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By Kane Wu TOKYO (Reuters) – Carlyle, Warburg Pincus and a host of global investment firms plan to beef up headcount in Japan as deals here surge, but the country’s relatively low number of buyouts for much of the past two decades has made it tough to find people with…
Arm CEO Rene Haas said in a recent interview that he needs more engineers to drive AI growth.Companies are aggressively recruiting top AI talent, with some offering lucrative compensation.Though AI specialists are in high demand, other software developers have experienced layoffs amid cost-cutting. The AI train is running at full…
Ferring Pharmaceuticals, a Swiss biopharma firm, focuses on worker well-being and DEI.Purvi Tailor, head of human resources in its US business, is on BI’s Workforce Innovation board.This article is part of “Workforce Innovation,” a series exploring the forces shaping enterprise transformation. A lot of companies say they are like a…
Karthik Suri, Cornerstone OnDemand’s chief product officer, said AI can help fix a workforce readiness gap.Suri said Cornerstone uses the tech to inform employers of talent-development opportunities.This article is part of “Build IT,” a series about digital-tech trends disrupting industries. This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Karthik…
By Dmitry Zhdannikov and Julia Payne LONDON (Reuters) – Several high-profile energy traders have in recent weeks quit oil majors for trading houses, multiple sources told Reuters on Thursday, as talent follows assets swapping hands and as trading houses ramp up bonuses. Trading houses such as Vitol and Trafigura have…
This as-told-to essay is based on a transcribed conversation with Nolan Church, a former recruiter at Google and DoorDash and ex-chief people officer at Carta, about his experience of putting people on PIPs. The following has been edited for length and clarity.I’ve spent my career in recruitment. From May 2012…
Finding quality talent can be difficult. A staggering 99% of 300 US hiring managers say sourcing qualified talent is a challenge, according to a recent Indeed-commissioned survey with Harris Poll.1 Over half of those surveyed have seen reductions in their recruiting personnel, while they say only 36% of passive candidates…
US law firms are pushing ahead with their bid to dominate the City of London’s legal scene.Latham & Watkins, the world’s second-largest law firm by revenue, is just one such firm targeting the UK market.Last year, Latham poached top capital markets lawyer Mark Austin from Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, a member…
Hiring for AI talent is ruthless — and Big Tech may be to blame. Recruiters say tech giants offer high salaries to talent that smaller firms can’t match.There also aren’t many workers with the right skills for AI-related jobs, though that will change. The fight to hire the best AI talent…
