As capacity-buying and freight consolidation becomes less profitable, forwarders are predicting future growth will come from extending value to customers. Just 44% of respondents in the Freightos Future of Freight survey of logistics companies expect ocean freight to be profitable, rising to 54% for air freight and 59% for trucking. Read more in The Load...
Read MoreWhile there’s been plenty of talk about the potential pitfalls social media presents for job applicants – best distilled in the advice, “no bong pics” – social media has also proved a boon for job seekers, and not just in terms of forging professional connections on LinkedIn. In fact, social media can take a lot of the tedious work out of applying for jobs, allowing jobseekers to apply for more positions with less effort. On that note, last year 3.3 million job applications were completed using social media profiles to pre-populate online submission forms, according to data from iCIMS, a software-as-service provider focused on talent acquisition, which surveyed data from over 3,200 customers with Hanover Research. Jobseekers used social media profiles including LinkedIn, Google+, and Facebook to complete job applications using pre-population functions. Breaking the figures down, 61% used LinkedIn to pre-populate forms, while 22% used Google+ and 17% used Facebook. Read more in...
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Jerusalem, Israel —April 7, 2016— Sweetch Health, which has developed a “digital vaccine” for diabetes, has raised $3.5 million in a Series A round led by Philips, a leading health technology company, and OurCrowd, a leading equity crowdfunding platform. Participation from prior investors also included Pontifax L.P. and Lionbird L.P. Read more...
Read MoreWith tech giant Philips and hybrid venture capitalist group OurCrowd leading the way, another Jerusalem health startup is celebrating a multimillion dollar Series A right now. Sweetch announced on Thursday that it had raised $3.5 million for its diabetes prediction platform. The round also included Pontifax LP and Lionbird LP. Sweetch touts a “behavioral analytics engine” that takes user habits and spits back a list of personal recommendations to maintain health. The company claims it can beat the burnout rate for other health-monitoring apps — Sweetch says users tend to drop after six months — by incorporating gamification strategies into their app’s use. Read more in...
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