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2012 Women in Business and the Gender Gap Research and Statistics

Women on Business

With that in mind, I went through all of the research-related articles published on Women on Business during 2012 and pulled together 20 articles that provide the most compelling data. Women Offered Fewer Career Advancing “Hot Jobs” Than Men. Women Offered Fewer Career Advancing “Hot Jobs” Than Men.

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Top Online Jobs for Freelancers Revealed

Women on Business

A new report from Freelancer.com reveals the top online jobs for freelance workers based on findings from an analysis of over a quarter million jobs completed during the third quarter of 2012 on the site. Apple jobs suffered during the third quarter of 2012. Key Findings for Top Online Jobs for Freelancers. Jelly Bean release.

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Hackers and Hummingbirds: Leadership Lessons from Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg

Terry Starbucker

In his IPO letter Mark Zuckerberg wrote: “I started off by writing the first version of Facebook myself because it was something I wanted to exist. 2) Offer your employees a nontraditional career path that is based on their contributions and value-based behaviors, and not on their age or credentials. In that sense, everyone is equal.

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How to Prepare for a Crisis You Couldn’t Possibly Predict

Harvard Business Review

On the morning of May 18, 2012, at precisely 11:05, Nasdaq planned to execute the first trade in in Facebook’s hotly anticipated initial public offering. This has played a role in many failures, from the Facebook IPO to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Phil Ashley/Getty Images. There is a better way.

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Why Do App Developers Still Live with Their Moms?

Harvard Business Review

With the virtual disappearance of major white-collar employers like Eastman Kodak and Westinghouse — once fairly reliable career on-ramps — young talent is focusing on entrepreneurship as a path forward. The Thiel Foundation president points out that “the safe career track is totally broken.” This is true. since 2000.

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How Singapore Became an Entrepreneurial Hub

Harvard Business Review

” In my first year in Singapore we might hear news about a company landing venture funding every few months, and an exit (cashing out either through an IPO or by selling itself to a larger company) every year. In a previous generation, both would have likely followed a lucrative career in the government or perhaps even stayed overseas.

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A History of the Job Listing and How It Just Died [Infographic]

Kevin Eikenberry

Subsequent investment and growth would lead to an IPO in 1999. The When I Grow Up spot tapped into growing societal angst over the cubicle careers on offer in mainstream professional life and was the only commercial named to Time Magazine’s Best of TV list for that year. That brings us to the most recent years.

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