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14 Organizations opt for Knowledge Process Outsourcing (KPO) services when their in-house team doesn’t have adequate expertise to handle certain high-level tasks. Firms offering KPO services can help you with data analytics, market research, performance management, and much more. This way, you acquire valuable knowledge to make data-driven decisions and strategize better for maximum success.  In this article, we’ll discuss what Knowledge Process Outsourcing (KPO) is and the 12 types of KPO services. We’ll also highlight three major differences between KPO and BPO.  Finally, we’ll examine some common examples, pros, and cons of KPO and discover three leading service providers…

When students study abroad, it’s an opportunity for them to experience a new place or culture. For international students, though, the process — and experience — differs. International students “have to ensure they remain in compliance with the regulations associated with their U.S. student visa,” Senior Associate Dean of the College for Study Abroad Malik Blue wrote in an email to The Herald.  Overall, “the process and requirements for applying for a student visa vary based on the country of the passport the student will use to travel for study abroad,” he added. Falak Pabari ’26, who is from Gujarat, India,…

The Gazette reported recently that undergraduate student participation in study abroad programs at William & Mary ranks first in the nation among public colleges and universities. During the past 15 years, William & Mary has ranked first 10 times among undergraduate study abroad participation. In the 2021-22 academic year, there were 710 William & Mary undergraduate students who had studied abroad for academic credit at some point during their undergraduate career. I asked Teresa Longo, associate provost for international affairs and executive director of the Reves Center for International Studies, “Why is the study abroad experience important to William &…

12/05/2023 Three SUNY Cortland students traveled to Cuba recently to present their undergraduate research efforts on urban redlining, identifying human remains and invasive jumping worms, marking the university’s first student visits to the communist island nation since the COVID-19 pandemic.    The Cortland group flew to the country for the 2nd Cienfuegos International Scientific Convention at Cuba’s Universidad de Cienfuegos. There, the students presented their Cortland research to a wider international audience.   The students selected to represent Cortland and their presented research were:  – Madison Hodges, a junior computer science major from New York City — Mapping Connections of Redlining on…

63 As we slide into the fourth industrial revolution and the lines between physical and digital experiences fuzz, distributed work isn’t going away. Managers and employees need to trust each other, or we risk backsliding into the bad old days of panopticon monitoring. Ethical monitoring practices create an atmosphere of trust and psychological safety among team members. Employees who feel their privacy is respected are more likely to speak up, share ideas, and collaborate effectively. Gallup’s data shows that companies with highly engaged employees enjoy up to 43% less turnover, 64% fewer accidents and 28% less employee theft, among many…

If you are an F-1 student, you have the option of training in the United States by engaging in practical training during your program or after it ends. Practical training can provide a valuable work experience by sharpening and adding to the skills you are learning in school. There are two types of practical training available for F-1 students: Curricular Practical Training (CPT) and Optional Practical Training (OPT). What is CPT? Curricular Practical Training (CPT) is a work authorization that allows F-1 students to work off-campus in jobs directly related to their major area of study and be an integral…

13 The unfortunate legacy of employee monitoring has less to do with employee monitoring per se and more to do with management philosophies rooted in compliance and hierarchy. Early employee monitoring methods evolved from top-down, compliance-first management styles. As a result, the approaches relied on methods that weren’t exactly employee-friendly: Monitoring activity without telling workersRecording and monitoring intracompany communicationAssessing performance on task-based metricsDocking pay based on blanket rules about productive timePenalizing or even terminating employees based on rigid metrics Collaboration isn’t built in. Employees aren’t given agency. Well-being takes a backseat to hours worked. The lack of empathy and ethics…

Many students consider the possibility of studying abroad, but not many actually take the leap to do so for a variety of reasons. Students who studied abroad in Italy during the fall of 2022 said they gained valuable cultural knowledge and life-changing self-awareness.  For instance, while studying abroad somewhere so different from one’s home country can be intimidating, students said living in Italy increased their trust in themselves.  “I came back to America feeling a lot more confident in myself to travel again in the future,” said Emma Fortman, a fourth-year student at Colorado State University, More specifically, studying abroad…

It’s your first, or maybe fifth, semester at NJIT, and you are looking forward to making the most of your college experience. The classes, clubs, friends, parties, events, and…maybe even studying abroad for a semester. You’ve rewatched Emily in Paris, you’ve bought a scratch-off-map of the world, and you’ve bought new boots that can make it through Sahara Sands and Swedish Snows. Then, you opened the NJIT study abroad website, got overwhelmed, and decided that Sweden isn’t for you.   Well, fret not, because a veteran in the program is here to help. This guide is compiled with my own experience…

The Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport has announced plans to award 302 scholarships to students for study abroad in 2024.The Ministry said that it will select 3,800 candidates who are eligible to apply for the scholarship awards exam.The Ministry plan announced that several countries are providing scholarships to Cambodian students through the Ministry of Education for next year, including China, which has offered 70 postgraduate and 20 undergraduate scholarships.Japan is offering 50 postgraduate, post-secondary and vocational technical scholarships along with five research fellowships. Hungary is providing 30 postgraduate and higher education scholarships.Cuba is awarding two undergraduate scholarships, while Vietnam…