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June 14, 2016
How I Got My Old Job Back After Leaving For A New One
These are the three crucial things it takes to get rehired for a position you've recently left.
Leaving a job you love is one of the hardest decisions to make. Sometimes it's not that you're unhappy where you are, but you've got a great offer that you feel you just can't pass up. It might mean a bigger title, a higher salary, or perhaps just a new set of challenges to help you grow or sharpen your skills.
June 13, 2016
Apple Wants China To Know Apple Loves China
Apple namedropped China throughout the WWDC keynote today. A lot.
What's the most important region to Apple? If today's WWDC keynote is anything to go by, it's China. No other country got the number of shout-outs—indeed, no other country got any shout-outs—that China did. Whenever Apple had the opportunity to namedrop China or a Chinese company, they took it.
Here's What Apple Is Bringing To The Apple TV
tvOS is taking a step forward with updates to Siri, and new features such as single sign on, dark mode, and more.
At today's WWDC, Apple's senior vice president of Internet Software and Services Eddy Cue took to the stage to introduce the next version of tvOS, the operating system that underlies the Apple TV. Here are the highlights from Cue's unveiling, as well as the new features to be included with the next version of tvOS.
Apple Music's First Year: What Works, What Needs To Be Retuned
A year after Apple's shift to streaming, its impact is hard to deny. But there's still plenty of work ahead.
Even before Apple carted Drake out on stage to help announce its new music streaming service last June, the company's move was already seen as a big deal. And of course it was: Not only does Apple have a tendency to help reshape the markets it barges into, but this is music: The very industry Apple famously helped salvage from the smoldering ruins of Napster's heyday by launching iTunes and the iPod.
6 Key Ways Design Thinkers Approach Problems
How design thinkers think.
Design thinking is a popular strategy for solving thorny problems, both inside and outside the business world. Countless articles detail how to do it. This is not one of those posts. This is a look at how veterans of the process think: what goes on in their minds when they approach a problem, be it a new app or a service. These observations are based on my years of experience as a design management consultant. Master these, and you're on your way to becoming an ace design thinker.
Etsy's New Ultra-Sustainable Headquarters Is Filled With Local, Handmade Furniture
Adopting some of the strictest building standards around required the company to find innovative ways to help its sellers meet rigorous sustainability metrics.
It's not surprising that someone working at Etsy might have a handcrafted desk, surrounded by giant handmade lamps, macramé art, or felt typewriters—all made by Etsy sellers, naturally. But when the craft giant moved into a new headquarters, it took things further: All of the handmade furnishings are now also as sustainable as possible, part of a massive effort to improve the office's environmental footprint.
Is There A Business Case To Be Made For Political Endorsements?
When companies enter the political fray, what do they stand to lose?
Earlier this month Home Depot founder Bernie Marcus took to the blog Real Clear Politics to explain why he's voting for Donald Trump. The 800-word screed went on to talk about his experience as an entrepreneur, which led him to support the GOP. All the while, he cited his company's success.
Three Things Recruiters No Longer Look For (And Three They Still Do)
Is job-hopping really OK? Do you still need a cover letter? We talked to the experts to find out what matters in hiring.
Restarting your job search after being off the market for a while? Or just getting into it the first time? In either case, there's a very real possibility that the career advice you're working off of is outmoded or just not as fine-tuned as it could be.
Six Words And Phrases To Avoid At The End Of A Long Interview Process
After many rounds of interviews, you're both comfortable and exhausted. But now isn't the time to drop your guard.
Even the most confident and experienced candidates can get tongue-tied in high-stakes interviews—especially protracted ones. Maybe you've reached the end of the process, and after many rounds and multiple conversations, you've grown both comfortable and exhausted.
Five Crucial Things I Only Could've Learned By Scaling My Startup
Buffer COO Leo Widrich shares what he's figured out in the course of growing the company to reach $10 million in annual revenue.
In five and a half years of Buffer, we've been fortunate to cross many milestones—3 million registered users, 90+ team members, and most recently, $10 million in annual recurring revenue. Some of the lessons we learned to help get us there came easily. Others we learned the hard way. Here are some of the most important things we've figured out how to do.
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