- Managing talent in the age of networking:
In the networked age, the old employment model, in which employers offered lifelong employment in exchange for loyal service, is no longer affordable or desirable. Instead, companies need to foster a new kind of long-term dynamic loyalty — an alliance: a mutually beneficial deal, with explicit terms, between independent players (company and employee).
http://techcrunch.com/2014/11/09/managing-talent-in-a-networked-age/
- Why Silicon Valley Works:
One of the biggest misconceptions about us is that you need to have pre-existing connections to get value from the network. Remarkably, you don’t. Silicon Valley is a community of outsiders that have come together. If you build something good, people will help you. It’s standard practice to ask people you’ve just met for help – and as long as you aren’t annoying about it, they usually don’t mind.
- The MBA bubble in Silicon Valley is bursting:
That’s according to newly released employment data from Stanford’s Graduate School of Business, which is a particular bellwether of the state of startups given the school’s proximity to Silicon Valley. About 24% of MBA graduates in the class of 2014 headed to tech jobs, down from 32% in 2013 and equal with the proportion back in 2012. Of course, those profiteering graduates are returning right back to where they belong in finance and consumer products, which each saw notable upticks in employment.
http://techcrunch.com/2014/11/09/the-mbas-are-fleeing-should-sf-be-worried/
- Sanford University Employment Report:
https://www.gsb.stanford.edu/sites/default/files/documents/Stanford%20GSB%20Employment%20Report%202013-14.pdf - Improving your work life balance:
1. Be calm under pressure
2. Learn to manage your email
3. Boost your confidence
4. Work fewer hours
5. Get people to listen
6. Take more control of your lifehttp://www.esquire.com/blogs/news/ways-to-be-happier-at-work??src=rss