The U.S. stock market extended its rally Friday after better than expected jobs data suggested that the impact of a partial government shutdown on the economy was largely overblown. Dow Surges Past Major Milestone All of Wall Street’s major indexes traded higher on Friday, reflecting a mostly upbeat pre-market for U.S. stock futures. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 166 points, or 0.7%, to 25,166.17. Shares of Exxon Mobil Corp (XOM) and Visa Inc. (V) led the Dow blue chips higher. The broad S&P 500 Index advanced 0.3% to 2,712.55, with seven of 11 primary sectors contributing to the gains.
Will Apple Put Steve Jobs’ Legacy at Risk if it Tailors Products for the Chinese Market?
Apple co-founder Steve Jobs cultivated a streamlined strategy that focused on a few products suited for all its markets. The iPhone maker may, however, have to change in order to regain the growth momentum it has lost in China. Currently, analysts and ex-employees hold the view that Apple’s streamlined strategy has failed the tech giant in China, The Wall Street Journal reports. This is because the approach has left the company unable to adapt to the local user habits and preferences. Sales of the iPhone Falling by Double Digits in China In the most recent quarter, Apple’s sales in the
What Crypto Winter? It’s Perfectly Sunny for Luno with 40 New Jobs Open
Bitcoin tumbled to a 15-month low today. Ethereum has all-but petered out. Heavyweights like ConsenSys are laying off staff, and many ICO startups are running out of cash before launching their products. You have to admit, things don’t look particularly good from any angle. But while crypto investors are getting used to bracing before they
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Report: Despite Price Volatility Blockchain and Crypto Jobs Are In Demand
Glassdoor Economic Research is delivering much needed good news to the crypto community saying that despite extreme price volatility and regulatory uncertainty, the number of crypto jobs in the blockchain and cryptocurrency sector has risen by 300 percent since the same time last year.
Saying that “the professionalism of the space has accelerated,” the report notes that “continued growth in job openings suggests that blockchain employers remain confident in the market opportunity and continue to make long-term investments in their teams.”
Cryptocurrency and Blockchain Jobs Have Jumped 50% in Asia Since 2017
While investors have felt the burn of an ongoing crypto bear market in 2018, job seekers in Asia have had a slightly different experience. According to a recent report by CNBC, blockchain and cryptocurrency jobs have jumped more than 50% since 2017, as both startups and established enterprises have begun building out dedicated focus on […]
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The Daily: Asian Crypto Jobs on the Rise, Colombia to Cut Taxes for Crypto Firms
The number of jobs and job seekers in the Asian crypto space is growing, according to leading recruiters in the region. Also in The Daily, Colombia may soon become a crypto-friendly nation, California and Russia want to use blockchain tech for insurance and pensions, and Malaysians remain bullish on cryptocurrencies, despite market trends this year.
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Top 5 Cryptocurrency Jobs Right Now
We all know that cryptocurrency is a growing industry. And we’re aware that blockchain tech has the potential to save the world. That makes for an exciting space to work in and a bunch of highly creative cryptocurrency jobs up for grabs.
In fact, any cursory Google search will pull up pages and pages of listings of cryptocurrency jobs (some legitimate, others not so much). But if you want to do more than just invest or read about cryptocurrency from the sidelines, why not think about changing your career direction?
Here are the top five cryptocurrency jobs available right now:
Bitcoin Jobs and Jobseekers Rise and Fall With Price, Research Shows
Jobseekers looking for their big break with Bitcoin could have faced disappointment as offers exploded and crashed in line with prices.
Price Highs = Employment Highs
According to new research from “augmented writing” startup Textio, job offers relating to Blockchain and cryptocurrency rise and fall entirely depending on how valuable Bitcoin is in USD terms.
Researchers analyzed job advertisements containing various terms, including Bitcoin, altcoin, cryptocurrency, crypto, cryptographic hash, decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) and decentralized currency.
Between May 2017 and February 2018, offers peaked in the third week of December, at a time when BTC/USD reached its all-time highs of around $ 20,000.
ImpactPPA Partners with Indian Government to Power 50 Million Rural Jobs
Decentralized energy platform ImpactPPA announced at Consensus 2018 in New York City that it has partnered with the Indian government to re-energize India’s cottage industry.
Under the auspice of the Honorable Minister Shri Giriraj Singh, ImpactPPA will be working with India’s Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises to carry out the government’s Bhartiya Harit Khadi Gramodaya Sansthan (BHKGS) initiative. Translated roughly as “Indian Green Cotton Textile Village Development Organization,” the initiative will push to introduce some 50 million jobs for female workers in India’s more rural states.
Interest in Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency Jobs Peaked in December 2017
After steadily increasing throughout 2017, searches for crypto jobs have failed to sustain and even reversed course. It seems that a lack in daily all time price highs this year has pushed out not just “weak hands” speculators but some of those dreaming of a bitcoin career as well.
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Interest in Crypto Careers has Peaked
Many people’s desire for bitcoin and cryptocurrency jobs has apparently fallen sharply ever since the markets have turned sour, this according to figures released recently by the dedicated search engine for job listings Indeed.
Demand for Bitcoin Jobs Surging as Price Continues to Climb
Like the Internet a few decades ago, Bitcoin is now becoming one of the greatest job creators. In fact, Bitcoin and blockchain-related job listings are at an all-time high on sites like LinkedIn and Dice.
Bitcoin is Disrupting the Job Market
The advent of the cryptocurrency is creating incredible new opportunities in finance, business, and industry. As a result, the demand for Bitcoin-related services is growing exponentially, which in turn is driving the creation of thousands of new jobs.
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Are Remote Workers The Answer To Job Creation Struggles?
A lot of countries around the world are still struggling to boost the number of available jobs. If those numbers do not increase, economies can not recover from the 2007 financial crisis, which is not an ideal situation. Unfortunately, there are some factors that hinder the job market growth, such as additional taxation and red tape on jobs.
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