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Business/systems analyst jobs, week of June 26, 2011

June 28, 2011 4:09am PDT

A listing of business/systems analyst job openings for this week.

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Who Do High-growth Firms Employ, And Who Do They Hire?

June 26, 2011 12:00am PDT

The purpose of this paper is to study who High-Growth Firms (HGFs) hire using a matched employer-employee dataset for all knowledge intensive industries in Sweden, where high growth is measured...

Provided by: University of Sussex

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10 things you can do to keep your clients from ditching you

June 24, 2011 11:53am PDT

If your client base starts to drop off, your business could be in big trouble. Here are some tactics that will help you build -- and keep -- a loyal clientele.

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Five tips for resolving conflict within your management team

June 24, 2011 7:17am PDT

Effective leaders can mediate conflict and reach consensus among members of an executive group. It takes perspective, honesty, and a focus on the issues that matter.

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You want me to do WHAT?

June 22, 2011 5:04am PDT

What are some of the weirdest requirements you've ever seen in a job description?

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'Personality tests' are a dangerous hiring shortcut

June 21, 2011 6:50am PDT

Patrick Gray says basing hiring decisions on pseudoscience rather than old-fashioned interviewing and due diligence is downright unethical.

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Rational Inattention To Discrete Choices: A New Foundation For The Multinomial Logit Model

June 21, 2011 12:00am PDT

Often, individuals must choose among discrete alternatives with imperfect information about their values, such as selecting a job candidate, a vehicle or a university. Before choosing, they may...

Provided by: Charles University

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10 management myths that should be debunked

June 16, 2011 8:02am PDT

A lot of common ideas about management are foolish, misguided, and just plain wrong. Steve Tobak examines some misconceptions that could be holding you back.

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Are you aware and prepared to escape? Your IT future depends on it.

June 16, 2011 7:54am PDT

According to blogger Todd Fluhr, your IT future depends on three important strategies: Awareness, preparedness, and escape. Will you be ready if the current dot-com bubble collapses again?

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Should you be concerned with name discrimination on your resume?

June 16, 2011 4:50am PDT

Discrimination because of surname is not a new practice. It's so common that members of some minorities have taken to changing theirs in order to improve their economic prospects. But...

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Twin Clouds: Secure Cloud Computing With Low Latency

June 15, 2011 12:00am PDT

Cloud computing promises a cost effective enabling technology to outsource storage and massively parallel computations. However, existing approaches for provably secure outsourcing of data and...

Provided by: Technische Universitat Darmstadt

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Save and back up files in one click with FolderWatch for the Mac

June 14, 2011 9:10am PDT

If you're looking for a little extra file security for yourself or your users, FolderWatch for the Mac allows you to save and back up files in one click. Derek Schauland has an overview of this app.

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IT support jobs: Week of June 13, 2011

June 14, 2011 5:03am PDT

A list of some job openings in the support specialty.

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Effort to save companies money on H-1B may backfire

June 12, 2011 2:48am PDT

In an attempt to stem the tide of too many H-1B petitions and too much company spend, the USCIS is proposing some changes.

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Successful leaders play well with others

June 8, 2011 1:46pm PDT

Ever asked yourself if there's anything else you can do to get a promotion? Leadership coach John M McKee shares some insights and one of his PowerTools to help you move forward in your career....

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Five tips for negotiating a raise

June 8, 2011 4:53am PDT

Bill Humbert, author of Recruiter Guy's Guide to Finding a Job, offers some advice on how to negotiate a salary.

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I QUIT! How to be a professional when you leave a job

June 7, 2011 7:53am PDT

CCIE recruiter Eman Conde offers advice about the right way to quit a job and remain professional, even when all you want to say is, "Take this job and shove it!"

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Simpler Database Migrations Have Arrived! IBM, ANTs Software, And EnterpriseDB Offer Innovative New Options

June 1, 2011 12:00am PDT

Database migrations have always been complex, time-consuming, and costly due to proprietary data structures and data types, SQL extensions, and procedural languages. It can take up to several...

Provided by: IBM

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Forrester: Simpler Database Migrations have arrived! IBM, ANTs Software and EnterpriseDB Offer innovative New Options

June 1, 2011 12:00am PDT

ANTs Software, EnterpriseDB, and IBM offer database compatibility layers that enable a new approach to database migrations. Application developers and database administrators looking to migrate...

Provided by: IBM

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Immigration, Jobs And Employment Protection: Evidence From Europe

June 1, 2011 12:00am PDT

In this paper, the authors analyze the effect of immigrants on native jobs in fourteen Western European countries. They test whether the inflow of immigrants in the period 1996-2007 decreased...

Provided by: National Bureau of Economic Research