Amazon employs 1.3 million people worldwide, 950,000 of which work in the U.S. That means one in every 153 American workers is an Amazon employee, Business Insider reports, and the tech giant also boasts a team of 1,200 recruiters. Simone Porter is a part of Amazon’s recruitment team. She focuses on attracting talent for non-tech roles. She’s been working for the company for roughly four and a half years in various roles, so she knows what it takes to land a job and climb the ladder. In case you missed it, Porter shared some of her recruiting and hiring tips at AfroTech Conference during her “Getting Hired Hacks: The Resume that Wins the Job” solo session. And it is safe to say, she took a deep dive into how to personalize your resume and make it stand out. “You can think of the resume as your 30 second, written elevator pitch,” Porter said in the AfroTech metaverse. “It’s the way that you are able to brand yourself in a short amount of time and describe who you are in a very clear,...

Comcast has appointed Rasheedah Carr as its new vice president of engineering for its Houston operations, the company shared in a press release . Carr first joined Comcast Houston in 2017 as the company’s director of customer experience in Houston and most previously served as Comcast’s Colorado area vice president of technical operations before being promoted. In this role, she was responsible for 600 employees and served more than 1.2 million customers in Colorado. Carr is now back in Houston for her new position as vice president of engineering, where she will lead the implementation of engineering initiatives to promote more network reliability and foster fast paced growth, a press release states. “Rasheedah is a leader whose proven success for implementing operational efficiencies and developing people to enhance the customer experience will be an asset to the Houston Region,” said Ralph Martinez, regional senior vice president of Comcast Houston. “Her commitment and expertise...

BuzzFeed has appointed Danielle Belton as the new editor in chief of HuffPost, The Daily Beast reports. Belton is currently the editor in chief of The Root and has been with the publication for nearly six years, but she is preparing to take the top editor spot at HuffPost on April 12. This key hire comes after BuzzFeed acquired HuffPost in November and laid off 70 of its newsroom staff members last month. Belton is taking over at HuffPost at such a pivotal time for the publication, which lost more than $20 million last year. BuzzFeed founder and CEO Jonah Peretti said in a memo that the mass layoff and company restructuring was necessary to ensure success. With Belton at the helm of HuffPost, BuzzFeed News Editor and Chief Mark Schoofs will be removed from day to day tasks in HuffPost’s newsroom. Richard Kim will continue to serve as HuffPost’s executive editor and report to Belton directly. “In a period where free quality news is more essential than ever, I’m confident Danielle...

Companies can no longer get away with performative allyship, especially adidas. On Tuesday, following widespread uprisings sparked by the murder of George Floyd , the apparel giant pledged to donate $20 million to investment programs that support Black communities, among other measures, to show solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement, CNN reports . Internally, however, their gesture wasn’t enough. According to FN , last Friday (June 5) a group of 13 staffers at adidas North America formed a coalition to completely restructure the organization in support of its Black team members. Now, the 13-person coalition now represents over 200 employees. In a 32-page deck, titled “Our State of Emergency,” the document lists four major asks: invest in its Black employees, invest in the Black community, invest in the fight for racial justice and change for Black people, and demonstrate accountability. A source close to the situation reports that every Black employee in adidas’ corporate...