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Forever a Student Driver? Data Monitoring in the Trucking Industry

Posted on April 13, 2020 by jlaydon

This blog explores the future of data mining in the trucking industry. Although at first glance, monitoring the brain activity of a driver might appear to be a gross violation of privacy, it may be a better alternative than current regulatory standards.

A New Opportunity for Cost Cutting through People Analytics: Employee Retention

Posted on April 12, 2020 by Oguz Karatay

In 2019, IBM noted that its artificial intelligence can predict with 95% accuracy which workers are about to quit their jobs[1]. It is a remarkable achievement as cost of employee replacement is estimated to be between 30 and 400% of […]

Wisdom of the Crowd: Interviewing Your Network with Searchlight.ai

Posted on April 11, 2020 by John Keck

Searchlight.ai offers a new way to leverage references in the job application process, interviewing your network to qualify you as an applicant.

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People Analytics

Forever a Student Driver? Data Monitoring in the Trucking Industry

A New Opportunity for Cost Cutting through People Analytics: Employee Retention

Wisdom of the Crowd: Interviewing Your Network with Searchlight.ai