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Unemployment as a risk and potential oppurtunities

Unemployment as a Global Risk The national  unemployment rate  is defined as the percentage of unemployed workers in the total labor force. It is widely recognized as a key indicator of the performance of a country's labor market. As a closely watched  economic indicator,  the unemployment rate attracts a lot of media attention, especially during recessions and challenging economic times. This is because the unemployment rate doesn't just impact those individuals who are jobless–the level and persistence of the factors of unemployment have wide-ranging impacts across the broader economy. Unemployment is seen as the biggest worry over the next 10 years for business executives around the world, closely followed by concern about the spread of infectious diseases, according to a survey by the World Economic Forum. Unemployment rates have rocketed due to lockdowns and other restrictions to combat the coronavirus pandemic, with fears of worse to come in countries which hav...
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Innovations in the Engineering Industry (Blogs and Tweets)

  Manufacturing Innovation Blog Run by the Manufacturing Extension Partnership, this blog focuses on topics such as sustainability, advanced manufacturing, finance, the workforce, and other subjects of interest to the engineering community. It provides great resources for keeping up on new industry standards and trends. Manufacturing.net  The self-described “leading source for manufacturing and product development news” is run by experts on a variety of aspects in the manufacturing industry and includes frequent updates 21st Century Supply Chain Blog Supply Chain Management is a large part of the manufacturing world. This blog covers everything on innovative supply chain management strategies that will be helpful no matter what your role is within an engineering company. Criteo R&D Blog The French ad tech giant has landed the 1st place on the list of “ Most active French tech blogs in 2019 ” created by Toucan Toco. Based in Paris, its headquarter hosts around 1000 engineer...
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Agile and Waterfall Methodologies

Agile and waterfall are two distinctive methodologies of processes to complete projects or work items. Agile is an iterative methodology that incorporates a cyclic and collaborative process. Waterfall is a sequential methodology that can also be collaborative, but tasks are generally handled in a more linear process. Following the agile methodology, your project will move through a series of cycles throughout the lifetime of the project. The development phase, review, feedback, and then approval of the work item – either yes or no. If yes, implement and complete the task. If no, record and make any necessary changes, track and adjust the backlog or prioritization to reflect the newly acquired knowledge, and then move onto the next task or sprint. Following the waterfall methodology is a simpler process of moving tasks through the phases of defining requirements, designing the implementation, implementing the work item, verification of implementation and quality assurance, and then main...
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Bose Soundbar 300 at David Jones

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The Bose Soundbar 300 is one of the most exclusive audio devices in the market. A synonym  for exclusive in the Australian Retail Market would mean David Jones. David Jones specializes in luxury products and this soundbar is one of the most sought out luxurious audio speakers in the market.   They create awareness of the product through digital marketing such as online advertising and pairing it up with Televisions as way to use it as a home theatre system. They also put a 15% discount on the product to attract customers. Consumers can try this product my visiting its stores, where they are put on display and connected to television. Customers can then play they device which is mounted on a stand and listen to the audio quality and other features such as dimensions and wireless playing. Information about this product is given under the product with its price and other features. A sales assistant is also present in the AV department to help the customer with any extra informa...
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