It’s a fresh new year, but some of us might not be so excited about returning to the same office we were at in 2011. As you reflect back on the year behind you, do you find yourself thinking about new challenges or a change of scenery? How can you make it the best year…
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Starting this Friday at 8 pm PST, a 48-hour coding competition called CodeSprint kicks off. Open to everyone, the competition asks you to solve programming problems to win interviews with more than 65 companies, including Facebook, Quora, Amazon, Skype, Dropbox, Groupon, and Airbnb. From now until next Wednesday, participants can browse the available companies and…
Read More A new year is like a fresh, clean slate. As you reflect back on the year behind you, do you find yourself thinking about new challenges or a change of scenery? While our economy is still struggling in many ways, there are jobs out there. In fact, in our sector, there are many great paying…
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It’s unbelievably hard to find your rung on the career ladder now. At least 9.1% of us can’t even grab a hold, and vastly more of us, maybe even 71%, are not where we want to be with our work. The recession is one major contributor to job woes— 45% of employees in professional and…
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Brazen Careerist is a career-management site for Gen-Y professionals – a feisty, tech savvy group that is the fastest growing segment of the working population. For Gen-Y’s, the line between work and life is more blurred than for baby boomers – likely their parents – or for Gen-Xers – likely their bosses. Gen-Y’s want to…
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There are currently 3.3 billion people living in cities – and that number is only growing. In the next five years, the urban population is expected to increase well beyond half the world’s total. Most of these urbanites are likely going to live in haphazardly-designed cities with a poor quality of life. But MIT’s new…
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Are you one of the many people stuck taking a horrendous morning commute to a dead-end job that you’re not too enthused to show up for? Unfortunately, lots of people are unhappy with their employment situation – or lack there of. Oftentimes, finding the right place to begin searching for a job can be quite…
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Some observers think the way we work is fundamentally changing, and Hong Kong entrepreneur William Liang is one of them. “We’re strong believers in the new work/labor paradigm – the granularization of labor units,” says Liang. Rather than work 9-5 jobs, many young adults and others are juggling a handful of different gigs – like…
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In between Cosmo and Glamour, there isn’t much in the way of content aimed at young women beyond celebrity news, sex tips, and what shoe is hot for fall. There’s nothing wrong with that, of course – it’s really fun – but it’s not comprehensive or focused on delivering content for all the confident, ambitious,…
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Finding a job that you actually like has become more and more difficult recently. Many people are just settling for one of the first jobs that comes their way instead of waiting for the one that is the best fit for them. Sometimes finding the best place to search can be part of the problem,…
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Living the startup life can be exhilarating , yet exhausting, as entrepreneurs are often faced with more items on their “To-Do List” than hours in the day. Just finding trusted resources and making the connections you need can be a full-time job. Foster.ly is helping Washington, DC-area entrepreneurs by corralling the information they’re looking for…
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How do you create work, where there is none? This is the question Help Around Town is answering with its highly-localized, web-based job board. The team’s goal is to create work for the people hardest hit by the recession: youths, retirees, and people working from home. Help Around Town asks: How do we help people…
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Are you one of the many people stuck in traffic during your morning commute to a job you absolutely dread going to? Or perhaps you’re brand new to the job search and are having a difficult time finding the best places to find job listings. There’s no doubt that finding a new job can be…
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Finding a new job that suits you is oftentimes a stressful and lengthy process without any guaranteed results. Sure, there can be plenty of job listings out there, but where do you find the ones that would be most appealing to you? We’ve all been on that treacherous path the job search can lead you…
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No matter where you live, the job market is tough. When you send out resume after resume with zip in the way of interviews, the job search gets downright depressing. If you really want to improve your odds of landing an interview, check out RezScore. RezScore is a free web app that reads, analyzes, and…
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Tired of that hellish commute to a dead-end job that you’re just plain sick of? Many people are, but they just don’t know where to begin searching for that perfect job without having to wade through a lot of other super boring job openings. To solve that little problem, head over to the Tech Cocktail…
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There are a number of startup accelerator and incubator programs in the United States. We are fans of these programs (not to be confused with... Read More
Two months after the iPad 2 debuted in March, around 40% of users surveyed said their iPad was their primary computer, up from around 30%... Read More
With our Startup Mixology Conference coming up next week followed by our classic Tech Cocktail DC Summer mixer which will showcase a handful of early-stage... Read More
Coming off of one of our biggest Tech Cocktail mixer events in Chicago this past week, which showcased 14 early-stage start-ups, we thought it would... Read More