Whether you’re an industry novice or an old pro, it’s never a bad idea to gauge how your skills measure up to the job-seeking competition. Here are some tips on what employers are looking for.
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7 job seeking secrets from the hiring pros
After a dismal year in 2009, online advertising is bouncing back.
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10 online advertising trends to track
The third phase of Twitter’s moneymaking schemes launched this week, with the introduction of @earlybird in addition to Promoted Tweets and Promoted Trends . @earlybird is a Twitter account in which advertisers can offer deals exclusive to Twitter . The very first @earlybird special, so to speak, is a buy-one-get-one deal on a film called The Sorcerer’s Apprentice, which presumably needs all the deals it can get because it is not Inception.
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Twitter Offers First @earlybird Exclusive Deal
It’s hard to sell a service no one understands–just ask Nate Young, CEO of NewNorth, a fledgling non-profit education center that’s using design thinking to help companies innovate.
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Using Design Thinking, to Bring Michigan Out of Its Doldrums
Today, Yahoo launches The Upshot *, a news blog that uses search queries to determine its content. Staffed by a couple of editors and six writers (no robots as yet, though) it is, as James A.
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Yahoo’s The Upshot Creates Niche Editorial From Search Engine Data
Meet Surena 2 , a human-sized, human-shaped (ish) robot that’s new on the world robotics scene.
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Meet Sorena 2: He’s Humanoid, He Walks, He’s Iranian
A little serendipity can go a long way for online ads. Check out these pieces of creative designed to delight the users who stumble across them.
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6 display ads people loved
Apps and iAds might be the trends du jour , but with increasing channel segmentation, mobile web campaigns might be a smarter choice. See how the HTML5 standard can help you cover your bases.
Tony Hsieh sold earthworms, greeting cards, and slices of pizza. Along the way, he never considered that a failed business meant he was a failure. Then, the guy who wore the same pair of shoes founded Zappos.
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The Happiness Culture: Zappos Isn’t a Company — It’s a Mission.
Urban farms are sprouting in vacant lots and forgotten walls all over the country. But a farm in San Diego, California employs another type of abandoned real estate: The shopping cart
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Grocery Getters: The Farm Proper Plants Real Food in Shopping Carts