wilson trends online as fans share their support for Anthony Mackie's character. Since the MCU's creation, Steve Rogers (Chris Evans) loomed large as Captain America, one of the franchise's biggest heroes. Steve received an impressive arc that spanned nearly ten years before stepping down in Avengers: Endgame and passing on the shield to Sam. Sam's journey to accepting the Captain America role was then chronicled in The Falcon and the Winter Soldier earlier this year. The final episode of the Disney+ series, which arrived back in March, was Sam's first official outing as Captain America. In the days following its release, Marvel made several gestures to welcome Sam into his new role. From releasing a poster of him in his full costume to changing the Captain America Twitter page to reflect Sam's MCU arc, there was no question that the onetime Falcon had changed roles. However, with the new series What If...? offering an alternate captain, things have changed online. Starting this Wednesday, Marvel's What If...? will highlight different alternate realities within…

The Google Podcasts app for Android and iOS has been updated with a new redesign, coupled with a few minor changes. One of the bigger additions here is the inclusion of “Subscriptions” on the “Home” tab.This change allows Google to add a “More” button to the right-hand side of the screen. Tapping this opens all subscriptions in a grid view. This is particularly beneficial for users with many podcasts, allowing for easy viewing of each subscription.While the Home tab remains largely unchanged beyond this, each episode card now gets an overflow menu in the bottom right corner. Tapping this opens options to share the episode or “Mark as played.” Previously, users had to open the episode page to mark an episode as played.The changes are included with version 12.30 of Google Podcasts9to5Google highlights that the “Activity” tab on the bottom has now been renamed to “Library.” The Library tab contains options like Subscriptions, Queue, Downloads, and History. Meanwhile, the Explore tab remains unchanged for the most part,  » Read More

The tween’s parents started searching for her and reached her classmate’s house after she didn’t return from school on Monday afternoon. The classmate told them the cooked-up story, following which the parents informed police about the kidnapping. (Getty Images/iStockphoto) The tween girl had convinced a classmate, who lives in her neighbourhood in Bhamian Kalan, to inform her parents that around five men had kidnapped her outside the school. During investigation, police found that in the morning, the girl had made a plan on a WhatsApp group to meet. PUBLISHED ON AUG 10, 2021 01:29 AM IST A Class-6 student of a government school in Ludhiana faked her kidnapping to meet a friend, sending her parents and local police in a tizzy on Monday. The tween had convinced a classmate, who lives in her neighbourhood in Bhamian Kalan, to inform her parents that around five men had kidnapped her outside the school. The girl’s parents started searching for her and reached her classmate’s house after she didn’t return from school on Monday afternoon. The classmate told them the cooked-up story, following which the parents informed police about the kidnapping. The Jamalpur police swung into action immediately. Upon questioning, the classmate told…