Swiss Army People - 2 Minute Briefing - 28/04
In todays briefing take a look at The Skills Toolkit, explore the new freelance roles available and read about how someone lost $500,000 in Rock paper scissors.
Hello folks,
Here is the latest 2 minute briefing for the 28th April 2020.
If you missed our first briefing, you can find that here
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The Skills Toolkit - The UK Governments have created a free learning portal for furloughed workers (pretty much for everyone to be honest) and there are hundreds of free courses to choose from. Try a course here
Creative Crowd - There are a lot of talent agencies out there offering free portfolio surgeries and Creative Crowd are one of the latest to do so. Simply email them for a request - info@creativecrowd.london
Anthony Conboy - The Lead UX Designer at Cisco Systems is offering a free 4 hour certified beginners UX course - Take a look
Pair Up - This platform is an open space where fellow digital/creative/tech folk get together to share ideas, knowledge and problem solve issues. If you have any spare time then this is the perfect place for you - Learn more
Brilliant.org - Microsoft & Alphabet X have teamed up to create a free online course in Quantum Computing. Personally you can spell FUDGE with my GCSEs so I think I’ll try perhaps more simpler courses on Brilliant.org first, be sure to check them out.
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(Sticky feat) - Super Tech Jobs Spreadsheet - Co-founder of Adzuna Andrew Hunter has created a Google docs of companies currently hiring in the UK & Beyond. So far over 2000 jobs have been added. Take a look
First Round Capital - VC firm First Round Capital have a great jobs portal featuring over 1200 positions globally. Take a look
Immersive Ltd - Freelance Producer (Contract) £ DoE - Learn more
Naked Ideas - Freelance Copywriting Expert (Contract) £ DoE - Learn more
notonthehighstreet - Head of Art (Fixed-Term) £ DoE - Learn more
Martin Shardlow Ltd - PPC Manager - (Fixed-Term) £30-40k - Learn More
The Telegraph - Senior Android Developer (Freelance) £ DoE - Learn More
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A fascinating survey by data studio Flourish has been released detailing how 200 startups are adapting to the COVID-19 outbreak. It makes for a super interesting read
The Board of Innovation have released a detailed thought report highlighting new trends and opportunities for businesses post outbreak and how new habits and behaviours will shape the global economy - Take a look
A $500,000 wager on 3 Rock, Paper Scissors games were ruled invalid by a Canadian Superior Court Justice this week. The defendant reportedly took out a mortgage to cover the debt which has now been cancelled. Read more about the carnage here.
Whilst online streaming service Netflix is booming, so is their DVD direct mail service DVD.com (US Only) . Whilst not on the same scale as Netflix, their 2m+ strong members generated just over $37m in profits in the fourth quarter of 2019. Read more