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Why your job application is dead on arrival and how to win

I receive a lot of messages from people looking for help and advice on getting a job in tech, and in data and analytics specifically. Unfortunately the hiring/recruiting process is incredibly broken and your online job application is most likely dead on arrival. Don’t fear. There are several things you can do to turn things in your favor.

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Hollow Content

Andreessen Horowitz releases The a16z Marketplace 100. Entertaining, yes. Substantive, no. Grossly misleading, ahh yea.

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Retail isn't dead, it just has to wake up

The era of mindless consumption is waningFor twenty of the last thirty years, the economy grew, unemployment shrank and everything from real estate to retail was buoyed. We bought, built, tailored, and spent - partly because we could, partly because credit was cheap and entirely because it was in-vogue. Things have changed. Retail needs to change as well.

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Sunlight > Growth

Regardless of the motivations behind this latest development, Uber's situation is one more important reminder that growth cannot cure all ails. Growth brings with it increased attention and sheds more light on whatever mission, culture, practices an organization or individual embodies - good, bad, or ugly.

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Attitude really is everything

I grew up receiving unusual gifts. Whether it was my birthday or Christmas, my Mom always managed to uncover some quirky or meaningful trinket.‍‍

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Doodle or Device?

On September 1st Google unveiled its new logo. The revamp wasn’t just a single doodle, but a new face for the company across its suite of products and services.

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Free Lunch in the Gig Economy

A few weeks back Fast Company’s Sarah Kessler published an interesting article on the “gig economy”. The article touches on the recent rise in the independent workforce and whether it’s having a positive or negative impact on workers.

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NY vs SF. Is that the right question?

Tech reporters love to follow the news of a New York startup closing their latest funding round with the very predictable comparison of the New York vs Silicon Valley startup landscape.

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