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Drinking the Talent Kool-Aid | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

If recruiting, training and development is being charged to a mid-level manager whose real domain expertise lies in administration and compliance then talent will likely become your largest contingent liability as opposed to your biggest asset. .&# I would encourage you to read a previous post on “ Workforce Reduction.&#

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Toxic Work Environments | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

This is why a value based approach to recruiting is a key component when teaming-out the organization, and is especially important as you build a senior leadership group. It’s also important to understand that a toxic culture cannot exist if toxic people are not allowed to take up residence.

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Arbisoft co-founder Yasser Bashir on building trust with early-stage startups

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Co-founded in 2007 by Yasser Bashir, Arbisoft falls on the larger end of the spectrum of software development partners that our readers have recommended in our ongoing survey. “It would have taken us weeks and months to recruit and hire a developer in Boston or the U.S.” ” Image Credits: Yasser Bashir.

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Loyalty vs. Tenure | N2Growth Blog

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I believe this goes for recruiting too. Putting "needs at least years of experience" isn't as necessary nowadays for a job posting. Just because someone has been around longer doesn't make them better.

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Vibrant raises $7.5M for a drug-free mechanical pill to treat constipation

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Since its founding in 2007, the company has raised a total of $25 million. We’ll cover every aspect of company building: Fundraising, recruiting, sales, product-market fit, PR, marketing and brand building. The company is based in Tel Aviv and is lead by Lior Ben-Tsur, a startup veteran. in the next year.

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How CIOs can unite sustainability and technology

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of CO2 in 2007, the industry has now risen to 4% today and will potentially reach 14% by 2040. . While in years past this was not an active concern, the information and communications technology (ICT) sector has recently become a larger source of climate-related impact. Producing only 1.5%

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Entrepreneur, CEO or Both? | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

It has been my experience that it is much easier to recruit talent or acquire resources than it is to properly deploy talent and allocate resources. One of the main keys to generating organizational leverage is for chief executives to know when, where and why to deploy (or redeploy) talent and resources.