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Top Ten Small Business Trends for 2012

Small Business Labs

.  One is No Longer the Loneliest Number:   The Internet, online distributed work tools, social media and the growth of coworking are eliminating the loneliness and lack of social and business contact traditionally associated with working independently.    Technology Trends.

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Will This Tough Job Market Change Generation Y?

On The Job

This generation of workers is still highly desirable because of their skills in technology and their (social media) connections,” Finnigan says. My Dad lost his job and all his retirement benefits when I was in college, and worked in a gas station for the next 10 years. But do they (GenY) have less of an attitude?

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