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• How I Overcame Shyness and Became CEO of a Networking Company

  26-10-2015 22:16 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Today, I'm the CEO of a career-networking mobile app, Trustly. But not too long ago, I was a very introverted person! How did I go from being a shy, quiet introvert to being the CEO of a company -- especially one based on networking with people?When I was 12, I was accepted into an entrance-exam school that serves a much larger  geographic area than ...
  
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• The Lesson of The Mepps Man

  26-10-2015 21:59 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  I'm an angler. My earliest memories are of fishing, and there are few things I'd rather be doing than drifting in a canoe on a quiet pond casting flies for fish -- whatever species is willing to accommodate me. Even though my preference today is the fly rod, when I was a lad, my favorite fishing lure was the Mepps spinner.Made in Antigo, Wisconsin, ...
  
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• Part-Time Workers Matter, Too: 4 Tips for Engaging Hourly Workers

  26-10-2015 21:38 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Current estimates suggest that around 20 and 33 percent of the workforce is composed of contingent workers (part-timers, casual workers, freelancers, etc.). This figure could reach 50 percent by 2020. This change in the makeup of the workforce results from the recent trend toward building flexible workforces. Employing contingent workers is seen as the best way to achieve this end.The problem is that many employers have not really followed ...
  
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• Now That's a Beautiful Resume [Infographic]

  26-10-2015 21:38 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Loyal readers of Recruiter.com may have noticed a sharp uptick in the amount of resume-related content in recent days.There's a good reason for this: Resumes are tricky! We know how ...
  
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• How to Get the Best Employees to Work for Your Small Company

  26-10-2015 17:42 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Research from LinkedIn shows that more and more employees are heading to smaller companies, and not because the money is better. Working for smaller companies offers employees some pretty great non-financial benefits, such as the ability to clearly see the impact of their work and a clear knowledge of how they fit into a company's future.This is great news for these smaller companies, many of which ...
  
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• 4 Tips for Getting a Job When You're Over 40

  26-10-2015 15:31 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  It's unfortunate, but it's true: The threat of age discrimination is already looming ahead for workers in their late thirties. Many research authorities now define an "older worker" as as someone who is 45 years or older, which may have something to do with the fact that millennials surpassed Generation X as the biggest workforce generation this year.Older workers are perceived as being far less ...
  
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• The State of Millennial Employment Today

  26-10-2015 14:45 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  There's no official definition of what a millennial, is but most source say it is someone born between 1980 and 2000. There are currently 48.7 million adults between the ages of 18 and 30 in the U.S. These people account for 22 percent of the total adult population in the country. There are, roughly speaking, twice as many millennials as there are seniors.
  
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