A Recruiter Said Iced Coffee Makes Job Candidates Look Too Casual. Now Gen-Z Is Pushing Back

Recruiters see the drink as a sign of poor judgment. Young job seekers say employers are focusing on the wrong problem.

Recruiters see the drink as a sign of poor judgment. Young job seekers say employers are focusing on the wrong problem.
The race to capture the next generation of banking customers is no longer confined to fintechs. Barclays is making a play for young consumers by acquiring the UK business of GoHenry, a popular financial app that helps children learn how to manage money. Along with Greenlight, GoHenry has been one of the pioneers in the…
Key insight: Circle’s main revenue uplift was its sale of Arc tokens for its open blockchain network, which brought $182 million to the quarter’s earnings report. Supporting data: Reserve income decreased 8% YoY as its return rate fell by 61 basis points to 3.5%. Circle’s launch of its blockchain network this quarter buoyed its earnings…
AI may improve short-term productivity while quietly weakening the pipeline that develops future experts, managers, and decision makers.
The Treasury Department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network issued a final rule permanently removing the requirement for U.S. companies and U.S. persons to report beneficial ownership information to FinCEN under the Corporate Transparency Act. Processing Content FinCEN also announced it would delete previously reported information by U.S. persons — now exempt from the reporting requirements —…
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Standing in the White House Rose Garden, President Donald Trump declared April 2, 2025, would be now known as “Liberation Day.” That day, he announced tariffs on imports from nearly every country on earth, and promised “jobs and factories will come roaring back” to the U.S. Within days, after China retaliated, the U.S. tariff on…