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Webinar: COVID-19 Update—How to Keep Global Hiring Initiatives Running During Uncertain Times

Velocity Global

These obstacles make running global businesses challenging or nearly impossible, as millions of companies around the world shut down in an attempt to control the spread of the virus. However, for some companies, the outbreak has not stopped business entirely, and many of these firms need ways to keep their global hiring initiatives moving.

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Why Wages are Rising in the U.S.—and Four Ways Your Company Can Keep Up

Velocity Global

COVID-19 brought on historic unemployment in early 2020, with more than 20 million Americans losing their jobs in the first nine weeks of the pandemic. When the pandemic began in Q1 2020, many low-wage workers —such as those in restaurants, retail stores, hotels, and movie theaters—were the first to lose their jobs.

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How Four of the World’s Largest Employers Manage Their International Workforces

Velocity Global

The retail giant now employs workers in 27 countries worldwide. We want to be able to identify potential in our people, give them the tools to do their job really well, and let that potential shine,” says Jacqui Canney, Walmart’s Chief People Officer. Walmart began its international expansion by opening a store in Mexico City in 1991.

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Current Trends Shaping EMEA’s Tech Sector in 2022 and Beyond

Globalization Partners

The uniform and high-speed digitization has had an instantaneous effect on various sectors, such as healthcare, insurance, education, retail, and food delivery, making us rely on core and fringe technologies more than ever. This will see the government bring AI’s contribution to GDP to 5 percent and create 50,000 AI jobs by 2025.

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A CXO’s Guide to Navigating the 2024 talent landscape

Zinnov

The last two years saw unprecedented churn in the global talent landscape. From the Great Resignation or the Great Reshuffle in the year 2022 to the global hiring freezes and big layoffs in 2023 – talent leaders are struggling to adapt to these seismic shifts.

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Why the UK is Dominating Europe’s Fintech Market

Globalization Partners

Gore explained the ensuing domino effect: Many people left their banking, investment trading, and insurance jobs to start their own companies to address the inefficiencies they experienced while working in the banking and broader financial services sector.

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Is the U.S. Headed for An Economic Boom? Why Experts Are Optimistic

Velocity Global

Nearly a year after countries worldwide implemented unprecedented social distancing mandates, it’s no secret that COVID-19 wreaked historic damage on global economies. million people losing their jobs in April 2020 alone. Retail sales rose significantly in January, with the U.S. increase in retail sales in January.

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