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China’s dancing robots: how worried should we be?
Eye-catching martial arts performance at China gala had viewers and experts wondering what else humanoids can doDancing humanoid robots took centre stage on Monday during the annual China Media Group’s Spring Festival Gala, China’s most-watched official television broadcast. They lunged and backflip... Link: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/feb/18/china-dancing-humanoid-robots-festival-show :Cat-N
ERA measures risk being a ‘further handbrake on hiring’
CIPD research suggests Employment Rights Act likely to weaken permanent job creation and increase employment costs. The post ERA measures risk being a ‘further handbrake on hiring’ appeared first on Personnel Today. Link: https://www.personneltoday.com/hr/employment-rights-act-measures-risk-being-a-further-handbrake-on-hiring/ :Cat-N
January 2026 Jobs Report: Revisions to 2025 Data Made an Already Bad Year Worse
Revisions to 2025 data overshadowed an otherwise decent gain of 130,000 jobs in January 2026. The post January 2026 Jobs Report: Revisions to 2025 Data Made an Already Bad Year Worse appeared first on Indeed Hiring Lab. Link: https://www.hiringlab.org/2026/02/11/january-2026-jobs-report/ :Cat-N
Learning Agility in the AI Era: How Skills-Based Hiring Identifies Future-Ready Talent
Artificial intelligence is reshaping roles, redefining skill sets, and accelerating the rate at which entire industries evolve. The question is no longer if your workforce can adapt, but how quickly. Learning agility—the ability to learn, unlearn, and relearn as conditions change—has become the ski... Link: https://harver.com/blog/learning-agility-roti-ai-era/ :Cat-N
How human skills give PwC the advantage in the AI world of work
In an exclusive UNLEASH interview, Yolanda Seals-Coffield, PwC US Chief People & Inclusion Officer, shared why human skills are a focus for the consulting giant as it seeks to get value from AI. Read on to be inspired into how to practically re-envision skills and learning for this AI moment. Link: https://www.unleash.ai/learning-and-development/how-human-skills-give-pwc-the-advantage-in-the-ai-world-of-work/ :Cat-N
The Anthropic Economic Index report: Economic Primitives – what HR leaders need to know
Want to understand more about how AI is shaping the workforce? UNLEASH takes a deep dive into the latest report from Anthropic to discover what HR leaders need to know. Link: https://www.unleash.ai/artificial-intelligence/the-anthropic-economic-index-report-economic-primitives-what-hr-leaders-need-to-know/ :Cat-N
Fair Hiring in 2026: How Skills-Based Hiring and Ethical AI Create a More Equitable Path Forward
Fair hiring has always been a business and moral imperative. But expectations around what fair actually means have changed. New regulations, increased transparency requirements, and a surge of AI-driven tools mean organizations must go beyond good intentions and build hiring systems that are demonst... Link: https://harver.com/blog/fair-hiring-in-2026-how-skills-based-hiring-and-ethical-ai-create-a-more-equitable-path-forward/ :Cat-N
100,000 outsiders – this is how businesses succeed through inclusion
Diversity and inclusion is about more than values. It is also good business, according to Oskar Eikeseth. He is a social economist working for EY, one of the world’s biggest consultancy firms. Eikeseth has cerebral palsy. The post 100,000 outsiders – this is how businesses succeed through inclusion ... Link: https://www.nordiclabourjournal.org/100000-outsiders-this-is-how-businesses-succeed-through-inclusion/ :Cat-N
From golden handshake to outplacement
Martin Olesen has held leadership positions for 25 years and has both given and received outplacement support to help find new jobs after redundancy. Outplacement has become part of the HR policy in many Danish companies. The post From golden handshake to outplacement appeared first on Nordic Labour... Link: https://www.nordiclabourjournal.org/from-golden-handshake-to-outplacement/ :Cat-N
5 Critical Components of a Talent Acquisition Roadmap
From rising cost-per-hire to the compliance minefield surrounding AI tools, talent teams are navigating an increasingly complex environment. Degree inflation is reversing, traditional credentials are losing their signal value, and new threats like candidate fraud and generative AI cheating are erodi... Link: https://harver.com/blog/5-critical-components-of-your-talent-acquisition-roadmap/ :Cat-N
What Workers Expect When They’re Expecting Better Work: Findings From the 2025 Indeed Workforce Insights Survey
The 2025 Indeed Workforce Insights Survey asked 80,000 workers from 8 countries to share their opinions on AI, their outlook for the future of their industries and national economies, how they do and would like to build skills – and more. The post What Workers Expect When They’re Expecting Better Wo... Link: https://www.hiringlab.org/2026/01/19/2025-indeed-workforce-insights-survey/ :Cat-N
In Focus – Psychology
Performance Reviews in Project-Based Engineering Firms: Toward a More Holistic and Development-Oriented Approach
Performance reviews are widely used in engineering consulting firms to evaluate employee contributions and determine compensation and promotion decisions. However, research has shown that traditional review systems may overemphasize measurable technical results while overlooking collaboration, leade... Link: https://digitalcommons.harrisburgu.edu/dandt/86 :Cat-PS
The Role of Stakeholder Management in the Adaptive Reuse of Historic Buildings: Balancing Social, Economic, and Community Interests
The adaptive reuse of historic buildings has emerged as a vital strategy for sustainable urban development. While such projects can preserve cultural heritage, revitalize communities, and stimulate economic growth, they often face significant challenges due to competing stakeholder priorities. The c... Link: https://digitalcommons.harrisburgu.edu/dandt/85 :Cat-PS
Exploring the Impact of Team Culture in High-Pressure Jobs, such as Investment Banking and Consulting, and How Project Management Can Be Applied
Toxic team cultures remain a pressing issue in high-pressure environments such as investment banking and consulting, where long hours, and hierarchical norms often undermine employee well-being and compromise project delivery. Previous studies have documented how workplace stress, exclusionary leade... Link: https://digitalcommons.harrisburgu.edu/dandt/84 :Cat-PS
The Improvement of Instruction in the Social Studies in Wilson County, Tennessee through the Use of Audio Visual Aids and Community Resources
Link: https://digitalscholarship.tnstate.edu/alumni-etd/221 :Cat-PS
Environmental Risk Assessment of Textile Waste from Bio-Engineered Fibers in the Fashion Industry
The global fashion industry generates over 92 million tons of textile waste annually, a figure projected to increase significantly by 2030. Bio-engineered fibers, including bacterial cellulose, mycelium-based leather, and recombinant protein textiles emerge as sustainable alternatives to conventiona... Link: https://digitalcommons.harrisburgu.edu/dandt/83 :Cat-PS
Association of Hair Shedding Level with Cow–Calf Performance in Summer-Bred Dexter Cattle
Reduced winter hair shedding in beef cows through the spring and summer months may contribute to heat stress and reduced performance in spring-calving herds. This study evaluated the relationship of hair shedding with the fertility and maternal performance of 72 Dexter cows. Hair shedding data for 2... Link: https://digitalscholarship.tnstate.edu/food-animal-sci-faculty/13 :Cat-PS
In Focus – Knowledge
Quantum engineering makes you happy
Ananya Amitabh is 21 and studying for a Master’s degree in quantum engineering at ETH Zurich. She is impressed by the diversity and top level of quantum research conducted here. In the video, she explains why she chose this path, how she strikes a balance between her studies, karate and music, and w... Link: https://ethz.ch/en/news-and-events/eth-news/news/2026/02/quantum-engineering-makes-you-happy.html :Cat-K
Record-breaking sediment core may help predict Antarctic ice loss
An international research team has recovered the longest sediment core ever drilled from beneath an ice sheet. The core preserves evidence of climate changes spanning millions of years and will help improve predictions of how the West Antarctic Ice Sheet may respond to ongoing global warming. Link: https://ethz.ch/en/news-and-events/eth-news/news/2026/02/record-breaking-sediment-core-may-help-predict-antarctic-ice-loss.html :Cat-K
Unprecedented interest in Lund University’s international recruitment
The original total of 25 positions has been increased to 45 – researchers from some of the world’s leading universities who are now heading to Lund. Link: https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/unprecedented-interest-lund-universitys-international-recruitment :Cat-K
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