20 Good Reasons Why December Is a Great Month For Recruiting, by Dr. John Sullivan, TLNT
If you work in an office, you realize that many times the Christmas season can be a less hectic and even a slack period. In most cases everyone — including recruiters — gear down and change their work patterns tkcert for the holidays. But if you’re a corporate recruiting leader, December should be viewed instead as a golden opportunity. It is a prime recruiting month (along with January and June) because many employed prospects have free time to consider a new job due to their own reduced workloads…
7 Ways to Make 2014 the Best Year You’ve Ever Had, by Kevin Daum, Inc.
Why shouldn’t 2014 be your best year yet? It’s a new start. Sure there will be challenges, but all in all things are moving along well enough for any smart person to take on the world, and achieve success and happiness. Don’t wait until the parties are done and the relatives have left to start readying for the joy and adventure that awaits you in less than 30 days. With a few simple actions you’ll be ready to march into the New Year with purpose and resolve. Here is a list of things you can do right now to help make 2014 your greatest year ever…
The State of Big Data: What The Surveys Say, by Gil Press, Forbes
Fall is a busy time for thought leadership marketing, the time of the year when many companies release the results of surveys they tkcert.com conducted or sponsored recently. Not surprisingly, given the prominence of the buzzword, big data is the subject of numerous studies this year. Here are the highlights…
5 Ways Gamification Can Improve HR Management, by Steve Sims, About.com
Gamification has gained a lot of attention in the online world as a way to engage customers and build loyalty. While many skeptics still struggle to understand how playing a game can have a real business impact, companies that have implemented external, customer-facing gamification have discovered that there’s far more to it than meets the eye. These programs have tremendous power to spur motivation and influence customer behavior…
The December Cloud Job Update: Big Data, Applications, and Security, by Bill Kleyman, Data Center Knowledge
Cloud computing continues to evolve at a near blistering pace. As more compute and bandwidth resources become available, engineers and cloud architects are able to do more with new, robust platforms. Originally, network, storage and compute engineers worked together to build massive cloud components. These IT professionals helped create the building blocks to today’s modern cloud architect and engineer…
2014 Trends in Business Intelligence, by Jelani Harper, Dataversity.net
The overall impact of Business Intelligence (BI) on the enterprise is projected to expand in 2014, with a number of key trends and technology advancements spurring adoption rates and changing fundamental aspects of its usage…
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