Brief thought exercise: how closely do you connect your self-worth to your job?
Work shouldn’t be EVERYTHING, right? Continue Reading
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Bitly decided to get in bed with the marketing industry big-time
I use Bitly for my links on this blog, and I know most major organizations do as well — I can tell you from personal experience that PBS and ESPN do, for example. Their business model is interesting, though: they… Continue Reading
Could acqui-hiring work outside the tech space?
The basic concept of “acqui-hiring” is pretty simple — as more tech talent (primarily that’s the industry where this happens) opts for start-ups over bigger companies, the bigger companies find it harder to acquire talent the conventional way (i.e. recruiting… Continue Reading
Do universities use inaccurate marketing to get students in the door, especially at the business/grad program level?
This is kind of an interesting topic to me for a variety of reasons. I went to grad school (two-year business program), struggled to get a job, finally did, and now regularly look back on the entire process and reflect. That’s… Continue Reading
Resumes show eligibility, but not suitability. Could a company called Saberr change that?
I basically spent the better part of the past year looking for a job and, predominantly, being frustrated in that process. I really, truly believe that Human Resources needs to re-think its internal structure — and I think that filters to the… Continue Reading
The fact that the ‘productivity app’ market has grown 150 percent in the past year is inherently ironic, right?
Was reading this article earlier today, and while the actual topic of the article is interesting — essentially, a company in Berlin made an app that makes the concept of a to-do list “fun” (although I’d argue a lot of… Continue Reading
Ron Johnson, retail semi-legend, just gave an open palm slap to Big Data
The American business culture is often very “What have you done for me lately?” In that sense, you can argue Ron Johnson is a flop. He had big successes in the retail space, most notably with helping Target get into… Continue Reading
Brief thought exercise: if you have a relatively standard office job, could you theoretically do it from a pub each day?
In many ways, this is a ludicrous discussion, and I want to admit that up front. The largest occupation in America right now is retail, and retail jobs tend to be things you need to be in a physical place… Continue Reading