More than 270,000 undergraduates worldwide have taken the Bloomberg Aptitude Test (BAT), a tool to evaluate their acumen to work in financial services. Started in 2010, the number of BAT takers keeps growing, with over 100,000 completing the exam in 2014 alone.
Employers have enjoyed a substantial advantage in the labor market since the Great Recession began nearly seven years ago. At the peak of unemployment in 2009, there were roughly five unemployed workers per job opening, creating a buyer’s market in which businesses could afford to skimp on programs aimed at motivating and retaining workers. Of course employees would continue showing up for work; no one else was hiring.
Members of the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) TECH 2020 Task Force visited the Bloomberg Tech Hub in San Francisco on Tuesday in a final stop of a tour through Silicon Valley this week to advance the CBC TECH 2020 initiative. Launched in May, CBC TECH 2020 is a five-year plan developed to address the underrepresentation of African Americans in the technology industry.
With last week’s announcement that their employees will be offered unlimited maternity and paternity leave, Netflix became the latest company to address parents’ increasingly vocal desire to strike a better balance between work and family life. It’s a win for growing families everywhere. Earlier this year, Bloomberg responded to similar feedback from our employees and updated our parental leave policy to allow primary caregivers 18 weeks of fully-paid leave. But the balancing act doesn’t end there.
Perfect Banana may have taken a runaway lead in the Second Annual BWIT-sponsored CodeCon competition, but in the end, it was Skillful Nectarine who solved all seven problems to win the coveted Bloomberg CodeCon Cup.
This year marks Bloomberg 25th years in Singapore and as part of our anniversary celebrations; we are launching a one-of-a kind recruitment drive targeted at students in local educational institutions.
Do you remember what you did the summer before you started the 9th grade? It’s a bit hazy for me, but it probably involved a lot of whiffle ball, riding bikes, and going to the beach with my friends. I’m sure I had loads of fun, but would I call it a productive use of time? Well, maybe not.
My job is to build our creative team. So the idea that we create these awesome brand experiences across our multitude of platforms, whether it's digital video, sponsored events, infographics—native content is sort of a big buzzword right now.
Through our Goals That Inspire we strive to make a positive difference in our communities by relying on our ability to understand their needs and then...
We invent breakthrough technologies that enable life-changing products and experiences.We’re building on our legacy of technology leadership with 5G...
