Transformations in Business

Everyone has an opinion on Millennials, but research shows what is working against recent grads in the job market and what you can do about it.

A survey of recruiters by Braun Research Inc. for staffing firm Adecco, found that 66% of hiring managers do not believe college graduates are ready for the workforce. Rather than hiring new grads for entry-level positions, recruiters are looking to bring in people with experience. The one piece of advice given is to get your foot in the door by taking a position that may not be ideal, but at a company where there's potential for growth.

 Read more at: http://mashable.com/2013/05/18/millennials-jobs/

Find out about marketing online programs, what employers expect of their marketing employees, what you can expect to earn with a marketing degree, and more ...

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EdgeRank is the algorithm used by Facebook to help determine where and what posts appear on the news feed for each user by promoting interesting and relevant content they want to see first.

Read more at: http://dashburst.com/infographic/facebook-edgerank-image-optimization/

A human resources management degree provides a good start to your career in any organization. This page tells you more about these programs, where you can find them, and what jobs are open to you after graduation.

Read more at: http://onlineanddistancelearning.com/human-resources-management-degree

By definition, something that is "viral" spreads copies of itself or mutates other objects to become more like itself.

That "something" could be a person, place, photo, thought, trend or piece of information. In terms of the Internet, they are generally videos, photos and stories that start on their own, then spread across all social platforms. The subject goes viral by being shared to sites like Reddit, Tumblr, Facebook — and, if it's really big, perhaps it jumps offline onto television networks, like Good Morning America or Today.

Once a subject starts the viral process, users often respond with inspired versions of the original in the form of parodies, photoshopped images, GIFs and other forms of co-signing.

Read more at: http://mashable.com/2013/05/08/viral/

Following the recent onslaught of reports saying Yahoo has acquired Tumblr, an official press release has now confirmed the acquisition

"Per the agreement and our promise not to screw it up, Tumblr will be independently operated as a separate business. David Karp will remain CEO. The product, service and brand will continue to be defined and developed separately with the same Tumblr irreverence, wit, and commitment to empower creators," says Yahoo in the release.

Read more at: http://mashable.com/2013/05/20/yahoo-officially-acquires-tumblr-promises-not-to-screw-it-up/

In a deal that would vault Yahoo into the premiere league of social media, Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer is said to be closing in on a $1 billion acquisition deal with David Karp, the CEO of New York-based Tumblr.

Tumblr and its 107 million microblogs would add another 15 billion pageviews a month to Mayer's hoard. Most important of all, it could make Yahoo look cool again.

Read more at: http://mashable.com/2013/05/16/yahoo-tumblr/

Yahoo announced on Thursday it will be integrating content from Twitter directly into the news stream on Yahoo.com.

CEO Marissa Mayer delivered the news in a blog post which detailed how the company views tweets "as [an] important information source for many of our users." It was a natural step for Yahoo to partner with Twitter to include tweets on its website.

Since news broke that Salesforce acquired Web clipping service Clipboard, users have been seeking a similar service to fulfill their Web curation needs. If you’re a former Clipboard user looking for a replacement service, here’s the word on the street:Keeeb.com is a great place for you to migrate before Clipboard closes its doors for good on June 30.

You may be wondering why the web needs yet another clipping service? Hell, part of me wonders the same thing. But at the very least, Keeeb has a leg up on other services with its unique approach. Like a Pinterest for all media types, Keeeb enables you to clip (“keeeb”) multiple types of elements including text, photos, and videos and group them (your “keeebies”) almost any way you like. It’s this flexibility that makes Keeeb appealing.

Read more at: http://dashburst.com/keeeb-social-network-replaces-clipboard/

Jean-Louis Gassée: His company has just scored its first profitable quarter and consumer reports put the Model S at the top of its ranking

In the early days of a startup, you’re forced to do just about everything yourself, particularly if you’re bootstrapping. From wireframes to coding to marketing and customer support, when you’re just starting out, it all falls to you, the founder(s).

Hopefully, your startup will eventually gain traction and start to grow. If it does, you’ll run into new challenges that nearly every young startup faces: growing pains.

Read more at: http://mashable.com/2013/05/10/startup-scaling-tips/

KPIs are often seen as a cure to what ails the online ad industry. During AOL's first-quarter earnings call in 2012, CEO Tim Armstrong discussed how he was trying to convince more advertisers to use them:

"The majority of our ad customers are running their display budgets off of KPIs (key performance measures like brand lift)," Armstrong told Adweek. "We need to reconnect brands to KPIs. We've sort of needed to shift from an older display model to a newer display model, and that’s something we’re working through."