081114 Daily Links (Nov 14, 2008)

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Thought For the Day: Focus, focus, focus Google Finally Starts Firing Slackers? “Recent change in behavior here at Google… it used to be nearly impossible to get fired for general underperformance, but about a week ago word went out to managers that this was a good time to get rid of any people who were […]
 

081113 Daily Links (Nov 13, 2008)

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Thought For The Day: "The old gives way to the new with a kick and a scream. Then the old goes out with a whimper." Online advertising is now deadDave Winer, resident curmudgeon and crystal ball gazer who is almost always right about these things, declares the end of Banner Advertising. One of these days, […]
 

081112 Daily Links (Nov 12, 2008)

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Thought For The Day: The workforce will be multigenerational for a very long time. Making the place friendly to each of the four resident generations is the new diversity. The Prediction Season Begins in Earnest: The end of the year is the natural time for future-gazing and oracles. This tech group predicts a blase year […]
 

081111 Daily Links (Nov 11, 2008)

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Thought For The Day: “curse of knowledge: the better we get at generating great ideas—new insights and novel solutions—in our field of expertise, the more unnatural it becomes for us to communicate those ideas clearly. (Made to Stick) Mass Layoffs per month since 2004 The summary includes information about industry and geography. You might want […]
 

081110 Newspapers Grasp For Relevancy

Newspapers Grasp For Relevancy (Nov 10, 2008) I happened on Alan D. Mutter’s piece “It’s time
 

081110 Daily Links (Nov 10, 2008)

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Thought For The Day: "In auspicious times, what was impossible six months ago is inadequate today." The genius behind SteveThis look at Apple paints a clear picture of the mundane logistics excellence required to deliver sexy design. It paints an interesting picture of the role of an Operations executive. Good background. Tim Cook, Apple’s COO […]
 

081107 The Recruiting Strategy Series So Far

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Read The Recruiting Strategy Series So Far Introduction (Strategy or Toys) Recruiting Strategy 1: Various Definitions Recruiting Strategy 2: Underpinnings Recruiting Strategy 3: Elements Recruiting Strategy 4: Starting
 

081107 Daily Links (Nov 7, 2008)

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Thought For The Day: “Now that Obama is president, Gen X is the new baby boomers.“ Twitter’s Evan Williams: Making money through corporate accounts? Is the real money always in Enterprise applications? Lot’s of companies are already using Twitter for internal communications. Craigslist Agrees to Curb Sex Ads Authentication of user identity is the key […]
 

091106 Recruiting Strategy 5: Organizational Self-Examination

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Recruiting Strategy 5: Organizational Self-Examination (Nov 06, 2008) Collecting, assessing and visualizing the information from within your organization is just the very beginning. Often this data rollup becomes such an exercise that it is barely complete by the time that the visioning thing begins. A pile of data in pretty graphs does not necessarily equate […]
 

081106 Daily Links (Nov 6, 2008)

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Thought For The Day: "The traditional solution for a recession is to print more money" When recruiters lose their credibilityYep, he did lose his mojo and yep it is surely back. “Can we just dispense with the flowery horsespit and go right to