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The Great Recession Drastically Changed the Skills Employers Want

Harvard Business Review

labor market over the past 30 years. recessions (1991, 2001, 2007–09) have been jobless, meaning that employment was slow to rebound despite recovery in total economic output. The employment shift from occupations that require mid-level skills toward those at the high and low ends is one of the most important trends in the U.S.

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How Mobile Technologies Are Shaping a New Generation

Harvard Business Review

And as the smartphone market continues to explode, more parents are passing their phones to their offspring as tools to educate or gadgets to pacify. In November 2001, U.S. Two-thirds of 4- to 7-year-olds have used an iPhone or iPod. 6% of 2- to 5-year-olds have their own smartphone. 50% of 11 year olds have own cell phone.

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Build Your Reputation the Rachael Ray Way

Harvard Business Review

Broad public exposure won't do you much good if your ideas and skills aren't sharp. Ray, too, had her own immersion experience, albeit in Albany, New York, where she started as a food buyer for a gourmet market, eventually teaching 30 minute cooking classes when they couldn't find a chef who would accept their low rates.

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When Should Multinationals Move Back into Venezuela?

Harvard Business Review

It is the second smallest market in Latin America — a sharp difference compared with only a few years ago, when it used to compete with markets such as Argentina, Chile, and Colombia as the third largest market in the region, after Brazil and Mexico. Venezuela represented only 1% of total revenues.

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