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Employee Retention: The Secret According to Apple

by Jessica Miller-Merrell
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  One of the hottest industries right now is tech.  Engineers, coders, and developers in California’s Silicon Valley are in high demand with median annual salaries at $105,000.  Companies like Apple, Google, Adobe, Intuit, and Lucas Films are struggling to keep up as companies cherry pick from one another increasing competition and inflating salary and employee [...]

February 13, 2012 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

5 Rules for Going Virtual – How to Make it Work

by Ray_anne
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“Without continual growth and progress, such words as improvement, achievement, and success have no meaning.” Where is your office? Do you have a traditional work arrangement in a corporate environment or are you on the road more than a broken yellow line? Is your office in a corner of your home and are you one [...]

November 30, 2011 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

Google Isn’t Earning the Google+ Hype

by Ray_anne
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I can remember when I bought my first stereo, it played cassette tapes and had a radio.  It was post-the LP /vinyl album era and pre-compact disc.  I LOVED it!  Since I have already dated myself, I’ll go one further:  the first album I ever bought was Billy Joel’s The Nylon Curtain.  Eight-track tapes had recently [...]

August 8, 2011 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

Guinea Pigs, Google, and You

by Jessica Miller-Merrell

How do you know if that next big idea will or won’t work as a strategy in your company? Is it because you’ve tested and measured to find that result, or is it because you made an assumption ahead of time? Maybe you should give things a test run on a sample population (your guinea [...]

September 23, 2010 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

7.2 Ways to Get Fired with Social Media

by Jessica Miller-Merrell

Last week I had the honor of presenting at Ignite Dallas.  My talk was titled, “7.2 Ways to Get Fired with Social Media.”  My talk was very different than most in that I poked fun as the Human Resources industry and went into character during my 5 minute, 20 slide presentation.  In front of hundreds of [...]

June 9, 2010 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

Why Geolocation is Good for Your Personal Brand

by Jessica Miller-Merrell

Just this last weekend I visited my hometown of Google, Kansas (AKA, Topeka).  I caught up with family and friends while squeezing some time in for a little business.  Throughout our whirlwind weekend, we drove from place to place, and I made sure to check into Four Square and Gowalla every chance I could. Why? Because just like any social networking [...]

May 1, 2010 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

10 Creative Job Search Secrets–Guaranteed

by Jessica Miller-Merrell

Leveraging your network is extremely important in your job search.  Collaboration is no different.  It’s essential in making your job search happen and with positive results. The job market is extremely competitive.  Because of this, it is easy for companies and hiring manager’s to overlook qualified candidates because they are inundated with hundreds or thousands [...]

April 6, 2010 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

Google Tricks in Your Job Search

by Jessica Miller-Merrell

Check out the You Tube video below about a cool Google trick allowing you to search for job openings letting Google do the work for you. Happy Hunting!

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