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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has announced that the company’s much-discussed ‘head of preparedness’ role advertised in December last year with a base salary of up to $555,000 a year has now been filled. The position went to Dylan Scandinaro, a former member of the AI safety team at rival company Anthropic. Altman took to social…
Hiring a house help is a big decision as a lot of things related to your daily life depend on it. From cleaning and cooking to baby-sitting and elderly aid, today house help is not only a luxury in modern India; it’s a necessity. With rising work pressure, busy work schedules and nuclear families. However,…
If you are a corporate employee, then you might have come across situations where sometimes 20+ people sit in a meeting but nothing gets decided. The worst: Everyone’s just nodding along? Well, you’re not alone. Amazon founder Jeff Bezos tackled this common workplace organisational problem with his famous “two-pizza rule”: No team should be larger…
Apple’s AI progress has been significantly hampered, with a prominent analyst identifying John Giannandrea’s 2018 hiring as a major misstep. Once a leader in voice assistants, Siri reportedly declined under his watch, leading to internal turmoil and a talent drain. Now, Apple is reportedly paying Google $1 billion annually for AI technology, a stark admission…
Texas governor Greg Abbott on Tuesday ordered state agencies and public universities to halt new H-1B visa hiring.This marks a major setback for foreign professionals seeking to work in US, especially in the Red state.In a letter sent to agency heads, Abbott directed all state bodies to immediately freeze new H-1B petitions, citing ‘abuse’ of…
India Inc is dialing back hiring of fresh graduates, especially those from science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) backgrounds, as companies turn more selective and focuses on industry-ready talent.Around 200,000–220,000 STEM freshers were hired in FY25, but this number is expected to fall to a little over 150,000 in the current fiscal, according to a…
Elon Musk has joined the high-stakes ‘war for talent’ with Facebook-parent Meta, Google, Microsoft and OpenAI, among others. The Tesla CEO is said to be taking a personal interest in recruitment for his artificial intelligence (AI) startup, xAI. The company has announced that it is hiring a “small, elite unit” of talent engineers who will…
In the competitive landscape of tech talent acquisition, Cisco’s Chief People Officer emphasizes the challenges in finding skilled professionals in AI and machine learning, where a dwindling talent pool meets soaring demand. To lure exceptional candidates, executives like President Jeetu Patel are taking proactive measures and reaching out personally. Cisco’s Chief People Officer Kelly Jones…
BENGALURU: With just 17 net hires in the first nine months of the 2025-26 financial year, India’s top five IT companies eased off the hiring throttle and moved firmly into caution mode. The muted performance marked a sharp contrast to the 17,764 net additions recorded during the same period last year, highlighting how the hiring…
Garry Tan, the CEO of Y Combinator, has an advice for companies: hire only when you face acute operational pain not because you think you need someone in the future. Tan said that he has learned from both venture capitalists and founders that hiring during operational stress will help companies better define roles and avoid…
