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The Art Directors Guild just suspended its Production Design Initiative program due to high unemployment. For some workers, it confirmed what they already knew. The Art Directors Guild (ADG) recently sent an email to aspiring film and television professionals with a bleak, shockingly candid message. Citing 75% unemployment among its 3,000-strong membership, the ADG not only announced in an email to prospective candidates a suspension of its Production Design Initiative (PDI)—which offers paid, on-the-job training in a variety of art department roles—but the email also stated: “Given this situation, we cannot in good conscience encourage you to pursue our profession while so many of our members remain unemployed.”

Algorithms remove the bias blind spot because you see algorithms more like you see other people than yourself. Algorithms are a staple of modern life. People rely on algorithmic recommendations to wade through deep catalogs and find the best movies, routes, information, products, people and investments. Because people train algorithms on their decisions – for example, algorithms that make recommendations on e-commerce and social media sites – algorithms learn and codify human biases.

The next time you’re on the road, remember that it takes a good amount of engineering and tremendous teamwork to create that smooth pavement surface you drive on. While on the road, you’re probably thinking more about your destination than the pavement you’re driving over. But building roads requires a host of engineering feats, from developing the right pavement materials to using heavy equipment to lay them down.

The move is likely an attempt to avoid last summer’s chaos, when anti-LGBTQ+ protestors damaged merchandise and harassed employees. You won’t be able to find the Pride Month collection in many Target stores this June. This week, the company announced that the Pride Month section customers have gotten used to seeing will only be available in certain stores and online.

Kelce is authentic, transparent, and straightforward in his personal branding, which focuses on his being an elite athlete and involved family man. Philly icon and former Eagles star Jason Kelce has continued to make headlines since he announced his retirement from the NFL on March 4, 2024.

Base pay evaluation alone doesn’t address big picture equity fairness. Seventy-five percent of employers now conduct regular pay equity audits, according to research from the Society for Human Resource Management. Most are keeping their eyes peeled for unwanted pay disparities related to gender, race/ethnicity, age, and other demographic characteristics. Despite their vigilance, the majority of employers still have one glaring blind spot: failing to examine the equity of their equity compensation.