Nic Gustafson
Private companies go public for many reasons; to pay off debts, to provide exits for founders, to generate publicity or to fuel growth. Often companies on the verge of growth will increase their expenses, hiring employees to fuel that growth. …
Tom Ashenmacher
Upon going public last week, America’s No. 2 dating app gained 63% on the day to close at an $8+ billion valuation. The company is trading on the Nasdaq stock exchange under the symbol “BMBL.” Bumble founder and CEO, Whitney …
Tom Ashenmacher
The January jump We start the year on a familiar trajectory with job listings increasing in the month of January, just as they did last year. (Here’s hoping this is where the similarities to 2020 end.) Nationwide, job listings are …
In a year viewed almost entirely through the lens of COVID-19, LinkUp’s jobs dataset was able to provide unique insights into the pandemic’s impact on the labor market. In our just released 2020 Jobs Report [COVID impact on labor demand] …
Nic Gustafson
We just published LinkUp’s 2020 Jobs Report [COVID impact on labor demand], within which we explore the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on labor market conditions, as well as how jobs and industries have shifted in response and how far …
Tom Ashenmacher
DIY destination Lowe’s has announced plans to hire at least 53,000 new employees ahead of the upcoming spring home improvement season. The retailer plans to hold hiring events in all of its more than 1,700 U.S. locations over the next …
Before we jump into our data for January, which is generally positive, there are some particular patterns related to how companies manage their job openings on their own company website that have a material impact on our data every January. …
Shares of GameStop ($GME) skyrocketed this week, spurred by a coordinated effort by investors on Reddit. The hugely popular subreddit r/WallStreetBets (WSB) has over 2 million members, composed largely of Millennial and GenZ men. Its recent focus on the old …
As we continue to monitor the impact of COVID-19 on the U.S. economy, LinkUp’s job listing data provides a unique view into the state of the labor market. In the most recent edition of our quarterly Economic Indicators Report, we …
Nic Gustafson
Groundbreaking work in protein structure prediction has landed U.K.-based AI technology company, DeepMind, in the news. In late November, the company announced that its AlphaFold system had made a breakthrough using AI to solve a protein folding challenge that has …
