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How Care.com Hires and Keeps Happy Employees

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To do that, Marcelo and other executives employed everything from problem-solving scenarios to personality testing in their extensive interview process to hire employees with the ideal personality traits. “We This article was published in October 2012 and has been updated. There are a lot of different personalities ,” she said. “And

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Cynthia Breazeal Is Making AI Fun and Educational for Kids

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Unlike with previous generations, students today are learning early on how to collaborate with emerging technologies and artificial intelligence to shape the world they want to live in as adults. Breazeal later co-founded Jibo , a company that developed personal assistant robots in 2012.

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Freelancers and Solopreneurs are Increasingly Exporters

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This us up from 19% in 2018 and just 12% in 2012. Collaboration software has reached the level where communicating with remote customers is easy and efficient. The increase in exports is being driven by several factors: Online marketplaces have made it much easier to find and service customers outside of the U.S.

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How Do You Prepare Your Office For Future Success? Design It For Gen Z

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This article was written by Susan Dwyer of Hendy for Work Design Magazine. Born between 1997-2012, Gen Z is the first “fully mobile” generation, completely integrated into technology before entering the workforce — more so than any generation that came before them.

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Annie Särnblad Wants to Teach You How to Read Facial Expressions—So You Can Get Ahead in Business

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She’s an expert in reading and decoding facial expressions and can tell what someone is thinking and feeling—oftentimes before that person has even processed an emotion. with her family in 2012, her ability to code microexpressions allowed her to jump-start her career in strategic advising. Annie Särnblad knows what you’re thinking.

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Top Ten Small Business Trends for 2012

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  2012 will see more small businesses recognize and take advantage of this key competitive advantage.   This growing ability to network, collaborate and socialize is making independent work more attractive, and 2012 will see the trend towards independent work continue to grow.    Technology Trends.

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Gartner's Top 10 Strategic Technologies for 2012

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Gosh, is it already time for 2012 top 10 prediction lists?    I guess so since Gartner recently released their list of the top 10 technologies and trends they think will be strategic for most organizations in 2012. Gartner's top 10 are: 1. 

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