Microsoft to Acquire LinkedIn: What You Need to Know
This morning Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella and LinkedIn CEO Jeff Weiner sat down together to announce that Microsoft is planning to acquire LinkedIn for $26.2 billion — in cash. The deal has been approved by both boards — unanimously even — but still must pass regulatory approval, and is Nadella’s first big acquisition since becoming CEO […]
May Jobs: Recession, Full Employment or Something Else?
The May jobs report dropped last Friday and it was a shocking departure from the slow and steady growth trend I’ve been writing about for months. Now, if you’ve been reading my monthly job growth posts, you know I’m not one to throw around words like “shocking” lightly. But the US economy added only 38,000 jobs, and […]
Learning is Work & Work is Learning: Strategies for Workers’ Evaluations
Since I work in an educational institution, yearly performance reviews occur around May, the end of the academic year if you are on a semester system. For many of us, this means going backward through emails, calendars, and files to recall the multitude of projects and tasks that we worked on throughout the year. Depending […]
Reality Check: Being Self-Employed Isn’t Easy
Two events have prompted me to write this blog post. First, my friend and owner of this blog site, Jessica Miller-Merrill, has announced that she is joining a firm that made her a great offer. Secondly, I am reading the book GRIT by Angela Duckworth. The book is about what it takes to be good […]
Why Texting is Your Recruiting Secret Weapon
Why Texting is Your Recruiting Secret Weapon Mobile is the single most important change in the world since the invention of the internet. Seventy-one percent of adults in the U.S. now own a web-enabled smartphone or other wireless device. Mobile allows for individuals to be connected in real time, on the fly and literally […]
The 7 Best Interview Questions On Cultural Fit
A few years ago I interviewed a candidate for a software engineering position. The candidate passed all my technical interview questions with flying colors. As a result, we ended up hiring him. After about a month, it was quite clear that the candidate was not gelling with the team. He wanted to work irregular hours, […]
