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Employers and Workers Differ on Engagement Factors Employers and professionals are not on the same page when it comes to what drives employee engagement, according to a recent survey from Randstad. Employees want to work for organizations that encourage a comfortable but stimulating environment and...
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We're at a Crossroad for Data Privacy Consumer expectations create an environment of privacy and awareness, so companies must build privacy practices and controls that link with the way they operate.
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Dissatisfied Workers Plan Exit Strategies Question: What do you get when you combine rising job dissatisfaction among technology professionals with an improving economy? Answer: A potential mass migration of IT employees. Significantly more tech workers plan to change jobs this year,...
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Impressive Answers to Tough Interview Questions Confident, experienced job candidates aren't intimidated by difficult interview questions: They welcome them as challenges to conquer. Professionals never know when they'll sit down with an interviewer who relishes putting applicants on the hot...
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12 Little-Known Facts About Twitter If you spend any amount of time paring your thoughts down to 140 characters (or fewer), then you must be a member of Twitter Nation. And you're in good company, as an overwhelming number of global businesses, celebrities, athletes, charities and...
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Professionals Are Addicted to Buzzwords Why are so many smart, accomplished IT and business professionals addicted to buzzwords? These trite, overused terms and phrases litter our daily dialogue like a self-replicating computer virus. What's more, many technology and business folks...
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IT Pros Must Become Business Influencers Constant change has defined the modern era of business and technology, and astute IT professionals are quickly adapting their skills and knowledge accordingly. They'll have to keep doing that for the indefinite future—with a special focus on...
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The Internet of Things Means Business Connected devices and networked machines are enabling industry and government to collect information and act on it in ways that will redefine IT and business.
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First Impressions Count on Job Interviews Many tech professionals love science fiction, but most of them certainly wouldn't act out a favorite scene from a sci-fi TV show or movie in the middle of a job interview. But, believe it or not, one applicant actually did that. Unfortunately, a...
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Microsoft in Transition: A Look Back There are a lot of changes taking place in Redmond, Wash., these days. Redmond, of course, is home to Microsoft, the tech giant that commands overall revenue of nearly $78 billion. (That's more than the domestic gross product of many nations.) This...
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