Secrets to Success in Hiring Interns

On January 26, 2011

Secrets to Success in Hiring Interns

Summer is a great time to look for interns to fulfill painstaking duties that have been put on the backburner or just to have assistance to get you above all the paper. Many students are looking to make money and

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On January 26, 2011

How My Company Hires for Culture First, Skills Second

No two organizations' hiring processes are alike. No technology company hiring manager would ask a programmer applicant to teach the alphabet, but it's the first thing a school administrator might ask of a teacher. Obviously, you need different criteria to…


On January 26, 2011

Why Business is Stuck on Income Inequality

Martin Sorrell, the CEO of advertising and public relations giant WPP, was just at the Sundance Film Festival, where he saw a documentary called The Flaw. The title comes from Alan Greenspan's now-famous admission to a Congressional committee…


On January 26, 2011

The Real Benefit of Finding a Sponsor

For decades, women have been knocking on the door to the C-suite but getting little or no response. They finally learned the magic password.

More than 200 women and men braved wind and snow recently to attend the launch…


On January 26, 2011

Day 1 Davos Snapshot

(See Michael's beginner's guide to Davos.)

The Congress Center is buzzing. The crowd is hyper-international, and business is on everyone's lips. You probably overhear the word "China" or "Obama" every third minute. It's been snowing, but there's no…


On January 26, 2011

AAPL Climbs Back on the Horse

This might be shaping up to be a good week for Apple, with investor confidence roaring back. AAPL closed Tuesday at $341.40, up 1.17 percent. Recall that Apple stocks kept tumbling all week after CEO Steve Jobs

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On January 26, 2011

Microsoft Dynamics’ Slick Strategem

Microsoft did some smart things last week when it announced its Dynamics CRM Online service. Most of the headlines will focus on the teaser rate or introductory pricing of only US$34 per seat-month for 12 months. Until

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On January 26, 2011

The Best and Worst Franchises to Own


Franchises always make money, right? WRONG. We wanted to delve deeper into the matter and actually figure out how many franchises fail. So we released the hounds to sniff around and we came across some…


On January 26, 2011

Canadian May Sting Google Over Buzz

A Canadian recently sued the Internet giant Google, citing unspecified damages regarding alleged problems stemming from Google's social networking and messaging tool "Buzz," which is integrated into Gmail, the company's Web-based email program. This came on the

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