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When I Was Hired Sight Unseen

Ari Herzog

Considering the multiple steps of job searching today — telephone screenings followed by multiple levels of in-person interviews followed by an offer or rejection — I think back to the spring of 2001 before the end of the dot-com bubble. At the time, its primary competitors were SAP and Oracle (which later bought it).

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Will ‘Technology’ Survive the Recession?

Atom Thought

Is 2009 worse than 2001? Looking back at 2001, IT spending declined by over 6% after a previous year increase of 16%, that was really a bad hit, and if we compare the same to 2009, we are much better off so far! Circuit City declares bankruptcy! If you go by recent reports by Forrester, it may not be that bad!

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Our Industry, Your Answers: Breaking Down the 2018 JOTW Communications Survey

Waxing UnLyrical

The communications team must be thought of as collaborators in developing products and services, not just the ones charged with selling them.”. So many think of it as a nice to have, but it supports so many other functions and strategies of an organization.”. Corporate communications is a fire marshal and not a fire chief.

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Is Your Social Media Strategy Truly Agile?

SocMed Sean

If there is a product issue , they need to be informed. Information Technology, Sales, Research, and even Marketing organizations are adopting terms like “agile”, “scrum”, “sprint” and “stand-ups” into their business vernacular.

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How 9/11 Changed My Life Forever

Waxing UnLyrical

If buttoned all the way through, it looked almost like a burkha, though it was, in fact, an extremely Western product and, I remember, the first coat I ever purchased in the U.S. 11, 2001, that I knew I would change my nationality from Indian – of which heritage I remain immensely proud – to American. I became a U.S.

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ITIL Certification Cost & Benefit Analysis

The Realtime Report

Version 2 of ITIL was released in 2001. Because efficiency, productivity, quality, and value to customers matter to businesses, the ITIL framework and ITIL certified professionals do too. At this time, ITIL was a government-initiated project known as GITIM, which refers to Government Information Technology Infrastructure Management.

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10 BtoB Marketers Predictions for 2010

Buzz Marketing for Technology

Facebook ads today remind me of Google AdWords in 2001 with low CPC’s on topics and segments many marketers will want to reach. Away games” will be the norm for your more opinion related content and the corporate website will be the place where you go to get just the more official product or service related content.

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