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From first glance, it can be difficult to decide if they company you want to work for would be a good fit. It can also be hard to tell whether the company treats employees right. Glassdoor’s Employees’ Choice Awards can help. The annual awards are based entirely on employee feedback and honor companies and leaders […]
The majority of billionaires give at least some of their money to charity, but some of them are planning on giving away the majority of their fortunes to worthwhile causes. Berkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffett and Bill and Melinda Gates partnered together to create the Giving Pledge. This pledge invites the world’s wealthiest people to […]
The business world tends to favor extroverts over introverts with brainstorming in meetings, sales calls to clients’ offices, and general customer service duties. To an introvert, interacting with other people like this simply isn’t an option in their day-to-day lives. This makes a network-oriented career difficult. Fortunately, there are several jobs that are designed for […]
Mark Zuckerberg has joined Google in backing Andela, a two-year-old startup that trains software developers in Africa and then helps place them in full-time roles with international companies. Andela has grown quickly to 200 engineers with offices in Nairobi, Kenya, and Lagos, Nigeria. On Thursday, the startup announced a funding round of $24 million in a round […]
Netflix CEO Reed Hastings is a billionaire but he doesn’t have his own office. In an interview with The New York Times, Hastings explains, “My office is my phone.” “I found I was rarely using my cubicle, and I just had no need for it. It is better for me to be meeting people all around […]
Former New York City mayor and multi-billionaire businessman Michael Bloomberg knows exactly what he wants in a perfect job candidate and it’s not what you would expect. Bloomberg employs about 19,000 people in nearly 200 countries but his ideal candidate is someone who understands how to deal with a struggle. Speaking to a group of […]
Over the years, we have been able to witness commencement speeches from some of the world’s most successful business minds. We have heard some memorable quotes that have inspired young graduates all over the United States. Commencement speeches are great to listen to because while the speaker is directing his or her speech to the […]
Anybody who is serious about doing well in the business world knows that they need to always be learning from those who have come before them. We all have read countless business books that each offer their own unique way of selling us on how to prosper in the crazy world of entrepreneurship. But which of […]
If you work at Google headquarters or you just happen to be visiting, there is a very good chance you will bump into Larry Page, Sergey Brin, or Google CEO Sundar Pichai. There is also a very good chance that without a meeting at their Mountain View campus, you will not have the chance to […]
With unemployment hitting 5.0% it is becoming a job seekers market. Gone are the days when a business can take their pick of the little and fill a position almost as quickly as its posted to their jobs board. The goal for many companies these days are to retain the top talent they already possess. […]
Google’s success story is a rarity – not many companies are able to pull off what they have, going from a simple search engine to one of the wealthiest, most innovative and best known companies in the world. But while most businesses may not be the next Google, smart ones will learn from Google’s business […]
The invention of paper did wonders for mankind’s organizational skills. With the invention of papyrus, a thousand things became possible for the Egyptians: hieroglyphic shopping lists (goats, bread, and charcoal eyeliner), ‘Things-to-Avoid’ lists (asps, crocodiles, and King Tut on a bad day) and even ‘Things-to-Be-Buried-With’ lists (gold, wives, and servants for the afterlife). Thanks to […]
