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Don't like ads? Go ad-free with TradeBriefs Premium Meta is rehiring some of the thousands of workers it's laid off - Business Insider    In recent weeks, the company formerly known as Facebook has slowly started to pick up the pace of hiring, particularly for engineering and technical roles. Any worker who was laid off from Meta since November has been allowed to reapply for available jobs, typically through a specific "alumni portal." The company shed 25% of its workforce in multiple rounds of cuts that ended in May. Now, dozens of such workers have been rehired, mainly since June, according to three people familiar with the company. Meta declined to comment for this story. Most of Meta remains on a de facto hiring freeze, with headcount allocation and hiring capacity reduced for the foreseeable future in line with CEO Mark Zuckerberg's "Year of Efficiency." Still, the company has quietly picked up hiring for certain areas. Meta is seeing improvements in its all-important advertising business as it's been retaining more users and even successfully launched a Twitter rival with Threads on Instagram, all of which pleased investors. Continued here You Might Like � � � � � � � � � How to Be Creative on Demand - Harvard Business Review    Creativity feels like an inexplicable miracle when it arrives. We may never be able to isolate all the variables that generate it. But there are ways to reliably create the conditions to make creativity a more predictable occurrence. The first thing you should do is think about the problem you’re trying to solve — let it marinade — and then walk away from it. This first round of effort is less about solving the problem than about priming the pump. It is after this step that the unconscious work begins — the work that draws from a fuller complement of mental resources, experiences, and creative connections. While that problem sits in the back of your mind, follow your curiosity. The key is to pay the price to create a rich experience with these sometimes pointless amusements. It’s often tempting to ignore these whimsical thoughts, but you do so at your creative peril. Begin collecting and organizing the experiences and information you’re taking in. Try to do something that doesn’t interest you daily — you never know what will turn out to be useful, including engaging in uncomfortable conversations. Finally, when the creativity hits, stop what you’re doing and work. Honor these moments by writing; don’t ignore these impulses. Continued here Inflation rises for the first time in 12 monthsâ€"but it’s not as bad as it looks - CNBC    After a year of monthly declines, the year-over-year inflation rate has risen from 3% to 3.2%, still well above the Federal Reserve's target of 2%, according to the Labor Bureau's latest consumer index report. The increase is partly due to the way energy costs are accounted for in the report, as year-over-year inflation no longer reflects the dramatic climb down from peak prices in June 2022, when average gas prices hit $5 per gallon. While rising oil prices are an ever-present concern, recent energy price increases have been "amplified in the year-over-year inflation numbers," says Kurt Rankin, senior economist at PNC Financial Services Group. Continued here

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