Written by Gabrielle Batchelor on January 17, 2012.
Nate Desmond
The average hiring manager frequently receives 250+ resumes within a 48 hour period. At best, your resume may get ten seconds to grab his attention.
With these statistics, is it any wonder that the popular tactic of resume flooding doesn’t work?
Thankfully, all is not lost.
On the contrary, proactive job hunting is just as effective as ever. By actively marketing yourself to your target companies, you still can land your dream job.
What is your dream job?
If asked, many people would say describe it as “an accounting position in a medium sized business” or a “social marketing position for a large corporation”. While these may seem like good descriptions at first blush, they actually fail to be useful in practical job hunting.
Instead, define your dream job with as much specificity as possible.
For instance, “A social marketing position in Seattle, Washington with a clear growth path at X, Y, or Z companies”. Now, you know
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Written by Jade Nowland on January 15, 2012.
Website redesigns are a fact of life in higher education. And, thats why our yearly Web Redesign Boot Camp webinar series (Feb 7-9, 2012) is always very well-attended as it provides practical tips and useful advice for web redesign projects in higher education as well as a good overview of the latest trends in our field.
Another great way to keep an eye on the state of web design in higher education is to follow EDU Checkup, Nick DeNardis video blog.
Every week or so, Nick selects a higher ed website, reviews and grades it. He has done it since October 2008 and thus has reviewed hundreds of websites from universities and colleges. Given the interest for the rankings of top higher ed websites by EDU Checkup scores I published last year, Im sure you will all be interested in this new edition of the rankings by overall EDU Checkup score combining grades for visual, information and code.
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Written by Angelina Weir on January 12, 2012.
Just in case you haven’t heard the Festival dates are set for April 28-29th! The doors are open on Saturday from 10am-6pm and on Sunday from 10am- 4pm. This year the Festival will be held in Washington D.C. at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center.
Visit our website for all of the upcoming events leading up to the Festival, to plan your day at the Expo and to browse our exhibits. Best of all- don’t miss out on the chance to pre-register for the Expo for an opportunity to win a cool prize! You will automatically be signed up to win a chance
to meet Jamie Hyneman and Adam Savage of the Mythbusters OR Mayim Bialik of The Big Bang Theory; an iPad 2; a Cool Video Game; Science Books; or 1 of 50 T-shirts!
Also, be sure to become a fan of our facebook page to receive important information regarding the Festival as well as an opportunity to connect with other fans and to view engaging STEM articles and facts!
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Written by Jade Nowland on January 9, 2012.
President Obama with First Lady Michelle Obama in a dress by Jason Wu at the Inaugural Ball.
The 2012 Presidential campaigns are well under way, and it looks like President Obama will have the most fashionable campaign – EVER. Twenty-two designers have partnered with the Obama campaign initiative Runway to Win, for which designers will create merchandise to help raise funds for the President’s 2012 Reelection Campaign.
The Obamas have had a close relationship with the fashion community from the beginning, largely thanks to First Lady Michelle Obama’skeen fashion sense, which has catapulted several designers, such as Jason Wu and Rachel Roy, into the spotlight. Anna Wintour has also been a driving force behind this marriage of politics and fashion, having hosted several fundraising dinners for the Obamas in her West Village home.
And in true Vogue style, the editor-in-chief will co-host a shindig with Scarlett Johansson in February, which is expected to draw a very fashionable crowd including designers, models, actors, and other prominent celebrities. The e
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Written by Gabrielle Batchelor on January 9, 2012.
Ran across a great post here from a NYC venture capitalist. It decribes the process they use to calculate how much they will offer to one of their portfolio firms. It is a portfolio firm, meaning they have already invested in the frim startup once, and this is a subsequent investment.
Interestingly, the dilution by the founders is not mentkion or apparently an issue. This will be at least their second round, so I figure by now they own about 10-30% of the company.
The firm alluded to in the post, the real name, is i