From Page 52 of Time, in an article about education, December 18th, 2006: “Jobs in the new economy-the ones that won’t get outsourced or automated-”put an enormous premium on creative and innovative skills, seeing patterns where other people see only chaos,” says Marc Tucker , an author of the skills-commission report and president of the [...]
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An Example of the World’s Data Crisis
The World Trade Center had one zip code, 10048. Five years later after their destruction, mail of all kinds arrives there daily! It’s an all too sad and vivid reminder of the crisis in our society with businesses not putting priority on cleaning data. This happens every day with catalogs sent to people who have moved or are now deceased. [...]
Thought for the Day
Imagination is more important than knowledge, for knowledge is limited while imagination embraces the entire world. – Albert Einstein
An Indeed.com Alternative
Getthejob.com is a new job aggregator that differentiates itself from indeed.com in that it doesn’t pick up postings from headhunters, third party recruiters or too-good-to-be-true scam jobs. They claim that 70% of the postings can’t be found on commercial job boards. They do have Ladders affiliate ads however, so the option is still there, it’s [...]
Is Your Resume Going Into Spam Oblivion?
This excellent article discusses the major problems with this issue. While you can’t eliminate it completely, it contains some good tips to reduce the issue.
Another Established Personalized Service Put to Rest by Macy’s
Marshall Field’s was slaughtered, now Macy’s killed the personalized stationary in the store too. It’s interesting how much this relates to recruiting. Personal stationery makes you feel like you’ve arrived. For the person on the receiving end, opening the envelope is like opening a gift. The ladies of the Personalized Stationery Team were like fairy [...]
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David Dalka is a digital business strategy professional experienced in realigning organizations to capture customer demand while improving margins. David is a business keynote speaker providing customized business strategy services and corporate executive retreats. David has been cited in the following business publications
