Category Archive for "Careers"

04Sep

Does your work float in the Cloud?

Information Week’s Thomas Claburn reports from BoxWorks 2014 in San Francisco. Growth in the cloud platform of computing allows industry-specific software for collaboration and storage. To learn more about automating business processes through cloud computing click to read the InformationWeek article Box Reshapes itself as a Platform...

02Sep

Cargill buys ADM’s chocolate business

Privately held Cargill will spend $440 million to buy Archer Daniels Midland Company’s chocolate business, pending US and EU regulator approval. This purchase extends Cargill’s global reach with ADM chocolate factories in UK, Germany, Belgium, Milwaukee, Hazeltine Pennsylvania and Georgetown Ontario. Click to read the article by Mike Hughlett in...

21Aug

Social Media Food Bloggers conference next month

Join the SIXTH annual International Food Bloggers Conference in beautiful Seattle, Washington September 19-21 at the Westin! Click to learn more about IFBC and register at Foodista.com...

18Aug

Your first 90 days…

Here’s a great blog post with five career survival tips relevant to anyone just starting out in a new job, or joining a company or even promoted to a new department.The examples are for a Chief Information Officer but certainly have general relevance. Read the article by Jonathan Reichental republished...

02Aug

How Millennials will shape retail in 25 years

The Millennial generation is larger than the economy influencing Baby Boomer generation. This CNBC article predicts the form factor for retailing malls and branding in 25 years. Read the article by Krystina Gustafson at CNBC.com...

26Jul

PR Résumé Do’s and Don’ts:

How to Keep Your Résumé From Going ‘On File’ The U.S. economy has added 1.2 million jobs in the past six months, the fastest pace of hiring since 2006. And there’s no question that PR job opportunities are on the rise. Click to read the entire article at PR News...

24Jul

One simple way to save more money

Want to manage your money better? Researchers from the Stanford Graduate School of Business have a new one for you: Embrace the power trip. Their new study found that people who feel powerful (defined by having control over valuable resources) are more likely to save money as a means of...