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Disrespect and Exclusion

For the last 40 years, across multiple work engagements, I’ve observed unequal treatment and advancement of women in technology or related fields. At the same time, I admit that my own career has been remarkably free of disrespect and exclusion.


A Guide to Outsourcing for Startups

Although we live in an age where startups are relatively easy to launch, core team members can still find it difficult to manage things by themselves. This is why most startup companies don't survive in the long run. Those startups that do survive and flourish have discovered that they do not have to be limited to a single city, country or even to a contient. Estimates show that over 300,000 jobs in the U.S. are outsourced yearly. Business outscourcing can help startups stretch their limited resources...


Behind the Scenes In Human Resources

Behind the Scenes In Human Resources: Five Strategies to Bring In the Best Talent

Tony Pratofiorito, Managing Director of Human Resources at an international investment bank, shared a few lesser-known ways of sifting through the applicant pooland insuring that a company brings in the best possible talent for a given opening.

Read a resume backwards to understand where...

Find Good Talent

Recruiting needs to change to fit the current trends.  More than ever, young people in their twenties and thirties are using social media to hunt for jobs.  They are using YouTube to post video resumes or visumes and these are great tools!  With all the new social media tools that are available to young talent, companies need to step up their program to make sure they are monitoring all of the right social media outlets.

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Jobs:The Coming War!

One of my interns recently commented that she had observed “so many old people” working in places such as Fedex-Kinkos, Home Depot, and Rite Aid.  She wasn’t making a comment on the culture as being “old” as much as she was observing that many of these oldsters who are working are doing so because they have not saved enough for retirement.  Some companies prefer to hired older people because they bring a...