6 Ways to Adapt Hiring Practices to the Improving Job Market
In recent years, we?ve experienced an employer?s market, as the economy has driven many skilled professionals back into the job market.
Do High-School Students With Jobs Make More Money Later in Life?
Remember the job you had in high school? Scooping ice cream at Baskin Robbins, babysitting for a neighbor, or a cashier at the mall?
How A Teenager’s App Beat Angry Birds. For Five Hours.
Millennial Thursday: Marketed as ?an app for procrastinators,? Finish has been a success by many standards. Launched in January 2013, it boasts over 200,000 downloads, won the Apple Design Award for 2013 and, perhaps most excitingly, beat the uber-popular app Angry Birds in the charts.
After 9/11, This Franchisee Sold Everything to Reboot His Career
For Andrew Slattery, the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, were a wakeup call. At the time, Slattery was a salesman for a plastics company and was traveling often. It took him days to get home to his family after the attacks, and it was then that he decided it was time to take his career into his own hands.
The Money of Color: Trendiness gets commercialized, and hues are no exception.
Every year, Pantone, a design consultancy based in New Jersey, singles out one color and declares it ?Color of the Year.? This year?s color is “Radiant Orchid,” whose purple reign will end in December, when next year?s color will be announced.
Meet 5 Women Breaking New Ground in Health Tech
Healthcare has seen impressive advances in technology but what might come as a surprise is the number of women whose research and investment lies behind them.
Note And Vote: How Google Ventures Avoids Groupthink In Meetings
You know when a meeting turns into a complete waste of time? Maybe you?re trying to come up with ideas, or make a decision. Before anyone realizes it, the meeting starts to suck. by @JakeKnapp
Innovation: The History of a Buzzword
In the 17th century, “innovators” didn’t get accolades. They got their ears cut off. by @emmagreen
An inside look at what it?s like to build companies at lightning speed
Rocket Internet is known for launching and growing tech companies at an astonishing rate and speed, but you rarely hear inside accounts about how it?s done. We talked to a number of founders to find out. @CharmaineLi
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