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Why Is Nashville Booming While Memphis Busts?

Posted on December 8, 2014 by VoiceGlance
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One was recently named the second-best big city for jobs, with an unemployment rate just over 5 percent. The other has an unemployment rate of 7.9 percent, and has been one of the slowest cities in the nation to recover from the Great Recession. One has a show named after it, a thriving culture and was described by Forbes as “Nowville.” Meanwhile, the other was described by Forbes as being the third-most miserable city in the United States and the second-most dangerous city in the United States. One has attracted 48 percent more college graduates to its population of 25 to 34 year olds since 2000, according to the New …Read more »

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The Motley Fool Has The Best Career Site. Period.

Posted on December 5, 2014 by VoiceGlance
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The Motley Fool, for those who don’t know, is essentially a news site dedicated to covering finance and the stock market, with the company also launching a mutual fund in 2009. They’ve been around since 1993, have about 300 employees and are based in Virginia. It is a successful company, becoming an influential voice in an increasingly-crowded market. But what really makes it unique is the amazing amount of energy and web space it spends marketing its employer brand. It isn’t wasted, either. Quite frankly, The Motley Fool’s recruiting team has the best presence on the web of any company …Read more »

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Did Netflix Just Blow $90 Million?

Posted on December 4, 2014 by VoiceGlance
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In an obvious attempt to “follow in the footsteps”, i.e. rip off, the success of one of the most successful shows on television, Game of Thrones, Netflix is releasing its own Middle Age-set, highly-expensive dramatic series on Dec. 12, Marco Polo. Despite the show’s introductory season being a mere 10 episodes, it costs $90 million to make, making it one of the most expensive shows in the history of television. It is a massive chance by Netflix to try to lure (and, more importantly, retain) viewers with its own original content, which could work if not for one small detail… The show, according to the …Read more »

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How To Write Amazing Job Postings (And Why That Matters)

Posted on December 3, 2014 by VoiceGlance
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There’s a new website called Cladwell that essentially serves as a personal shopper for men buying clothes. It’s pretty cool. Cladwell asks you seven questions, including your body shape, hair color, if you prefer fashion over function and your budget, and then it recommends clothes from around the web. So if you are 5’10” and prefer function over fashion and don’t want to spend a lot of money, they’ll recommend you some comfortable, cheap outfits from stores that will fit well. The concept of Cladwell is a perfect representation of where the economy is headed. Today, companies are working to …Read more »

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Why Most Stories About Millennials Are Bunk

Posted on December 2, 2014 by VoiceGlance
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We’ve all heard it before. They only wear skinny jeans and chubbies. They can’t go five minutes without taking a selfie. According to NPR, they are “post-gender.” Heck, one 60 Minutes expose portrayed them as so dependent that if their boss says anything negative about their performance, the boss can be sure to get a phone call from their mother within 20 minutes, demanding an apology. They are obsessed with themselves, but want to do work that helps others. They are changing the world with new technology, but are lazy and unmotivated. They put money above all else, but they …Read more »

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Black Friday Flopped And Cyber Monday Might Go Away. Here’s Why.

Posted on December 1, 2014 by VoiceGlance
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Black Friday profits were down this year, pretty dramatically. Bloomberg reports that sales were down by 11 percent compared to last year (which was down from the year before that), as six million fewer shoppers showed up. That decline certainly isn’t attributed to the economy. While wages haven’t increased much the past two years, America’s unemployment rate has steadily dropped from 8.6 percent in November of 2011 to 5.8 percent in October of this year (the latest stats available). When I saw those numbers, I assumed customers were going online, and Cyber Monday would be a big hit. While it …Read more »

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The Best Christmas Bonus A Company Can Give

Posted on November 30, 2014 by VoiceGlance
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Now that Thanksgiving has passed, it is time for businesses to figure out what to give their employees for Christmas. There is the traditional Christmas bonus, a custom that (perhaps rightfully) is going by the wayside. There is the Christmas party, which could be fun, but can also lead to uncomfortable situations and often becomes a JATTP (just another thing to plan). Both of those options have major downsides, which I’ll get into. Instead, there is a better solution out there, which avoids the major pitfalls of the two aforementioned ones: an unexpected day off. No employee, in any job, wouldn’t …Read more »

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What HR Teams Need To Learn From United Technology’s Big Hire

Posted on November 25, 2014 by VoiceGlance
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United Technologies shocked the business world Monday when it announced its CEO of the past six years, Louis Chenevert, was abruptly retiring and would immediately be replaced by their longtime CFO, Gregory Hayes. What’s interesting about the move is not necessarily that a longtime CEO abruptly left a company that generated $62.6 billion in revenue in 2013 or the rumors that go along with that. Or even the person who replaced him, Hayes, who has served as the company’s CFO since 2008. What’s interesting about it, at least from an HR perspective, is how commonplace the hire was. Hayes, a …Read more »

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Is Uber’s Audacious Recruiting Tactic Smart Business?

Posted on November 24, 2014 by VoiceGlance
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Earlier this year, Lyft drivers across the nation were experiencing a familiar phenomenon: they would pick up an Uber recruiter acting as a passenger, who would then spend the entire trip convincing the Lyft driver to take a job driving at Uber. Specifically, the drivers were offered more money per hour and up to a $1,000 bonus to join the rival driving service, according to various news reports.  The move was just part of a master plan by Uber entitled Operation SLOG designed to crush their biggest competitor. It is hard to argue that the plan is ethical, as Uber …Read more »

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Want To Be More Creative? Don’t Sleep

Posted on November 20, 2014 by VoiceGlance
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Wednesday, famed sportswriter Bill Simmons released a podcast where he interviewed Lorne Michaels, the man who created and still runs Saturday Night Live. In the interview, Michaels said something particularly interesting about the creative process. Simmons asked him about the grueling nature of SNL, where Michaels and his staff have been putting on a live hour of television each week for the past 40 years. Specifically, Simmons asked if that sort of schedule was too difficult, if there would be a benefit to cutting back. Michaels’ answer: no. “There’s a mantra that I have, which is fatigue is your friend,” …Read more »

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