Tom Ashenmacher
Upon going public last week, America’s No. 2 dating app gained 63% on the day to close at an $8+ billion valuation. The company is trading on the Nasdaq stock exchange under the symbol “BMBL.” Bumble founder and CEO, Whitney …
In a year viewed almost entirely through the lens of COVID-19, LinkUp’s jobs dataset was able to provide unique insights into the pandemic’s impact on the labor market. In our just released 2020 Jobs Report [COVID impact on labor demand] …
Shares of GameStop ($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 …
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 …
Molly Moseley
This month we’re taking a step back from our usual monthly stats to share an annual review of our job market data. Here are the highlights from 2020: 2020 year in review 2020 saw nationwide job listings down 2% year-over-year. …
Molly Moseley
2020 had one last dance move to bust out, and it will change the way you look at robotics, and think about the future. Boston Dynamics robots are dancing like no one is watching (though we know Elon Musk is keeping …
Molly Moseley
Election night last month left many with more questions than answers. But when the votes were counted, there was one clear winner: legal cannabis. In what many industry experts have dubbed the “green wave,” voters cleared cannabis for adult use …
U.S. job openings on company websites globally rose 6% in October, continuing the steady recovery in U.S. labor demand that began in May. New Job listings posted to company websites rose 13% while the number of jobs removed from company websites, …
Molly Moseley
Typically this time of year finds our analysts at LinkUp pouring over our jobs data to get a preview of holiday labor demand. Generally, we’d be looking at when seasonal hiring begins, who is doing the most hiring, and what …
Molly Moseley
As we mark half a year of grappling with COVID, one industry that has weathered major turmoil is Food Service. Looking at the data to determine the shape of the industry today, we see both positive and negative signs. Noted …
