Dunkin’ is defending the vast majority of the recent changes to its popular rewards program that set social media ablaze with upset customers. “We rolled out our Dunkin’ Perks program in 2014, and we haven’t made any changes in the last eight years,” Dunkin’ president Scott Murphy said on Yahoo Finance Live. “We went out and talked to our core users and said, ‘What do you want from a program?’ They said they wanted three things: They wanted more variety because in the old program, you could… Source link
Read More »Mesa Airlines’ new training program can help ‘break the pipeline’ of pilot shortage: CEO
The so-called “summer of travel hell” is behind us, but the ongoing national pilot shortage is still causing plenty of headwinds for the industry. Estimates vary, but one government estimate projects a shortfall of 18,000-plus pilots each year for the next decade. Mesa Airlines, a regional airline that flies for both United and American as well as cargo carrier DHL Express, says his company has a solution. CEO Jonathan Ornstein told Yahoo Finance his company is rolling out a program to… Source link
Read More »Google Is Reviving Price Guarantee Program for Flights
Skift Take Many travel brands have been toying with financial technology, or fintech, to cater to new consumer needs brought on by the pandemic. Google’s latest revival probably won’t be a one-hit wonder. Matthew Parsons Google is bringing back its price guarantee program for flights after its life was cut short by the pandemic. The feature is just one of several significant travel product tweaks being made by the search giant, which also includes rail… Source link
Read More »Inbox beware: Federal watchdog approves Google program to let campaigns skip spam filters
The program, as described in a proposal from attorneys from Google, would allow emails from federal campaigns and committees in the program “that meet objective security criteria” and do not otherwise break Gmail’s terms of service to “not be affected by forms of spam detection to which they would otherwise be subject” and automatically land in a user’s inbox. These political senders’ emails would continue to be directly routed to users’ inboxes, unless or until a user opts… Source link
Read More »West Virginia State University to Participate in Google HBCU Career Readiness Program
West Virginia State University (WVSU) will participate in the Grow with Google HBCU Career Readiness Program, which gives Black students at over 30 historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) digital skills training and career workshops in preparation to join the modern workforce. Through a $3 million investment in the Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF), the program will train 100,000 Black college students by 2025. “A central part of the mission of TMCF is to prepare the… Source link
Read More »Google expands program to help train the formerly incarcerated – TechCrunch
Last April, Google launched Grow with Google Career Readiness for Reentry, a program created in partnership with nonprofits to offer job readiness and digital skills training for formerly incarcerated individuals. As a part of an expansion, Google today announced that it’ll invest just over $8 million in organizations helping “justice-impacted” individuals, including the formerly incarcerated, enter the workforce. Continuing its work with nonprofits including The Last Mile, Center… Source link
Read More »Yahoo Academy reveals its talent building program class of 2022
Share Tweet Share Email The Yahoo Academy has revealed the forty top emerging leaders who have scored coveted spots in Yahoo’s talent building program. Now in its ninth year, the program is the longest-running industry talent building initiative in the country. Nominations flooded in from senior leaders in brands, advertising and media agencies across Australia and New Zealand. The 2022 cohort features talent from major and indie agencies as well as brand marketers directly, who will receive… Source link
Read More »Government repayment program failures ‘really inexcusable,’ top official says
A recent government watchdog report revealed stark failures in a student loan forgiveness program run by the federal government, and the country’s top student loan official says the findings were “really inexcusable” while reiterating a commitment to address the issue. The Government Accountability Office (GAO) report highlighted how an increasing number of student loan borrowers who could have their loans canceled under existing laws may miss out because of incompetence in the… Source link
Read More »Google joins Samsung in working with iFixit on a self-repair program
Google has become the latest manufacturer to partner with DIY repair specialists iFixit to offer spare parts for its devices, the search giant announced today. It’s a deal that should make it far easier for the average customer to get parts to repair their own Pixel smartphone if it breaks. Parts like batteries, displays, and cameras will be available to purchase in the US, Canada, Australia, the UK, and other European countries where the phones are sold. Parts will be available to… Source link
Read More »Google releases Partner Program directory in latest effort to rebuild program
Google on Wednesday released a new directory of agencies and marketers participating in its Partners program so that companies looking to hire Google Ads experts have an easy resource to turn to. However, for search marketers, the announcement meant a bit more: A recommitment to a program that previously lost a lot of good faith with marketers. What happened? In February 2020, Google said it planned to change the requirements for participating partners, which included… Source link
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