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12 Unique Skills Millennials Need for Career Success
Our friends at YEC asked members of their council this question from a reader… we thought the answers were enlightening for members of the YouTern community. Read on!
Question: What’s one unusual skill employees need to get promoted faster at a start-up or small biz? 
Posted in Career Advice, Gen Y, small business, start-up
Tagged Millennials, startup, startup success, unique skills
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Embrace the Future: Ditch the 8-Hour Workday
With all due respect to Henry Ford, in today’s information economy the 8-hour workday he pioneered is irrelevant for many workers. The 8-hour shift was great for factory workers then working something like 12 hours a day. Things have changed, however — and a warm body pounding away at a computer for eight hours doesn’t translate into increased productivity. Today, technology can unchain us from the workplace; mobile offices are sprouting up everywhere. Major companies allow telecommuting at least some of the time. For instance, 80 to 90 percent of Cisco and Accenture employees are regular telecommuters, according to Fortune. Many tech
Posted in Career, Corporate America, management advice, small business, workforce
Tagged 8-hour shift, 8-hour workday, future, henry ford, information economy
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The New Economy: 3 Rules Business Must Follow to Succeed
There are a few principles that companies will have to thoroughly integrate into the way they work if they wish to succeed in the new economy. All organizations in the new economy must be:
1. Connected
2. Human, and
3. Meaningful
Anything you can do to align the human systems of your company to operate more in these ways will help it thrive in the new world.
Businesses Need Collaborative (Not Competitive) Advantage
It’s time for “competitive advantage” to die. I mean, it’s had a good run. However, it’s time for something better. I’m a competitive person, so I can extol the benefits of a good rivalry as well as the next guy. A little competition isn’t bad, of course — it tends to keep us on our toes, helps us continually improve, pushes our limits, etc. But in business, like many other things, we’ve gone totally overboard. Our competitiveness has gone into overdrive, where many organizations end up harming people and the planet because they see the world as an endless field
From Side Job to IWearYourShirt.com: A Start-up Story
Taking a paycheck 9-to-5 is easy — you show up, you do your work, you get paid. Running your own business? That’s a different story — show up, do your work, but if nobody buys into your idea, you don’t get paid, and you risk the possibility that your entire livelihood could tumble down around you.
But thinking back to where I was five years ago, I wouldn’t have it any other way.
Top 5 Ways to Hire Using Facebook
While managers, HR teams and senior leaders at companies discuss developing a social media policy, these same organizations can take advantage of the recruitment and candidate engagement opportunities Facebook provides. But the real question is where to begin…?
Below are five tips to consider to effectively hire on Facebook:
Posted in Facebook, hiring strategy, small business, social media, start-up
Tagged Facebook, hire using facebook, hiring on facebook, recruiters, social media
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