Personality testing in job applications: what can and can’t employers ask you?

Photo by Sora Shimazaki/Pexels, CC BY You might have heard of jobseekers being asked to complete a “personality test” as part of a job application, or...

Recruiting and training is the number one concern for SMEs

Rising inflation. Increasing fuel costs. Supply chain backlogs. The list of issues facing businesses in 2022 is growing and while these challenges require solutions, the reality...

We need to better understand how racialized minorities are being hit by inflation

Rising prices have left no one’s wallet untouched. With inflation hitting a nearly four-decade high of 8.1 per cent in June, everyday essentials and basic needs...

Lower sugar prices seen in September as milling season begins

MANILA – The Philippine Chamber of Agriculture and Food Inc. (PCAFI) said sugar prices in the domestic market should start to go down by September as milling...

Toyota opens Asia’s first mobility solution firm in PH

MANILA – Japanese carmaker Toyota has chosen the Philippines for its first mobility solution company in Asia. Toyota Motor Philippines Corp. (TMP) inaugurated in Taguig City on...

Farmers can save water with wireless technologies, but there are challenges – like transmitting data through mud

Water is the most essential resource for life, for both humans and the crops we consume. Around the world, agriculture accounts for 70% of all freshwater...

Crypto platforms say they’re exchanges, but they’re more like banks

There is a well-known saying shared by both crypto experts and skeptics: “Not your keys, not your coins.” The phrase, popularized by Bitcoin entrepreneur Andreas Antonopoulos,...

What’s dynamic pricing? An operations management scholar explains

Oil volatile over weak US demand data, easing supply concerns

ANKARA – Oil prices showed volatility on Thursday over weak demand signals that eased supply concerns after oil flow through the southern branch of the Druzhba...

Digital transformation to spur construction industry growth

MANILA – Digitalization has paved the way for people to have faster and more efficient processes but smaller companies are facing some challenges in keeping up...