image via blogs.bgsu.edu Dubbed the Gmail killer, Facebook’s new email program is to launch on Monday. There has been talk about a secret product from Facebook and this appears to be the secret. As people are jumping from the AOL ship, Google, Yahoo and other...
imagevia sixapart.com In a presentation I gave the other night, someone in the audience asked if there was any questions you should not ask in the job interview. One thing that many career experts will tell you is not to bring up money. How then, are you supposed to...
In an article in today's WSJ.com, they discuss how there is a war going on within the top technology firms to attract the best employees. To read the full article, click here. As noted in the picture below, Google has over 23,000 employees, Facebook 1700, Zynga 1250...
Many have heard the word monopoly but have you heard the word monopsony? This word is becoming more commonly used. A monopsony exists when there is a market dominated by a single buyer, giving power to set the price for whatever is being purchased. If there is no...
image via bigmouthmedia.com Blekko has been in development since 2007, but it has only recently become available to the public. Blekko is a search engine that has its sights on Google’s business. To do this, they are focusing on what they can do differently. The...
If you are interesting in learning more about all of the products Google offers, you need to check out Google New. On this site, you can watch videos about all of their latest products. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ql7jGchLAWE&fs=1&hl=en_US]
image via geeksmack.net Google’s site defines zeitgeist “as, “zeit·geist | Pronunciation: 'tsIt-"gIst, 'zIt | Function: noun | Etymology: German, from Zeit (time) + Geist (spirit) | Date: 1884 | Meaning: the general intellectual, moral, and cultural climate of an era....
With the popularity of Google, odds are you have probably tried using their search engine a time or two. However, many people are unaware of how to refine their searches using Google's lesser-known functions. To find information about a specific website, try...
Image via 4.bp.blogspot.com I use AOL a lot so I don't run into file size limits very often as they allow up to 16 MB attachments. However, I noticed that when I try to send files to some of my friends and family, they have difficulty receiving the larger files. I...
image via online.wsj.com I saw the above chart today from eMarketer and it surprised me a bit. I hear so much about Google adwords that I expected their income from ads to be higher. How does advertising with Yahoo differ from Google? I found an interesting...
Our guest today is Megan D. Burkhart, EVP and Chief Human Resources Officer at Comerica. Comerica Inc. is a financial services company headquartered in Dallas with three major divisions: commercial banking, retail banking, and wealth management. Megan’s position...
Our guest today is Ola Snow, Chief Human Resources Officer at Cardinal Health. Ola oversees the company’s Human Resources, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Community Relations, Communications, Environmental health and Safety, Security, Real Estate, Facilities and...
You can’t avoid negotiations in any line of work, especially in business. Whether it’s negotiating a business deal or negotiating your salary, you need to know how it works. You need to know how many questions you need to ask, how to get in their head, and more. Join...
Tom Peters illuminates this episode with his wisdom by sharing his new book, which was inspired by Excellence Now: Extreme Humanism. Tom, the co-author of Compact Guide to Excellence, shares the guidebook for leaders in the workplace to urge them on what truly matters...
Our guest today is MetLife EVP and Chief HR Officer Susan Podlogar. In this episode, our discussion focuses on MetLife’s wellness programs and initiatives. Susan provides actionable steps you can take to start building your own company’s wellness culture, which is...