Heineken freshens up employee branding with videos | End of shutdown raises concerns over cybersecurity recruitment | Nikola Motors CEO wants to hire laid-off Tesla employees
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Heineken is working to freshen up how it is seen as an employer with a new video campaign that showcases the stories of 33 employees. Each short video shows how employees from every level, including in the finance, supply chain and marketing departments, can innovate and solve problems.
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While many politicians are concerned over stalled cybersecurity work during the partial government shutdown, a bigger worry is the obstacle the shutdown created for government agencies, especially the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, in recruiting cybersecurity experts. Moira Bergin, subcommittee director for the House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Protection, says cybersecurity workers "have plenty of places to go where they're definitely going to get a paycheck."
Nikola Motors CEO Trevor Milton used LinkedIn to get a message out to recently laid-off Tesla workers, inviting them to work for his company. Milton wrote that it wasn't a jab at Tesla, since Nikola is hiring for many positions and also targeted laid-off GM and Faraday workers.
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Rhode Island is the only state where public-school teachers are paid more than average, according 2017 data from the Labor Department. In the 1990s, public-school teachers in 26 out of 42 states received above-average salaries.
Students in one California school district will use video technology to meet professionals in fields such as botany and baking through live chat sessions. The district is using the Nepris program to host the chats for its World of Work Week.
Business leaders in states such as Tennessee and Colorado are partnering with colleges and universities to ensure that future workers earn the credentials they need, especially in areas such as manufacturing and engineering. Bill Seymour, president of Tennessee's Cleveland State Community College, says the need is particularly great in rural areas.
Building a behavioral science team -- otherwise known as a nudge unit -- for your organization can drive concrete change for employees in dealing with decision-making, health and more, write Anna Guntner, Konstantin Lucks and Julia Sperling-Magro of McKinsey. They spoke with 14 experts to compile some of the best practices for starting a "nudge" unit, named after the book by Cass Sunstein and Richard Thaler.
