Events for February 28, 2023 – Digital Nova Scotia – Leading Digital Industry

How Expectations Have Changed: Lessons From The Great Resignation

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The world has changed and so have the expectations of employees and the realities of today’s workforce. There have been many studies, articles, and research conducted over the years that well articulate the evolution of the workforce including how important it is for businesses and organizations to evolve along with it. Enter the COVID-19 pandemic. 2020 forced the world through a massive disruption to the norms of the workplace and forever changed the perceptions and expectations of today’s workforce. The vast majority of these “new” expectations that employees are bringing to the workplace since the pandemic were not created by COVID-19. They were only amplified by it. The result of these expectations not being met by their current jobs caused employees to resign on mass. According to the US Department of Labor, a record 4.5 million U.S. workers quit their jobs in November 2021. Even though this is slowing down in 2022, many of the underlying problems that caused it remain. The long term effects of the Great Resignation are not just a North American problem, they are a global phenomenon. As impactful as the Great Resignation was for businesses in 2021, the problems that created it have been building […]

Halihax February Event: Data Science Edition

VOLTA 1800 Argyle Street #Unit 801, Halifax

Join them for a fireside chat with cofounder of Cohere Ivan Zhang. They will be talking about the role of large language models in society and how Cohere is helping make that a reality by making it easy for developers to use large language models and helping large language models be used in a safe and responsible way. They encourage students, hobbyist, and professionals alike to come and join in creating the most open, and inclusive data science community we can! This event will be held at Volta's CoWorking space in downtown Kjipuktuk (Halifax). There will be snacks and drinks for everyone.