Many are seeing layoffs in the news and wondering about their own risk of being laid off. Every industry, company, even department has a different risk, but some areas are more vulnerable than others.

The 3 types of employees most at risk during layoffs — and the 2 that are safest.

The basic rule is the closer your job is to the most profitable activities of the company, the lower your risk of layoff.If you're an essential part of building the most profitable product for your company, your layoff risk is low. When retreating to the core business, companies turn to the quality products that make money.

No. 1 most safe: Profit-making employees

Those areas run quite lean in most companies.There is usually little excess to cut. In addition, HR is essential in the layoff process, and finance is often relied on as the financial status gets more scrutiny.As such, these areas are rarely the source of major cuts in most layoffs.

No. 2 most safe: HR or finance employees

More risky are the activities considered luxuries, like generous benefits and employee perks, and so on.If you are involved in planning events, for example, those are some of the first things that companies cut when times get tight.

No. 3 most at risk: Event planning or benefits employees

If, when times were flush, the company recently decided to explore new lines of business, or expand into new territories, those are tenuous places to work.Unless the company is making a concerted effort to pivot entirely to these new areas, these kinds of new initiatives are often the first ones cut when times are leaner.

No. 2 most at risk: New initiative employees

At the extreme end of the risk spectrum are contract employees. One of the main reasons companies use temporary or contract workers is for this very contingency.Contract employees are usually the first out when the tide turns.Beyond these areas, most jobs fall somewhere in between these poles.

No. 1 most at risk: Contract workers

Regardless of your layoff risk, keeping your résumé up-to-date is always good advice. You'd much rather have it and not need it, than need it and not have it.Keeping your résumé current can help you not only weather the looming storm, but it will give you confidence that you can bounce back regardless of your layoff risk.

Keep your résumé updated regardless of your layoff risk

A good tool is to maintain a personal list of your accomplishments in a running document. Include major successes, and the essential summary information you might include when describing your job to an outsider. Update this list at least once a month to ensure that it's current and your memory of events is fresh.

Update your accomplishments regularly

There are news everywhere about tech companies announcing jobcuts and layoffs due to the ongoing recession. Here is some expert opinion on this topic.

Chris Williams is a former VP of HR at Microsoft and podcaster, consultant, and TikTok creator. Microsoft, like many other tech companies, recently announced

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I'm Microsoft's former VP of HR. Here are the 3 types of employees most at risk during layoffs — and the 2 that are safest.

Hard times create strong men.Strong men create good times.Good times create weak men.Weak men create hard times.

No, you should be a monsterBe ruthlessly ambitious& then, learn how to control it!---It is better to be a warrior in a garden, than a gardener in a war!

Whether times are hard or soft, be strong. Not rude, but strong. Not weak, but in control. 

THE FINAL CHAPTER IN THE VAN ZANDT SAGA IS HERE The war between the Republic of Cascadia and the rogue nation Western Canada is raging. With support from President Cruz in the United States, Gordon Van Zandt has assembled a formidable army to march north and engage the forces of Western Canada, who have occupied much of the panhandle of Idaho. Gordon must defeat Jacques and his army swiftly, but to do so requires a final decisive battle. This battle will be do or die for Gordon and his fledgling republic, but is not the only problem Gordon is facing. With much of his attention focused on Jacques, he must also dedicate time to a political war brewing in McCall and Olympia. There he'll discover his adversary is the most cunning and cut throat of any enemy he has ever faced on the battlefield. When it all ends, some who've stood with Gordon will be lost and those who remain pray that their sacrifices will usher in the new world they've been fighting so hard for.

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Those Who Remain

Some invisible and repetitive habits are mostly responsible for our daily miseries. <ul><li>Overthinking</li><li>Worrying about the future and dwelling in the past</li><li>Monotonous Daily Routine</li></ul>

Habits that make us dull and unproductive

This is an invisible toxic habit and may go mostly unnoticed and may lead to: <ul><li>Time & Energy waste</li><li>Anxiety & productivity depletion</li><li>Attention span decrease</li><li>Emotional & Mental exhaustion</li><li>May manifest as physical symptoms like headaches, body aches, and digestive issues</li></ul>To overcome the overthinking habit, develop the habit of observing your thoughts.

Overthinking

Worrying about the Future or Dwelling on the past:<ul><li>The Past is over and we can only learn from it.</li><li>Focusing too much on the Future can lead to worry and anxiety.</li><li>By avoiding the NOW and denying the REAL, we miss taking the right steps and timely action.</li></ul>To overcome this habit, stay in the present and be mindful.

Living in Future or Past

A Monotonous Daily Routine results in <ul><li>No Scope for Creativity and Learning.</li><li>Inflexible routines can affect Mental health.</li><li>Spending too much time on low-value activities</li></ul>To break the monotony, learn a new hobby or a skill. Do something different creative more often.

Monotony

<ul><li>Observe your thoughts</li><li>Stay in the present moment</li><li>Learn new skills, cultivate hobbies</li></ul>

Summary of Tips 

Unknowingly we might be doing many things that are affecting our emotional and mental health. Read on to know what they are and how to overcome them.

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Mental health tips: 3 everyday habits that make us dull and unproductive

Whether the game was inspired by life or our lives are inspired by the game, we can learn from everything! If you have not already tried this Wordle Game, play it here: <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/games/wordle/index.html">https://www.nytimes.com/games/wordle/index.html</a>

Six Life Lessons I Learnt Playing Wordle Game

Wordle, a once-a-day “guess the word” game, has been one of the recent viral sensations on the internet. Josh Wardle, a Software Engineer, designed this game during the lockdown in October 2021 intended for him and his partner to play online, as a daily routine. By early Feb 2022, New York Times has purchased the game from Wardle for an undisclosed lower 7-figures sum.

Brief on Wordle Game

You have to guess a five-letter word in six chances every day. After each guess, the color of the tiles will change to indicate the closeness of your guess. A correct letter in the correct spot will have a green tile. A correct letter in the wrong spot, will have a golden yellow tile. A wrong letter will have a grey tile.

Simplicity of Wordle

Similar to Wordle, we have to live life within its simple framework, applying our common sense! The evolution of our brains and the development of our civilization has given way to what we refer to as “common sense” that we have to live by. Much of common sense is still a lot more common to lead a meaningful and peaceful life.

Life Lesson 1: Simple Rules, Common Sense

Just like how the Wordle challenge is available only one game a day, we can only live life one day at a time!Whether we win or lose, we just have to keep coming back daily and keep Playing the Game of Life, with the new knowledge and awareness that we have gathered to date.Play the Game of Life, One Day at a Time!

Life Lesson 2: One Wordle a Day, One Day at a Time

Though it might seem we have unlimited choices in front of us every day, we have to make deliberate and intentional choices that can lead us towards our goals and pursuits. We all have things to accomplish in our lives — be it following our daily routines, taking care of our health, pursuing our learning goals, preparing for that certification, taking care of our family, getting a job, attending to our work, leading our teams, running our businesses or pursuing our spiritual path — everything needs focused and consistent efforts on a daily basis.

Life Lesson 3: Limited Chances, Unlimited Choices

As we progress in making those choices and taking those actions, we are constantly receiving feedback, whether we notice it or not. Some of them might be short-term, and some may be long-term feedback. We constantly get feedback both from internal and external sources.Be alert and aware so you can notice and process the feedback, decide whether to continue or alter the course of future action and ensure you keep going on the right track.

Life Lesson 4: Color Codes, Clues, and Cues

The game accepts only dictionary-defined meaningful words. There is no such single dictionary for finding such meaning in life. The meaning of life has internal and external dimensions.The purpose and meaning of our life is to have a sense of internal satisfaction and a sense of external achievement.

Life Lesson 5: Meaningful Words, Meaningful Life

What we share, with whom we share, how much we share, and how often we share, can vary from individual to individual and situation to situation. Some social settings might compel us to share — to brag, to feel high, to put someone down, to show superiority, to get some support, to evoke sympathy, or to simply share for the heck of it. We mostly share when we know we will be understood, acknowledged, and accepted. This helps to keep us going, day after day, to come back and do better.Sharing is a form of Social Therapy.

Life Lesson 6: Sharing is Being Social

So go ahead and Live Life One Wordle a Day! Put the pieces of your life puzzle together, one day at a time. Play On, Live On. No matter you win or lose, keep playing. We often feel we play to win and get dejected if we lose. We need to learn that we play for the sake of learning how to play the infinite game of life.We do not play to win. We play to learn. We play to learn how to play the infinite game of life!

Conclusion

What Life Lessons we could learn from this simple Wordle Game? Read on the excerpts from my article on Medium.

Early in Jan 2022, during my routine daily web browsing, Google Chrome threw some recommendation links at me regarding this viral trending game of Wordle. I have always enjoyed solving puzzles and…

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Machine Learning (ML) is an integral part of Data Science (DS), that helps computers learn from data. This process of learning from data through machine learning techniques contributes to Artificial Intelligence (AI).Here is a quick overview and simplified steps for developing AI Models.

A Guide to Artificial Intelligence Model Development

<ol><li>Identification of Business Case</li><li>Collection of Data</li><li>Preparation of Data</li><li>Building the Model</li><li>Testing the Model</li><li>Validate the Model</li><li>Deploy the Model</li><li>Govern the Model</li></ol>

Steps Involved in AI Model Development

Ask the right questions.<ul><li>What results are you expecting from the process?</li><li>What processes are being used ?</li><li>What are the KPI's that can help track success?</li><li>What resources are required?</li><li>How do you break down the problem?</li></ul>Based on your answers, you will fall under one of the categories:<ol><li>Classification - helps categorize something into type-a/type-b/multi-type</li><li>Regression - helps predict a definite number of defined parameters. Eg: Covid-19 Projections, Holiday Seasons Sales Projections, etc.</li><li>Recommendation - analyze past data and identify patterns. Eg: video recommendations, target sales ads, etc.</li></ol>

1. Identification of Business  Case

ML Models are only as accurate as the data fed to them.Important to identify the right set & format of data to ensure accuracy & relevance of the model.Ask relevant questions:<ul><li>Data required to solve the problem. Eg. Customer data, Inventory</li><li>Quantity of the data we have, and required</li><li>Collection & Storage Mechanism</li><li>Training Methods & Data Pipelines</li></ul>Common formats of data are<ol><li>Structured - fixed rows & columns. Eg. Inventory, sales</li><li>Unstructured - like variable texts, images, videos</li><li>Static - historical - sales & call history</li><li>Streaming - continuous, real time - web site traffic</li></ol>

2. Collection of Data

It is critical, though time consuming to clean the available data and transforming it into required formats. Involves segmentation of  data sets into training, testing and validation.<ul><li>Process the available data</li><li>Clean the data set for erroneous and Irrelevant data</li><li>Transform the data into required format</li><li>Enhance and augment the dataset if applicable</li></ul>

3. Preparation of Data

<ul><li>Define the features of the model. </li><li>Use the same features for both Training and Testing the model</li><li>Collaborate closely with Subject Matter Experts </li><li>Be wary of "Curse of Dimensionality" - do not use unnecessary and irrelevant features that reduces the model accuracy</li><li>Choose suitable Algorithms</li><li>Consider Model interpretability - Predictions and Decisions should be clearly explainable</li></ul>For Improving Results:<ul><li>Tune the hyperparameters or algorithm parameters like no. of trees of Random Forest or no. of layers in a Neural Network</li><li>Use pre-trained models, reuse them to build new models</li><li>Version each iteration</li></ul>

4. Building the Model

Primary objective of Model Testing is to improve results and minimize changes in model behavior post-deployment in real world.Carry out multiple experiments using Training, Validation and Testing Datasets.If model performs poorly on Training data improve the model by <ul><li>selecting a better algorithm, </li><li>increasing quality of data, or</li><li>feeding more data</li></ul>If model performs poorly on Testing data - there might be overfitting, i.e. too closely fit with limited no. of data points. Then, add more data to the model.

5. Testing the Model

After testing the model with different datasets, validate the model performance using the business parameters defined in step 1.Analyze if KPI's and Business Objectives of the model are achieved. If not, consider changing the model, or improving the quality and quantity of the data.

6. Validate the Model

After successful validation against all defined parameters, deploy the model onto planned infrastructure - cloud, edge, or on-premises environment.Before deployment, consider the following<ul><li>plan to continuously measure and monitor the model performance</li><li>define a baseline to measure future iterations of the model</li><li>keep iterating the model to improve model performance with changing data</li></ul>

7. Deploy the Model

When a model is deployed in real-world, the data fed to it is dynamic.There can also be changes in technology, business goals or drastic real world changes like the pandemic. It is crucial to analyze how these changes affect the model, so you can reiterate.Consider monitoring the model for:<ul><li>deviations  from the pre-defined accuracy of the model</li><li>irregular decisions or predictions</li><li>drifts in the data affecting the model performance</li></ul>Continuously keep iterating the model to keep up with the changes in data, technology and business.

8. Govern the Model

AI models need time to be developed.A smooth and successful model development involves a combined effort from data engineers, data scientists, ML engineers and DevOps engineers.Proper resource allocation, project planning and management is crucial to meet the business goals and objectives.

Further Considerations

The terminologies might change, the technologies might evolve, but this is the future. And that Future is already here! 

In 2019, Venturebeat reported that almost 87% of data science projects do not get into production. Redapt, an end-to-end technology solution provider, also re…

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A Step By Step Guide To AI Model Development

Apply Quality Peer Reviewed Science To Your Day to Day Life.By - Neuroscientist Andrew Huberman.Recommendations:<ul><li>Do your best to do these every day.</li><li>Do not to miss more than one day in a week.</li><li>You will feel the benefits immediately.</li></ul>

Maximizing Productivity

To know the average wake up time, to find your Temperature Minimum time.Temperature Minimum:<ul><li>The time when your body temperature is lowest.</li><li>Happens 2 hours before your average wake up time.</li><li>Helps shift your body clock, circadian wake up and sleep cycles, eating cycles etc.</li></ul>

1. Note your wake-up time every day

Forward Ambulation is another word to move forward - like taking a walk, biking or running! Forward Motion generates<ul><li>Optic Flow - visual images that pass by us</li><li>Auditory Flow - Sounds pass by us</li></ul>This ritualistic forward movement in turn quiets or reduces the amount of neural activity in Amygdala (part of the brain).Amygdala has a role in regulating – anxiety, fear, threat detection etc. So the Forward Ambulation leads to lowering activity in the Amygdala, and thereby reducing the levels of anxiety.

2. Get into Forward Ambulation

This is vital for mental and physical health. <ul><li>Stimulate those neurons in the eye and convey to the brain that it is day time, and to be Alert! </li><li>It sets in motion, numerous biological cascades within every cell and organs of our body.</li><li>This gives a healthy bump in a hormone called as Cortisol. Cortisol comes from Amygdala that promotes wakefulness and healthy immune system. It happens once in 24 hours. </li><li>We can time Cortisol bump, based on when we view bright sunlight. It is not about exposure of skin to sunlight, but the exposure of our eyes, our neural retinas, to light. </li></ul>

3. Get Sunlight into your Eyes, early in the day

Drink adequate water. Early in the day.With a little bit of sea salt is good, since Neurons need ionic flow. Preferably not cold water.

4. Hydration is Essential for Mental Performance

Adenosine build up is one of the key factors that induces a sense of sleepiness . The longer we are awake, Adenosine builds-up and accumulates. When we wake up in the morning, Adenosine levels are very low.Caffeine is an Adenosine blocker. So delaying caffeine is to maintain adequate levels of Adenosine so it does not lead to a n eventual crash from caffeine. Lower levels of Adenosine leads to increased levels of sleepiness.

5. Delay Caffeine intake to 90-120 minutes after waking up

Primary objective early in the day is to get into a mode of focus and alertness, so we can get work done. This can be achieved by fasting.Fasting works to create a heightened state of alertness and a calm brain state. Fasting increases levels of Adrenaline, also referred by Epinephrine in brain and body. When our levels of Adrenaline and Epinephrine are increased, we can learn better, focus better. YHigh levels of Adrenaline may feel like stress and panic. But in its optimal range, Adrenaline provides a heightened sense of focus and improved ability to process and retain information.

6. Fasting state

In order to optimize cardio vascular and brain health of the body, exercise atleast 5 days per week. Maintaining muscular and bone health helps both muscles and brain. Physical Exercise improves Brain Health.

7. Physical Exercise

Get additional rest, One day per week.Do nothing in a structured way. If possible! Bonus Tip:If you happen to stay up late, it is still best to get up at your regular wake up time.

8. Weekend Drift

Commonly known routine activities, but backed by neuro science reasoning! Will make you think twice, especially if you have been wanting to add one of those into your daily habits! 

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Neuroscientist Andrew Huberman: "You Will Feel The Benefits Immediately"

Big Data can be thought of as having 5 distinct dimensions. <ul><li>Volume</li><li>Velocity</li><li>Variety</li><li>Variability</li><li>Value</li></ul>

The 5 Vs of Big Data

Refers to the Huge Volumes of Data.An abundance, an explosion of Data.Covid Examples:The number of people getting infected through the peaks of the pandemic.The number of people getting tested versus testing positive.

Volume

The speed at which new data is created,and the need for the new data to be considered and analyzed.The speed at which the data is generated and processed to meet the expectations.Covid Examples:The speed at which the pandemic was spreading to new geographies.The pace at which the new variants and their infections were spreading.

Velocity

The nature of data, their Heterogeneous sources of structured, semi-structured and unstructured data.Diversity of Data Distribution. Can lead to different Interpretations. May call for Specialization and Standardization.Covid Examples: The correlation of various Age Factors and Pre-existing health conditions affecting the spread.

Variety

Inconsistencies and Uncertainties in Data.Depends on factors of data, like - sampling methods, mode of capture, place, time, intervals, parameters, accuracy, completeness, etc.Can lead to variations in meaning, interpretation, processes, and challenges involved.Covid Examples:Completeness, Correctness of data relating to symptoms and pre-existing conditions. And their interpretations.Experience of personnel recording the data.Types of equipment and tools used to record and capture.

Variability (or Veracity)

How the data is put to work?Can lead to informed decisions and measurable improvements based on the data being collected, analyzed, researched, and interpreted at a global-scale.Covid Examples:Leading to informed decisions like -<ul><li>Governments imposing restrictions like lockdowns travel bans, etc.,</li><li>Pharma companies planned on scaling up vaccine production, etc.</li><li>Temporary testing, healthcare, and vaccination centers sprung across, to cater to pandemic needs</li></ul>

Value

Data is a critical tool for today's fast-paced world. Covid pandemic has proved that recently. The fight against covid has highlighted how we can use an intensely data-driven approach for the future of our existence.

I recently spoke with Mark Masselli and Margaret Flinter for an episode of their “Conversations on Health Care” radio show, explaining how IBM Watson’s Explorys platform leveraged the power of advanced processing and analytics to turn data from disparate sources into actionable information. My hosts wanted to know what this data actually looks like. And how, they wondered, are the characteristics of big data relevant to healthcare organizations in particular? As it turns out, data scientists almost always describe “big data” as having at least three distinct dimensions: volume, velocity, and variety. Some then go on to add more Vs to the list, to also include—in my case—variability and value. Here’s how I define the “five Vs of big data”, and what I told Mark and Margaret about their impact on patient care. Volume Big data first and foremost has to be “big,” and size in this case is measured as volume. From clinical data associated with…

The 5 V's of big data (and their examples correlating to covid!)

Hacking is a term used to refer to a wide range of attacks on the internet - from crashing a server, to sophisticated infiltration - leading to stealing passwords, personal information, privy business data or intellectual property.

What is Hacking? 

There are many types and this keeps evolving. The notable ones are:<ul><li>Crackers</li><li>Script Kiddies</li><li>Black Hat Hackers </li><li>White Hat Hackers </li><li>Grey Hat Hackers </li><li>Cyber Troops </li><li>Spammers</li><li>Phishers</li></ul>

Types of Hackers 

Crackers are the ones that are typically engaged in trading and publishing 'cracks' for games, patches, serial numbers and activation keys for commercial software. They may embed malware ﻿in their cracks and patches called as Trojans. If these cracks are used, there is risk of getting infected with worms or viruses. Script Kiddies, or 'Skiddies' are amateur hackers who adapt other people's exploits to attack institutions and may take part in online anonymous protest groups.

Crackers And Skiddies

Black Hat Hackers develop malware, intrusion techniques and tools for evil purposes and have an ulterior motive of profiting from it. Spy agencies, criminal groups and enemies of establishments tend to pay them for such exploits. White Hat Hackers, or Ethical Hackers maybe good guys or security researchers who undertake penetration testing and security audits, while operating within the law. They report vulnerabilities to help fix the loopholes. Grey Hat Hackers may expose vulnerabilities to fraudulent actors and may report vulnerabilities anonymously.

Black Hats, White Hats And Grey Hat Hackers 

These are state-sponsored military personnel trained in hacking techniques. They may use malware and hacking to spy or steal intellectual property to gather enemy intelligence.

Cyber Troops Or Cyber Soldiers 

Spammers use spambot programs to send automated emails, messages, tweets etc. to entice the potential buyers of their products.Phishers may use similar techniques disguised as click baits, to entice their victims to download and install malware.

Spammers And Phishers 

﻿ Billions of people are connected through billions of devices across the globe. In the age of this massive internet, professional and personal information is being transmitted and received constantly, and while this access is convenient, it comes at a risk. This handbook of cybersecurity best practices is for public officials and citizens, employers and employees, corporations and consumers. Essays also address the development of state-of-the-art software systems and hardware for public and private organizations.

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Cybersecurity

<ul><li>Identify daily activities in which you are physically occupied, but mentally available</li><li>Like walking, jogging, showering, brushing teeth, cleaning your home, etc.</li><li>While engaging in such activities, focus your attention on a specific problem you want to solve</li></ul>

Develop Deep Thinking by practicing Productive Meditation

The goal of Productive Meditation is to take a period in which you’re occupied physically, but not mentally – walking, jogging, driving, showering – and focus your attention on a single well-defined professional problem

<ul><li>Ability to deeply contemplate and work through your top challenges</li><li>Helps in directing and focusing your attention</li><li>Trains you to ignore distractions</li><li>Practice leads to develop Deep Thinking abilities</li></ul>

Benefits of Productive Meditation

An Amazon Best Book of 2016 Pick in Business & LeadershipWall Street Journal Business BestsellerA Business Book of the Week at 800-CEO-READ One of the most valuable skills in our economy is becoming increasingly rare. If you master this skill, you'll achieve extraordinary results. Deep work is the ability to focus without distraction on a cognitively demanding task. It's a skill that allows you to quickly master complicated information and produce better results in less time. Deep work will make you better at what you do and provide the sense of true fulfillment that comes from craftsmanship. In short, deep work is like a super power in our increasingly competitive twenty-first century economy. And yet, most people have lost the ability to go deep-spending their days instead in a frantic blur of e-mail and social media, not even realizing there's a better way. In DEEP WORK, author and professor Cal Newport flips the narrative on impact in a connected age. Instead of arguing distraction is bad, he instead celebrates the power of its opposite. Dividing this book into two parts, he first makes the case that in almost any profession, cultivating a deep work ethic will produce massive benefits. He then presents a rigorous training regimen, presented as a series of four "rules," for transforming your mind and habits to support this skill. A mix of cultural criticism and actionable advice, DEEP WORK takes the reader on a journey through memorable stories-from Carl Jung building a stone tower in the woods to focus his mind, to a social media pioneer buying a round-trip business class ticket to Tokyo to write a book free from distraction in the air-and no-nonsense advice, such as the claim that most serious professionals should quit social media and that you should practice being bored. DEEP WORK is an indispensable guide to anyone seeking focused success in a distracted world.

I'm Microsoft's former VP of HR. Here are the 3 types of employees most at risk during layoffs — and the 2 that are safest.

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Mental health tips: 3 everyday habits that make us dull and unproductive

Six Life Lessons I Learnt Playing Wordle Game

A Step By Step Guide To AI Model Development

Madhu Kalale