Analysts: IBM job cuts could top 14,000 | Intelligence community looks to recruit LGBT workers at SXSW | Why Brooks Brothers factories are filled with older employees
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IBM might lay off more than 14,000 employees as part of a "workforce rebalancing," according to a report from Bernstein. IBM had rejected an estimate that it would eliminate a third of its workforce, saying the report was "completely outlandish and untrue."
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US intelligence agencies are hoping to boost their recruitment of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender workers with a presentation at the South by Southwest festival in Austin, Texas. The presentation will feature three intelligence officers and their experiences serving openly in spy agencies.
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In a Brooks Brothers plant in Long Island City, more than 50% of employees are age 55 or older. While older employees cost more than younger counterparts, they're more experienced and work faster and more accurately. With the US workforce aging, other companies will similarly have to face the pros and cons of using older workers in coming years, Columbia Aging Center Associate Director Ruth Finkelstein says. "Brooks Brothers is ahead of the curve and a model for other companies," she says.
Workplace wellness programs that include distribution of wearable fitness trackers and biometric monitors present legal and ethical issues for employers, experts say. Employers are probably within legal rights to require employees to use the devices, but they should be careful about collecting and using information from the gadgets, Electronic Frontier Foundation attorney Lee Tien says.
Some companies have added mobile gaming applications to their job recruitment processes as a way of predicting potential job performance. These employers believe games such as "Stockfuse" and "Bomba Blitz" can help them better evaluate a candidate's strengths and weaknesses, leadership abilities, and judgment and decision-making processes.
Being a front-line supervisor can be "terrifying, overwhelming and demoralizing," writes Julie Winkle Giulioni. That makes it essential for leaders to provide them with proper support, training and mentoring opportunities. "Front-line supervisors really drive the business. It's time to rethink the role and set them up for success rather than a squeeze," Giulioni writes.
For an installation at Arizona State University, artist Michael Mandiberg has printed every English page of Wikipedia -- an effort that, using an on-demand printing service, would cost more than $600,000. Mandiberg used about 5 million pages to complete the project.
The scientific man does not aim at an immediate result. He does not expect that his advanced ideas will be readily taken up. His work is like that of the planter -- for the future. His duty is to lay the foundation for those who are to come, and point the way.
