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Study Shows That Startups Struggled To Hire During Covid

The Horizons Tracker

However, during this time, a significant trend was unfolding on a popular digital job platform that primarily serves the startup sector. Our results explain why startups struggled in the COVID-19 downturn despite a robust financing market,” the researchers explain. These trends were consistent in the job application phase as well.

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The New World Of Enterprise Sales

Strategy Driven

The evaluation team usually consisted of 2 to 4 people, led by either an Information Technology (IT) or a user contact who was most familiar with the current system and needs. However, the best sales pros will still provide value in the form of the latest technology industry trends to buyers. Sales Basics Still Apply.

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17 High-Paying Jobs for Women

HR Digest

Computer and information systems managers. Also known as information technology managers, such professionals devise, coordinate, implement, and analyze computer-related projects. A bachelor’s degree or a more specialised degree in computers or informational technology is required. Percentage of women: 52%.

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Top 10 Sales Trends for 2013

Harvard Business Review

What are the top business-to-business sales trends for 2013? Closely related to Sales Linguistics is the accelerated trend of sales force language specialization based upon the following strategies: Industry verticalization focus (finance, government, retail, etc.) Technology Fatigue. Sales Force Behavior "Modeling".

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Yes, Managing IT Is Your Job

Harvard Business Review

Information Technology Changes the Way You Compete" was a trailblazing HBR article by Warren McFarlan back in the early 1980s. Their strategic use of information technology (IT) presaged the dot.com boom of the 1990s when the Internet made this kind of online ordering commonplace. IT Doesn''t Matter (to CEOs).

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The Rise of the COO

Harvard Business Review

Appointing a COO is a recent trend on the continent. COOs are relatively common in service industries such as financial services, energy, information technology and telecommunications, but in manufacturing sectors — such as automotive, chemical, and pharmaceutical companies — they are relatively rare.

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How to Compete When IT Is Abundant

Harvard Business Review

Carr predicted that an organization''s ability to compete through investing in information technology was about to change dramatically. The IT boom of the 1980s and early ''90s had brought information technology to the corporate masses, unleashing the first full-scale technology revolution in the enterprise.