Early Employee Series: Fred Harman, Disney’s First Employee

The Walt Disney Company is an American media and entertainment company, responsible for many of what are known today as classic kids’ movies. Headquartered in Burbank, California, the company’s mission is to entertain, inform and inspire people around the globe through the power of unparalleled storytelling. Behind it all, the mastermind of Walt Disney himself has built this media empire. Along with Disney, the one who brought it all to life before the formation of Walt Disney Studios was Walt Disney’s first employee: Fred Harman. Harman met Disney through working together at the Kansas City Film Ad Company when he…

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AI in the Hiring World

AI, or Artificial Intelligence is on a rise in the hiring world. In today’s workforce, the goal of a perfect team with the right candidates can be achieved. With the rise in hiring volume, the key to creating that perfect team lies in the use of AI. AI in hiring has the ability to sort through large applicant pools quickly and effectively. By creating insights on candidates initially, the recruiting team is less overwhelmed and can view a smaller volume of applicants. Through the use of AI, organizations can have a more diverse workforce. Since AI software views responses from…

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Early Employee Series: Shel Kaphan, Amazon’s First Employee

As the current largest online marketplace in the world, Amazon is a trillion-dollar American corporation​. Founded by Jeff Bezos in 1994, the company is based in Seattle, Washington​. Aside from Bezos, however, there was another face of development. That face is Shel Kaphan, the first employee of Amazon.com. In a 2011 interview with GeekWire, Kahan reveals his own story with the eCommerce empire. The start of Amazon began as a small online bookshop based in a garage in Bellevue. During this period, Kaphan was hired to create the base software with the second employee, Paul Davis. They both worked together…

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How to Land A Job In The Crypto Space

Blockchain and cryptocurrencies have been all over the news lately, and the interest in jobs in this industry has been growing over the last 12 months. Source - Google Trends Several factors have contributed to this rise in popularity. Bitcoin hit a record $60,000 in April. El Salvador became the first country to adopt Bitcoin as legal tender. Cryptocurrencies are even making their way into retirement plans. Source - Yahoo! Finance Tesla announced plans to accept Bitcoin as payment, but with concerns over how Bitcoin transactions might affect climate change, they dropped the idea. How do I get a job…

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2021 – The New Post-COVID Life

Working from home can be hard. From family knocking on your door at the *best* of times, to pets taking up larger portions of your camera than you care to admit, there are many aspects of a home that begin to lose their charm when it doubles as your workspace. Despite the challenges and occasional mishaps of working from home, you find the comfort of it to be convenient and occasionally, memorable. The anger caused by that lawnmower that has seemingly been going for hours melts away as you realize that you can keep wearing your sweats for a long…

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