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What Is The Job Metaverse Is Trying To Do?

The Horizons Tracker

While the metaverse sprang to public attention with the renaming of Facebook earlier this year, the phrase was coined back in 1996 in Neal Stephenson’s book Snow Crash, in which the science fiction author described an immersive version of the internet that was accessed via virtual reality. It’s a market that is already worth $3.1

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Winning the Elusive Marquee-Brand Customer Advocate

Harvard Business Review

Dreams arise of having the marquee customer interviewed by industry publications, speaking about your great offerings at conferences, featured in case studies and success stories, providing references that close multiple deals, participating in your customer communities. But it is not insoluble. Marquee is good, a perfect match is better.

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The 3 Things CEOs Worry About the Most

Harvard Business Review

Randall Stephenson of AT&T explained, “We had 270,000 people we employed around the globe. ” CEOs also worried about whether their high potential employees were being properly developed. ” Healthcare industry chiefs were particularly vexed by changes in legislation and regulation. Ken Powell of U.S.

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How to Conduct an Effective Job Interview

Harvard Business Review

” Ask the candidate how he learns and for his thoughts on where your industry is going. Chris Smith and Chris Stephenson. Before the interview, he and the company’s head of business development put together a job description and then came up with questions based on the relevant responsibilities. Further Reading.

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