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Your daily horoscope: July 28, 2025
Your daily horoscope: July 28, 2025

Globe and Mail

time3 days ago

  • General
  • Globe and Mail

Your daily horoscope: July 28, 2025

Rapid changes in the wider world will have huge consequences for your own life over the coming year, so be ready for them and be flexible in the ways you respond. And never forget that where there is challenge there is opportunity as well. Be wary of anyone who tries to win you round to their way of thinking by firing facts and figures at you from all directions. They may be talking fast and furious so you don't get the chance to stop and think about what they are saying. You will be on the move a lot over the next few days and by the time Venus, your ruler, joins Jupiter in the travel area of your chart on Thursday you will have made a lot of exciting new friendships. A very pleasant week awaits you. You may get a bit peeved if someone you work with questions your plans but they could be doing you a favor. Listen to what they have to say and then make an effort to work out if you need to make changes. Most likely you will. There is no reason at all why you should feel guilty about something that went wrong. On the contrary, the fact that you took a chance when everyone else was too timid to try means you should be congratulating yourself. Now take another chance. Don't worry if you are held back from enjoying yourself today because as the week progresses you will get more freedom of action and then there will be no stopping you. Be smart and conserve your energy over the next 24 hours. A thick slice of good fortune will come your way today and you must make the most of it. There will, of course, be those who say you don't deserve so much luck when other people are struggling but they are wrong – you deserve it all. What looks like a difficult task today will get easier as the week progresses, so stick with it and don't listen to those who say you might as well give up. Take this opportunity to prove that you do, after all, possess considerable staying power. You may have started a lot of new projects over the past few weeks but now you need to focus on just one of them and give it 100 per cent. Make the relentless pursuit of excellence your one and only aim over the next seven days. The more a friend or colleague moans about how tough life is at the moment the more annoyed you will get, and rightly so. Point out to them the many places in the world where life is so much more of a challenge. Do they want to swap? A positive attitude is an absolute must this week. Cosmic activity in the further reaches of your solar chart will bring challenges that require a forceful response, so get your act together and don't waste time and energy on needless negativity. There will be occasions this week when you find yourself moving in the opposite direction to most other people, but why should that bother you? You have never been one to follow the herd, so be brave and blaze your own trail through life. You will be far too busy taking care of what is in front of you this week to get worked up about what may be going on at a distance. Charity begins at home, so be kind to yourself and find ways to resolve a personal crisis. Discover more about yourself at

I'm the ex-VP of HR at Microsoft. The tech job market feels bleak, but here are 3 reasons not to panic.
I'm the ex-VP of HR at Microsoft. The tech job market feels bleak, but here are 3 reasons not to panic.

Yahoo

time17-07-2025

  • Automotive
  • Yahoo

I'm the ex-VP of HR at Microsoft. The tech job market feels bleak, but here are 3 reasons not to panic.

Chris Williams is an ex-VP of HR at Microsoft and has over 40 years of executive experience. He acknowledges that AI is fueling both chaos and opportunity in the tech industry. Williams said despite disruptions, learning has never been easier and there's more money out there. Tech layoffs are the new normal. The headlines come fast: Meta, Google, Salesforce, and, just recently, Microsoft, are cutting thousands. The jobs are gone, and for many, so is the optimism. I don't want to minimize the widespread pain for tech workers. But I do see three rays of hope that offer a reason for some optimism, based on my background as the former VP of HR for Microsoft and 40 years of business leadership experience. Change means opportunity for expansion AI is fueling both the chaos and the opportunity. Thanks to AI, tech firms are seeing massive productivity gains and doing more with fewer people. Competitive and shareholder pressure means layoffs, but every breakthrough needs people to build and implement it. Yes, the auto industry displaced carriage makers, but it also absorbed their skills and created countless more jobs. AI could follow the same curve: short-term disruption, long-term expansion. The tech companies, while laying off some, are hiring many others to drive their own AI products. Other companies need help taking advantage of AI. The first wave of easy adoptions may have crested, yet for many firms, the reinvention of their businesses to fully leverage AI awaits the people who can help them do that. Further, cataclysmic change often leads to vast expansion. Automobiles weren't simply a one-to-one replacement for carriages; they democratized transportation and led to the expansion of entire industries: huge investments in road building and major increases in travel, to name just two. Perhaps it's too soon to tell where that expansion comes from with AI, but I believe it's out there. AI is laying waste to many traditional white-collar jobs. But for those who are willing to adapt, there's an entire new frontier of opportunity. Learning has never been easier An interesting twist of the internet-obsessed and AI-focused era is that learning has never been easier. There are resources everywhere to help you transition into a skilled AI practitioner. You don't have to enroll in expensive courses, get advanced degrees, or endure yearslong apprenticeships like many other professions; you just need a laptop. There are videos, websites, and forums teeming with everything you ever wanted to know about taking advantage of AI. The guides are free, and the AI tools themselves will even teach you how to use them. Finally, most of the tech behind AI is wide open for all to see. The heavy competition in AI models means they're all courting — and training — people to work with their systems. In this gold rush era of AI, it's as if the world is begging you to become an AI expert. New money is out there There's also a change in the world of tech investments that offers an interesting glimmer of hope. In my work with several startups I've seen that, as wealth concentrates higher and higher, a new wave of investors is creating opportunity. Specifically, I've seen more funding come from family offices, private wealth management advisory firms that handle investments for ultra-high-net-worth families. For the last several years, the venture capital world has tightened. The smart money is being reined in, taking fewer bold risks. This makes it harder for very new ventures to get funded by traditional VCs. But at least one startup I work with has had great success approaching this new wave of "angel investors" with these offices. They're intrigued by bold ideas in corners of tech that VCs won't touch. And the recent "big bill" through congress eased regulations on those investments. This opens new opportunities for people jettisoned by their large tech companies. Many have connections with the very peers who went on to larger success, and they can get funding for new ideas that, just a few years ago, were rare. Light at the end of the tunnel No, the world of new startups funded by angel investors is not for everyone. But the last decade or two of tech has minted a new world of opportunity for those who can take this bold risk. It might feel like AI is coming for every job. But for those who can pivot, build, or back bold ideas, there's still light at the end of the tunnel. Chris Williams is a former VP of HR at Microsoft. He's an executive-level advisor and consultant with over 40 years of experience leading and building teams. Read the original article on Business Insider Error in retrieving data Sign in to access your portfolio Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data

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