The Fourth Industrial Revolution is here, and new skills are already in high demand. The search for these skills drives today’s labor market, and to beat the competition, you must take a fresh look at existing talent.
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Udemy, the largest global marketplace for learning and teaching online, announced today that the company’s long-time partner in Japan, Benesse Holdings, Inc., has agreed to invest $50 million in Udemy with a valuation of $2 billion.
Meritize, a pioneer developer of funding solutions for skills-based education and workforce development, today announced the launch of a new platform designed to expand access to in-demand, skills-based training programs.
People have been talking about the gig economy – one in which organizations and independent workers engage in short-term work arrangements. For some, the gig economy represents freedom from an economic model that doesn’t come with flexibility.
ManpowerGroup (NYSE: MAN) today launches Talent Solutions, combining three of its current global offerings – RPO (Recruitment Process Outsourcing), TAPFIN MSP (Managed Service Provider) and Right Management – to provide innovative solutions.
Codility, a platform that enables companies to build better engineering teams, announced today a $22 million Series A funding round led by Oxx and Kennet Partners.
Instruqt, a Netherlands-based challenge-driven learning platform, today announced that it has received a €2 million funding injection from its parent company, Xebia Investment Holding, to expand its online learning offerings.
Fifty four percent of workers will need reskilling and/or upskilling by 2022 in order for them and their organizations to remain competitive in the quickly changing world of work.
Degreed, the workforce upskilling platform for one-in-three Fortune 50 companies, has acquired Adepto, a Total Talent platform that provides visibility and access to the skill-sets of current, past, and potential workers.
EdCast announced that it is collaborating with Mastercard to deliver resources to enable governments and enterprises to develop the workforce of the future and close skills gaps around the world.