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Mastering A Career Change After 50

HR Digest

The lessons in the film about talent and ageism are quite real. Hiring agencies and the applicant tracking systems that are the rage nowadays are biased towards the young. . Be it sales, marketing or fund-raising or just leading tours through your historical town. . So what all is needed to make a career switch at 50?

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17 High-Paying Jobs for Women

HR Digest

The number of women in high paying jobs and entering the job market has risen progressively through the years, but there are many hurdles in their journey up the ladder. . Computer and information systems managers. Marketing and Sales Manager. For every 100 men promoted to manager, only 85 women were promoted. .

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Unusual Ways to Save Money In Your Business

Strategy Driven

When it comes to internet marketing, it is important that you look at the return on investment. The methods you choose will depend on your company size, your target market, and your industry. You should have a just-in-time supply chain system, and a system that allows you to get the right people in the right jobs.

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Business Leadership Expertise: Give a Gift of Honoring :: Women on.

Women on Business

Strong yet Others are from books, films and politics. In the 1940’s there was a beautiful actress, Hedy Lamarr (think Angelina Jolie ), who along with composer George Antheil received a patent for their invention of a classified communication system that was especially useful to submarines in World War II.

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The Disconnected Leader | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

You know the issue of sequestered executives is a real problem when it’s main-stream enough to be made into a prime-time Reality TV show. While many have scoffed at the CBS show &# Undercover Boss, &# I believe it signals a very disturbing trend. Have they been fudging their research for years?

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A Quiet Revolution in Clean-Energy Finance

Harvard Business Review

Solyndra's example has been particularly stark: it raised over $1 billion in equity finance in addition to receiving a $535 million loan guarantee from the Department of Energy, all prior to a cancelled IPO and the recent FBI investigation upon its bankruptcy.

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Using Analytics to Predict Hollywood Blockbusters

Harvard Business Review

Disney's John Carter , which cost close to $275 million to produce, was tagged as a potentially huge, game-changing film. The marketing budget to cement that perception was nearly $100 million, but the opening weekend not only missed financial expectations, it flat-lined.

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