By Alberto De Capitani
What odd times we live in. As I’m writing this, a strong westerly wind is battering against the whitewashed walls of my West Wales home where I have been on lockdown now for 6 weeks, creating a pleasant background noise which almost lulls me to sleep. A welcome change from the disruptive noises of London’s urban jungle, sure, but as more and more people begin to embrace (or despise) our new “WFH” work pattern, one of remote collaboration, decreased supervision and an ever blurring distinction between working hours and “me time”, some important questions become unavoidable…
Nonostante il proliferare di svariati tipi di corso di formazione, sia online che fisici, pochi di questi vengono effettivamente valorizzati da potenziali datori di lavoro e le relative competenze non sono analizzate in nessun dettaglio. Allo stesso tempo, un numero crescente di lavoratori soprattutto nel settore terziario sfruttano la miriade di corsi a loro disponibili per svilupparsi personalmente e professionalmente: adesso si parla addirittura di un mercato tutto nuovo, quello del “lifelong learning.”
Il motivo dell’esistenza di questa contraddizione è senza dubbio lo storico collo di bottiglia che ha storicamente reso difficile la piena consapevolezza delle competenze acquisite da un…
The sustained growth of new technologies is pressuring organisations to digitally transform themselves in order to remain competitive. We hear every day about how solutions such as cloud storage and big data have improved productivity and increased bottom lines around the globe, yet emerging technologies like Blockchain have yet to prove how beneficial they can be. In this article, we shall investigate the value of using Blockchain as a mean to store encrypted university diplomas. …
We are very proud to announce an exciting new partnership with TAG Innovation School, the educational branch of the Talent Garden group, which is the biggest startup accelerator in Italy and one of the most important in Europe, with 23 sites located in 6 countries and a vast network of 235 startups.
TAG Innovation School runs several masters courses open to incubated startuppers and external applicants alike. …
Almost 750,000 university graduates will obtain their hard-earned degrees this year in the UK. A population large enough to fill the city of Stockholm will therefore seek to kickstart or enhance their careers, be it in industry, academia or voluntary work.
Yet, the prospect of taking their next career step is quite bleak in 2018. Inefficient degree verification services cripple hiring processes in the UK and worldwide, pushing up expenses and time needed to on-board new employees. As a result, honest candidates stay jobless for longer and companies are discouraged from verifying job candidates’ qualifications, opening the door to widespread…
Blockchain is inevitably emerging as a groundbreaking technology, which will affect almost all aspects of our business activities. Just to name a few examples, it can help a company trace the exact origin of the diamonds it trades, execute robust digital contracts between parties and make recruitment quicker and easier for employers. But can the Blockchain revolution also benefit individuals on a global basis?
Almost a year ago, I was pitching Gradbase at a large tech conference in the Western district of Berlin. At the end of my pitch, a senior manager of a famous German multinational came to talk…
Blockchain technology is currently used mostly for financial purposes, but notary applications, i.e. application associated to records of documents and claims, are hot prospects eager to steal the limelight. However, issuing personal claims (such as academic diplomas) on the Blockchain implies processing personal data, for which compliance with relevant legislation is a must.
The “Right to be forgotten” is one of the novel concepts introduced in the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) that will become law on May 25, 2018. In layman’s terms, this represents a right granted to data owners to request, to a company or any entity…
In the United Kingdom, more than 500,000 computer scientists are needed by 2022. This comes about as the demands of the modern job market shift relentlessly towards the digital economy, which includes new highly disruptive sectors such as Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning and Robotics.
In a speech today at the World Economic Forum in Davos, British Prime Minister Theresa May has just outlined plans for a £20M initiative called the Institute of Coding (IoC). The IoC aims to give the UK an edge in the global digital economy. The Institute gathers more than 60 participating institutions amongst universities and businesses…
CV fraud is a significant and widespread issue in the UK and worldwide: a survey by CareerBuilder has revealed that 56% of hiring managers have caught job candidates lying on their resumes in order to boost their chances of getting access to opportunities. Why so many? Because it is surprisingly easy to get away with it!
Today, it is extremely lengthy and difficult for an employer to conduct a background check on candidates’ qualifications, which is and has been a typically manual process. …
