080826 Population II

(August 26, 2008) For the entire history of the human race, with virtually no exceptions. the age distribution of population has had the shape of a pyramid. As people get older, there are fewer of them. The pyramid shape means that there are few old people and lots of young people. The older that people […]
 

080826 Daily Links (Aug 26, 2008)

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Thought For The Day:  Social media can not, and does not encompass any one area of your business – Your advertising lead will use it to advertise WITH your customers, and not at them. – Your HR department will use it to locate the best hires. – Your product development will discover new products not […]
 

080825 Population 1

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(August 25, 2008) Recruiting is a market at the intersection of people and opportunity. People, the supply, and opportunity, the demand, are combined to make organizations more able to fulfill their potential. Recruiters sift, sort and select in order to meet the need of the groups they represent. That sounds painfully obvious. But, that’s where […]
 

080825 Daily Links (Aug 25, 2008)

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Thought For The Day:  There are many distinct types of Recruiting. Announcing two upcoming Recruiting Roadshows – Dallas, September 25 – Silicon Valley, October 23 Is Linking to Yourself the Future of the Web? "… more and more information that was once delivered by independent web sites was now being delivered directly by search engines, […]
 

080822 Idealization

(August 22, 2008) Every morning, I take a five mile walk around the perimeter of Schollenberger Park. It’s a wetlands area with 200
 

080822 Daily Links (Aug 22, 2008)

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Thought For The Day:  Pleasant manners work with even the most irritable of people. Announcing two upcoming Recruiting Roadshows – Dallas, September 25 – Silicon Valley, October 23 Facebook
 

080821 Why Monster Bought Trovix

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(August 21, 2008) Sometimes, a piece of technology emerges that solves a problem you never thought would get solved. When the solution is really good, it opens the door to thinking about other similar problems and their solutions. Shazam is a mind-blowing application for the
 

080821 Daily Links (August 21, 2008)

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Thought For The Day: "No one is honest when there is a punishment for honesty"….R. Animal What Facebook’s New ‘Engagement Advertising’ Means to Brands "Facebook, noted as the largest social network, is on a growth rate to increase it’s active users to 90million active users today in August, 2008 up from 54 million aprox at […]
 

080820 Big Picture

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(August 20, 2008) It’s like watching thousands of ants close up. You’re sure there’s a pattern. You can only see it by standing back. The
 

080820 Daily Links (Aug 20, 2008)

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Thought For The Day: Population dynamics are the backbone of Recruiting. What Makes for a Good Blog? "People start real blogs because they think about something a lot. Maybe even five things. But, their brain so overflows with curiosity about a family of topics that they can’t