Editor's Notebook SHRM 2016 Day 3: Evesdroppers, Band-Aids and Missed Cruises SHRM just might want to hear from one Hilary Constable. She has a lot to say about certification. June 21, 2016 by

This is a story about Randy and Dave (R&D). Today, Randy runs a small startup that has about two months worth of cash left, and he’s more than a little nervous. Dave works for a huge, famous worldwide company that is doing the same thing today as it did when your grandpa was a client, and he’s…

Do you need to be a geek to be a tech startup founder? No, absolutely not. Let me put it out there, I don’t code, I don’t hack, but I do have vision and know what I want, and I do know how to hire the right people to make it happen. It’s valuable to have a technical background, but it is not a…

Home Industries Internet/Online Services The Wall Street Journal Get email alerts The Wall Street Journal By Published: June 20, 2016 8:39 p.m. ET Share Sharp decline may date back two years Bloomberg News Experts have noticed a drop in China-based hacking incidents. By Robert McMillan Chinese…

Shutterstock No surprise – human resources is at a distinct crossroads. Despite the critical role that human capital plays in business outcomes, the function has struggled to gain and retain its seat at the executive table. Some industry pundits have even gone so far as to predict HR’s demise…

Whatever Works SHRM Day 2: What I Didn’t Expect So Far Just some random observations from my first day and a half in Washington, D.C. June 20, 2016 by

CLOSE More Options

Home Industries Internet/Online Services The Wall Street Journal Get email alerts The Wall Street Journal By Published: June 20, 2016 5:26 p.m. ET Share Sheryl Sandberg says company studying Chinese market Bloomberg News Sheryl Sandberg, chief operating officer of Facebook Inc. By Deepa Seetharaman…

CLOSE More Options

Iran is getting ready to place an order with Boeing BA +0.09% for 100 planes, as Iran opens up its markets to US aircrafts for first time in decades. If approved by the US government, the deal will be a big deal for Boeing, as it tries to catch up with European rival Airbus, which has already landed…

Home Industries Internet/Online Services The Wall Street Journal Get email alerts The Wall Street Journal By Published: June 19, 2016 7:49 p.m. ET Share Goldman Sachs lead latest funding round By Telis Demos Plaid Technologies Inc., whose software allows a variety of financial-technology startups to…

Bloomberg Slide 1 of 10 Alone doesn’t have to mean lonely — at least when it comes to travel. Roughly one in four people say they will travel solo in the next year — and that’s on the rise, according to survey of 2,300 people released last year from marketing firm MMGY Global. Furthermore, more than…

Shutterstock Big data. Predictive analytics. Left-brained CMOs. With the sophisticated statistical techniques that now exist, enabling CMOs to generate superior insight out of data, expectations have ratcheted up. It started in the late 1990s and early 2000s with an expectation that CMOs would be…

Zappos.com CEO Tony Hsieh speaks onstage at CinemaCons final day luncheon and special presentation during CinemaCon. (Photo by Charley Gallay/Getty Images for CinemaCon) I was shocked to read an old Gallup study that indicates only 13% of employees worldwide are actively engaged at work, and more…

Unlike its tech competitors, Apple Inc. doesn’t have a venture-capital arm. The reason goes to the core of Apple itself — it’s all about secrecy. At least that’s what experts say, after Apple AAPL, +0.56% made a $1 billion investment in Didi Chuxing , nearly double the total 2015 spending of the…

Talent By the Numbers: July 2016 What's it like working in the animal kingdom? June 17, 2016 by

Two ride-hailing giants are bringing in billions of dollars from untraditional sources, part of a growing global rivalry that will be fueled by the cash. Uber Technologies Inc. is reportedly raising up to $7 billion, according to The Wall Street Journal, while its competitor in China, Didi Chuxing,…

Having served previously as chief information security officer (CISO) of two giant US companies in Time Warner Cable and Home Depot HD +0.10% , Tammy Moskites is exceptionally well-placed to take a leading role in the fight for cyber security. It hasn’t always been easy in her journey, however:…

Getty Images Slide 1 of 12 As Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton seek to consolidate their base and prepare for the general election in November, other conversations are going on behind closed doors — with lobbyists and donors trying to exercise their influence. Money plays a huge role in the American…

Shutterstock With IPOs almost nonexistent and venture funding slowing down, the environment has suddenly become awful for startups. In fact, the only hot buzzword in Silicon Valley is “profit.” Granted, it’s impossible to know how long the downturn will last. Yet for entrepreneurs, it’s probably…

Whatever Works An Open Challenge to Google on SEO Headlines Please note this headline is not a good SEO headline, but I’m OK with that. And did I mention The Career Hackers? June 16, 2016 Sometimes it’s good to challenge your workforce; it promotes innovation. A few weeks ago, I read a story on CNN…

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton speaks at a rally in San Francisco, California on May 26, 2016. (Photo: JOSH EDELSON/AFP/Getty Images) Hillary Clinton’s private email server has attracted the attention of foreign hackers and American regulators alike. But now her campaign crew’s…

Bloomberg News/Landov There are over 433 million users on LinkedIn and many of them — though not all — are probably competing for the same jobs. Investors have scored big as shares soared after Microsoft MSFT, +0.88% agreed to buy the careers website for $26.2 billion. Members of the site are still…

According to the U.S. Department of Labor, over 2 million people are quitting their jobs each month, and that number is only growing. On average millennials will change jobs at least 4 times by the time they are 32, nearly twice as much as the previous generation. Knowing when it’s time to quit is…

SEATTLE—Tech companies are using unconventional interviewing methods to find the strongest candidates, said Gayle Laakmann McDowell, founder and CEO of Palo Alto, California-based CareerCup.com, a company that prepares candidates for technical interviews, at the 2016 Talent42 Tech Recruiting…

Home Industries Internet/Online Services The Wall Street Journal Get email alerts The Wall Street Journal By Published: June 15, 2016 5:26 p.m. ET Share CEO among those joining Pinterest Bloomberg Pinterest said some of Fleksy’s accessibility components with be open sourced. By Yoree Koh Pinterest…

Home Industries Internet/Online Services The Wall Street Journal Get email alerts The Wall Street Journal By Published: June 15, 2016 11:17 p.m. ET Share Samsung’s 3rd big purchase of a U.S. startup in past 2 years Bloomberg News Samsung sees value in the cloud. By Jonathan Cheng SEOUL — Samsung…

Shanghai Disneyland opens today in China after so much anticipation that people lined up for as long as four hours during trial runs over the past month and you need tickets in advance to get in through Saturday. Walt Disney DIS +0.20% expects 50 million visitors a year. Chinese thrill seekers have…

Microsoft’s blockbuster announcement that it is purchasing LinkedIn foreshadows a huge shift in the human capital and enterprise technology market. Will it lead to enhanced recruiting opportunities for talent professionals or dampen innovation at one of the world’s most popular talent solutions…

The Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) will hold a one-day event in Seattle designed for recruitment and talent management professionals and presented in partnership with the Puget Sound SHRM Chapters . The SHRM Talent Symposium will take place at the Sheraton Seattle on July 15, steps…

Philip Miscimarra Is Mad as Hell, and You Should Be Too! At issue in Schwan’s Home Service is the viability of various workplace communication policies. June 15, 2016 by

(Photo credit: RODRIGO ARANGUA/AFP/Getty Images) Officials in Geneva have arrested a computer technician who worked for Mossack Fonseca, the Panamanian law firm tied to one of the largest whistleblower data leaks in history. The unnamed IT worker at the law firm’s Geneva office allegedly “brought…

Home Industries Internet/Online Services The Wall Street Journal Get email alerts The Wall Street Journal By and Published: June 14, 2016 9:47 p.m. ET Share Chinese e-commerce giant hopes to silence growth concerns Bloomberg News An employee walks past a sign at an Alibaba operations center in…

Apple AAPL +0.57% is pushing its payment platform into Asia and Europe after launching it in China earlier. The Silicon Valley icon may need that broader market as it is expected to struggle in China, the obvious prime target country outside the United States. Despite its good name for software and…

Recruiters should take advantage of the flexible work opportunities at their organizations and use them as part of their recruitment strategy, urged experts at a recent flexible work conference. “A lot of companies have flexible work options, but they don’t necessarily say that in their job…