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Startups: Showcase your company, product in the Awards’ Startup Alley

19 July, 2012

Original post by GEOFF WOOD via Silicon Prairie News At our inaugural Silicon Prairie Awards on August 30, we’re offering a select group of startups the exclusive opportunity show off their product and company. The opportunity, Startup Alley, gives participants a table top space during the opening and closing reception in the Storz Fountain Court. Here, startups can display a laptop and/or mobile […]

London’s Summer Olympics will be big business

19 July, 2012

Original post by John Boudreau via Siliconvalley The London Summer Olympics have yet to start, but the windfall from the global economic sports behemoth has already been felt more than 5,000 miles away at La Pastaia restaurant in downtown San Jose, where tables filled up with hungry customers attending the recent U.S. Olympic Gymnastics Trials at […]

Marissa Mayer: From Google ‘geek’ to Yahoo CEO

19 July, 2012

Original post by John D. Sutter via CNN (CNN) — Google’s first female engineer, Marissa Mayer, has made a career out of bucking expectations — and she did so once again on Monday by announcing she will leave Google to be the new CEO of Yahoo, the struggling company that once was Google’s main competitor. Know Yahoo’s […]

Startup Hiring: Creating a Recruiting Plan for a New Search

19 July, 2012

Original post by Carlie Smith via openviewpartners When kicking off a search for a new employee, it is important to have a clear picture of what you want to do so you can focus on the goal. Setting expectations for the search is key. Most expansion-stage companies have multiple openings running simultaneously, so having a written recruiting plan […]

Right Person, Right Time, Right Place: Barbara Van Gorder Joins the Right Source Marketing Team

19 July, 2012

Original post by MIKE SWEENEY via sys The recruiting game has changed dramatically over the past decade. The practice of social recruiting, once considered a trend, is now an essential piece of the recruiting puzzle. According to Jobvite’s Social Recruiting Survey 2012, over 66% of recruiters use Facebook, over 50% use Twitter, and over 90% use LinkedIn to find […]