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Inhuman Error: How Do We Counteract AI Bias?

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The most famous case of this happened in 2018, when Amazon had to ditch an AI hiring tool because it was discriminating against women. Well, the system showed the resumes of successful candidates to the AI. So, the AI started rejecting resumes that had “female” attributes—for example, a women’s college listed on the resume.

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How 3 Female ‘Black Angels’ Are Working to Close the Racial Funding Gap

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Featured on the cover of Fast Company in late 2018, Hamilton gained attention when she announced that Backstage Capital would raise a $36 million fund exclusively for startups founded by African-American women. Aliche’s story and her advice is told in the book Get Good with Money. Sarah Knust of Cleo Capital. Final Thoughts.

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A Story of Inspiration for all Administrative Professionals

Office Dynamics

May 21, 2018. We also talk about resumes and a unique tri-fold marketing piece. Thank goodness Gillie had her career portfolio, resume and tri-fold marketing piece done. After her live World Class Assistant course, she continued to learn from my webinars , books, Monday Motivators , and online courses.

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How to Become a Certified Coach

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In 2018, my Uncle Bill bought me the book Vladimir Putin: Life Coach. That’s part of the resume, but those descriptions fall short. A helpful book, The Prosperous Coach covers this strategy in detail. Uncle Bill didn’t know that I’d started coaching my first clients the year earlier. Yes, you can do this.

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Why we need to consider switching to a 4-day workweek — now 

Ideas.Ted

My book about the move towards four-day workweek, Shorter , was published in the US in early March 2020. At first, I worried that it was exactly the wrong time to publish a book on the four-day week. Synergy Vision, a London-based medical and health care communications company, introduced a four-day week in late 2018.

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Ep 242: Nicki Cave on Managing a Team of Assistants and Finding Happiness in Your Work

LEADERASSISTANT.COM

Her Boston Marathon 2018 running experience is also captured in the Boston Buddies book alongside many incredible stories from that day. THE LEADER ASSISTANT BOOK Download the first 3 chapters of The Leader Assistant: Four Pillars of Game-Changing Assistant for FREE here or buy it on Amazon and listen to the audiobook on Audible.

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On the job tips for new Admins.

Laughing all the Way to Work

Bureau of Labor Statistics estimates that employment of executive secretaries and administrative assistants will increase 13 percent between 2008 and 2018, meaning more people will be seeking advice like yours as well as education in the field. I finally had a chance to sit down and read your book over the holiday. Excellent material!