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August 6, 2014
How To Tell If Someone Is Poachable
Should you try to steal that perfect candidate from the competition, or keep your distance? Here's how to feel it out.
If you're staffing up a startup or expanding your team, you already know you can't just rely on resumes coming over the transom. But if you meet someone spectacular at a conference, how do you know if she's potentially recruit-able? What's the best way to plant the idea?
Can Technology Really Change Your Habits?
Hate to break it to you but downloading an app won't get you to your habits. Here's the science of what will.
If you want to lose weight, improve your memory, even stop using technology so much, as the saying goes: there's an app for that.
How To Frame Negotiations So You Won't Dread Them
A negotiation isn't an argument, but a back-and-forth between people. Here's how to think differently about your approach to the table.
No matter how much you hate it, negotiation is an unavoidable part of life.
August 5, 2014
Glassdoor Expands Beyond Salaries, Highlights Company Perks And Benefits
Employers will be able to showcase their benefits packages, which employees can review anonymously.
When it's time to weigh a job offer, there is more to consider than salary. How does the health insurance or the retirement plan stack up? How much time will new parents get off? What about the vacation policy?
Russian Crime Ring Collects 1.2 Billion Stolen Usernames And Passwords
Yikes.
Do you use the Internet? If you do, there is a not-insignificant chance that your confidential information is in the hands of a Russian gang, which, according to the New York Times, has amassed a mind-boggling database of 1.2 billion username and password combinations, as well as more than half-a-billion email addresses.
Report: Coding School Graduates Boost Their Salaries By 44%
But 14% of alums remained unemployed.
For aspiring program developers, coding schools represent an opportunity to get a foot in the door of the bustling tech industry. It's rare that graduates snag six-figure salaries right out of their programs, but a new report finds they've increased their average salaries by 44% to $75,965 annually. Among those employed full time after their programs, salaries jumped to an average of $80,607.
Can Hackers Help Save North Korea?
Combining expatriates, experts and journalists, a new event looks for ways to undermine the Hermit Kingdom's severe digital censorship.
This post contains interviews with Thor Halvorssen of the Human Rights Foundation, Alex Lloyd of Accelerator Ventures, and Park Sang-Hak.
10 Ways To Sit Less At Work (Even If Your Boss Won't Spring For A Treadmill Desk)
Sitting is terrible for you, but there are ways to combat the sedentary lifestyle--without gym equipment in the office.
You've heard it before: Sitting is the new smoking.
Why The Most Successful Organizations Have Women And Millennials In Charge
A new global study shows that when women and twenty-somethings lead, big things follow.
Gender and generational gaps have recently become big buzz words in the business world. According to a new study, it's not a passing trend: Having millennials and women in leadership positions directly correlates with the success of a company.
August 4, 2014
Watch This Video Until The Cows Come Home--As A Farmer Woos Them With Lorde's "Royals" On Trombone
Move over, Pied Piper. A Kansas farmer summoned his cattle herd with a trombone cover of the hit song.
Lorde's "Royals" spent nine weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, but its appeal is not limited to the human species. At least if played on trombone.
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