Firm launches solar kiosk training to empower 40,000 youths

Elite Logistics and Development Services Limited has unveiled a large-scale training initiative aimed at equipping 40,000 Nigerian youths with skills in the fabrication and use of solar-powered kiosks, in a move designed to expand economic...

Carmel Community College Jamshedpur empowers women through skill training

Jamshedpur, Sep 7: Carmel Community College, Jamshedpur, held its Graduation Ceremony on September 6, 2025, at Sacred Heart Convent School, Bistupur. A total of 36 students were awarded diplomas in various professional courses. The ceremony was...

Record intake at college prompts call to action for employers

More than 400 students have enrolled at Wiltshire College & University Centre for 2025/26, marking its highest-ever T Level intake. This 71 per cent increase on last year has led to the launch of the Big Placement Pledge, a campaign inviting...

Black Star Experience key to transforming economy – Veep

Vice President, Professor Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang, has reaffirmed the government’s strong commitment to transforming the creative economy through the Black Star Experience Initiative to advance the country’s economic emancipation. The Black Star...

AI claims another job: robot choreographer

Lab produced algorithms may have solved a key challenge for today’s automated factories and might further remove human interventions. The rise of robot-driven industrial sites has put increasing emphasis on the need to choreograph the machines to...

Infotep opens new training center in Puerto Plata Free Zone to boost skills and jobs

Puerto Plata, DR.- INFOTEP opened a new training center in the Puerto Plata Free Zone, a ceremony led by Minister of the Presidency José Ignacio Paliza on behalf of President Luis Abinader. Officials called the facility a milestone for the North...

A Popular Georgia Dairy Queen Employee Lost Everything in a Fire

Janet Bass has decorated thousands of birthday cakes at the Dairy Queen in Gray, Georgia. Last Thursday, she lost her own home to a fire. The woman locals call “the DQ Cake Lady” is known for pulling 30-hour shifts before fundraisers, decorating...

Initiative to revive glory of handwriting, competitions held for students and government employees

In a move to revive the glory of handwriting in the digital era, district-level handwriting competitions were organised in separate categories for the students of the government schools as well as colleges and government employees at Paramita...

Job seekers at their wits' end are finding a few silver linings

Michael Moeller is exhausted from searching for a full-time job since being laid off from his director-level role in April. He said that it was "brutal" to keep getting rejection emails from companies. "But also to be quite frank, these are jobs...

The Impact of Employee Training Initiatives

Sydney businesses employing migrant workers face inspection

The Fair Work Ombudsman and Australian Border Force (ABF) officers from the Department of Home Affairs have conducted unannounced inspections of Sydney-based businesses that employ migrant workers. The inspections targeted locations in Blacktown,...

Why are fresh graduates struggling to match AI industry job needs?

India produces lakhs of engineering graduates every year, but only a small fraction are ready for jobs in AI, data science, and machine learning. With technology evolving every few months, traditional college curricula are struggling to keep pace....

Trump’s job approval remains negative as Americans show overwhelming vaccine support, new poll shows

Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...

I tried WINUX — a promising Windows 11 experience inside a Linux distro, and I think they've nailed it

We've talked a lot about the impending end-of-life of Windows 10, and what folks can do if they can't, or choose not to upgrade to Windows 11. One of the options is to pay up for extended support, one of the options is to buy a new PC — which...

NDE flags off training for 41,307 unemployed youths in Imo

The National Directorate of Employment (NDE) has formally flagged off the training of unskilled and unemployed youths across the country. Delivering his keynote address at the official flag-off of the 2nd Phase of the Renewed Hope Employment...

Palantir CEO Alex Karp says certain tech employees will be valuable and highly paid: Here’s who is in demand

In an era of AI breakthroughs, layoffs at major tech companies, and shifting business priorities, the spotlight is on the people who keep the digital world running. While Big Tech may be shrinking, the value of skilled workers is rising, at least...

Poll: Trump's job ratings stay negative; Americans express strong support for vaccines

Americans’ views of President Donald Trump’s job performance remain negative amid a flurry of activity from his administration on tariffs, immigration and public health, according to the latest NBC News Decision Desk Poll powered by SurveyMonkey....

Inside the lucrative and surreal world of people training chatbots to be more like us

Serhan Tekkılıç listened intently on a Zoom call as his friend on the screen recounted the first time she had ever felt sad. A 28-year-old mixed media artist, Tekkılıç had not planned on having a profound conversation that April afternoon while...

WWE Employee Slams 'Incredibly Disrespectful' Ronda Rousey over Alexa Bliss Comments

Ronda Rousey has been told she "wasn't good enough" to "talk trash" about her former WWE rival Alexa Bliss. Rousey made controversial comments about being booked in a feud with Bliss during her first run in the company. WWE Personality Slams Ronda...

Govt orders PBS employees to rejoin work within 24hrs

The Ministry of Power, Energy and Mineral Resources has issued a stern directive to employees of the Palli Bidyut Samiti (PBS) who have been absent from work under the guise of "mass leave," instructing them to return to their respective...