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Billionaire Advises Investors to Ride Out COVID-19 Market Volatility
With Joe Biden’s big Super Tuesday wins, the stock market rebounded today. However, experts are skeptical and expect the market to remain volatile for some time to come. Marketwatch spoke with billionaire investor Howard Marks about the big swings in the market and the co-chairman of Oaktree Capital gave some familiar advice: “nobody knows.” So, […]
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30 Smart Questions To Ask In Your Next Job Interview
Applying for jobs is a job in itself; according to Monster, the average job search can take five months. During that time, if you’re lucky, you’ll have numerous interviews, especially if there are a lot of companies hiring near you. Sometimes a job interview feels like a comfortable chat, and sometimes it feels like an […]
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Top 10 Most Obnoxious Marketing Techniques
Marketing is essential in the business world, but there are some tactics that take things just a little too far and may be pushing your audience away instead of drawing them in. Some of the tactics commonly used lately are pushing away customers, and some have even made for some nasty PR blunders. In this […]
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Top 10 Most Elaborate PR Stunts (That Were Complete Fails)
A successful and witty PR stunt can quickly go viral, resulting in a company seeing a massive boost in sales and an increase in their stock values. Considering this, it is no real surprise that so many marketing campaigns are designed to try and go viral. The issue with this is sometimes these PR stunts […]
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How To Base Your Marketing On Pokemon The Right Way
Everyone is trying to jump on the Pokemon Go bandwagon in one way or another. There are tips and tricks published all over the internet in an attempt to get page views. But how do you jump on the Pokemon Go bandwagon in a way that is both valuable to your customer base and relevant […]
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Using Political Buzz To Market To Your Audience
It’s safe to say most people are already exhausted by this election cycle and we still have over two months to go. There are many people on both sides of the aisle who are passionate about politics and there have been threats from both sides about moving to Canada if their candidate doesn’t win. But […]
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The 30 best companies to work for in America right now
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 […]
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11 billionaires who are giving away their fortunes to worthwhile causes
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 […]
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The 20 best jobs for introverts
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 […]
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10 most stressful jobs of 2016
Every professional endures stress in their job, whether it has to do with multitasking, push back from coworkers, or even a stressful boss. But for others, the very nature of the job can be stressful. The Jobs Rated methodology defines stress through 11 factors: competitiveness, deadlines, physical demands, meeting and interacting with customers and/or the […]
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Zuckerberg has backed a startup harder to get into than Harvard
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 […]
