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Boomers, Gen Xers, and Millennials - a potent Silicon Valley workforce

work-force plentiful, but will execs recruit, relo, pay?The USA is swimming in a vast STEM work-force that is going under-employed.Every month, well-known STEM firms receive tens of thousands of resumes from capable STEM workers, and employment agencies and body shops are receiving nearly 100K per month.The question is whether and...

Tags: Workforce management, Recruitment & Selection, payroll solutions, Millennials, Boomers, Generation X, workforce

Discussion threads 2009-10-12

Reach Aging Baby Boomers Online ... The Right Way

Baby boomers - that oversized post-World War II generation identified with free love and rock and roll - are rolling into their 60s and heading toward old age. Boomers are bringing to their online experience, however, a growing list of ailments and physical limitations that affect how - and how...

Tags: Baby Boomer, MINDSHARE INTERACTIVE CAMPAIGNS, Boomers, Mice, Channel Management, E-mail, Hardware, Peripherals, Marketing, Online Communications

White papers 2006-10-01

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Wow! Top execs say they are influenced by social networks

What this means for B2B marketers:Trade publishers have tried, unsuccessfully, for years to build such on-line communities which they could control and mine. As it turns out, customers (C-level execs) like everyone else want to own and control their own networks. If customers are increasingly turning to each other for...

Tags: NETWORKING, social networking, network, social media, Astak

Discussion threads 2009-11-18

No such thing as a free school lunch

For the sake of nutrition, or just to get by, lunch ladies want taxpayers to fork over more dough. The health of our kids is at stake, they say. As the twig is bent the tree is inclined, and kids who don't eat right now will become overweight and stupid...

Tags: Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Human Resources, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2009-10-20

Is age-ism rampant in Silicon Valley and beyond?

I recently blogged about an article focused on Silicon Valley's workforce and how the author, Tamara Carleton, believes that Boomers, Gen Xers, and Millennials can form a potent team. In the innovation lifecycle, if Boomers serve as advisors and Gen Xers as the entrepreneurs, then the...

Tags: Silicon Valley, Generation X, Tom Foremski

Blog posts 2009-10-15

Snowe and enemies push health reform forward

Of course . . ."But the story is not yet told, and the trolls below will have their day."Of course. Your way is so right and everybody else is so wrong.at this point If they SO against the health reform let them have it there way since they...

Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, health care

Discussion threads 2009-10-14

News to know: Oracle; Sidekick; Win7 party; Google; Yahoo Hack day

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage. Jason Hiner: Ellison rips IBM, shows off Sun-Oracle benchmarks, offers $10M prize Scott McNealy names Sun's top 10 tech...

Tags: Google Inc., Larry Dignan, Oracle Corp., Information Technology, Yahoo! Inc., Dana Blankenhorn, Ryan Naraine, Sam Diaz, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Federal Government, Internet, Strategy, Operating Systems, Software, Government, Management

Blog posts 2009-10-12

Boomers, Gen Xers, and Millennials - a potent Silicon Valley workforce

Where will Silicon Valley get it's workforce for the turnaround? It could be a potent combination of Boomers, Gen X and Millennials... by Tom Foremski

Tags: Silicon Valley, Generation X, Workforce, Recruitment & Selection, Workforce Management, Payroll Solutions, Human Resources, Tom Foremski

Blog posts 2009-10-09

Web data services extend data access and distribution beyond the RDB-BI straightjacket

Newly Expected Trend CompassI am sending you links on the newly expected Trend Compass which is still in our Lab.http://www.epicsyst.com/test/v2/babyboomers/http://www.epicsyst.com/test/v2/bank-trx/http://www.epicsyst.com/test/v2/advertising/Tell me what you think of the new look and feature.RE: Web data services extend data access and distribution beyond the RDB-BI straightjacketEpic Systems has developed a Data Visualization software "Trend...

Tags: Web, advertisement, RDB-BI, Compass, Web Data, data access, Epic Systems

Discussion threads 2009-10-06

Gen X/GenY/Enterprise 2.0: are the naysayers right?

Boy , the silence is deafening on this one.Then I'll start. This study just confirms what many of us have suspected. You don't need to understand technology to use social technologies; just using them doesn't mean you're using them effectively; and just because you use them doesn't mean...

Tags: Generation Y, Generation X

Discussion threads 2009-09-14

Gen X/GenY/Enterprise 2.0: are the naysayers right?

It seems that analyst firm Forrester has woken up to the fact that Gen Y are not the big movers and shakers that we've been told the last couple of years. According to Read Write Web Enterprise: A favorite argument among those who talk about...

Tags: Generation X, Generation Y, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2009-09-14

The Healthy Boomer Guide For Men & Women Over 40 1.1 (Windows)

This free 61 page e-book offers lots of tips on staying healthy over 40. Chapters include The Boomers Exercise Regimen, The Baby Boomers Diet, and Can You Avoid Aging?. This is a great starting point for those interested in simple steps you can take right now, for better health today...

Tags: Women, Red Pepper Publishing, Gender And Diversity, E-books, Microsoft Windows, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Human Resources, Personal Technology, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2009-09-08

How to Unleash Your Creativity 1.0 (Windows)

This e-book explains how to use creativity in your daily life to immediately improve your results. Chapters include Baby Boomers and Creativity, Left Brain Right Brian and Enemies of Creativity. An essential primer on creativity in daily life.

Tags: Creativity, Red Pepper Publishing, E-books, Microsoft Windows, Personal Technology, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2009-07-28

The Health & Wellness Industry--How Internet Marketers Can Cash In 1.0 (Windows)

39 pgs of golden nuggets designed to guide you into cashing into this million-dollar niche. Table of Contents: Chapter 1: Who Are The Baby Boomers; Chapter 2: What are the Baby Boomer Trends; Chapter 3: Where are the Boomers Spending Their Money; Chapter 4: Health and Wellness in the Network...

Tags: Network, Industry, Health Care, Microsoft Windows, NormsLink, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Internet, Human Resources

Software downloads 2009-06-09

Sapphire 09 Live: Smart business plans, moral benchmarks

SAP is always a bit of a conundrum to me. They have extraordinarily talented people, an incredibly deep product portfolio that they are always extending, more often than not make good acquisitions that take some time but work out all in all, and seem to be actually dedicated to transforming...

Tags: Sustainability, SAP AG, Paul Greenberg

Blog posts 2009-05-13

(Images: The house Steve Jobs doesn't want to call home)

(Images: The house Steve Jobs doesn't want to call home)is that a caterpillar going up the wall?No, but there should be one at the beginning of the driveway, a big yellow one with D11 on the side.This dive of a house doesn't need Ann Maurice touch, it needs a...

Tags: Steve Jobs

Discussion threads 2009-04-30

News to know: IBM-Sun; RIM, Web 2.0; CTIA; Facebook; iPhone

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily.  For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Larry Dignan: IBM-Sun deal nears finish line; Antitrust worries just starting Sam Diaz: RIM delivers solid Q4 on BlackBerry...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Web, Facebook, Research In Motion Ltd., Larry Dignan, Sun Microsystems Inc., Microsoft Corp., Sam Diaz, CTIA, IBM Corp., Web 2.0, Open Source, Internet

Blog posts 2009-04-03

'Me 2.0' shares personal branding tips for millennials, baby boomers alike

'Me 2.0' shares personal branding tips for millennials, baby boomers alike"The 40- and 50-somethings again need to step up their skills"Sorry...I'm a 50 something, for a little while longer anyway, and I'm completely not interested in social networking.RE: 'Me 2.0' shares personal branding tips for millennials, baby boomers alikeI agree...

Tags: personal branding, baby boomer, branding, social networking, Facebook

Discussion threads 2009-04-02

'Me 2.0' shares personal branding tips for millennials, baby boomers alike

The new book Me 2.0 by Dan Schawbel serves a real need for two sets of audiences. It will help readers transform their use of social media from purely personal purposes into career building tools. by Jennifer Leggio

Tags: Baby Boomer, Professional Development, Branding, Productivity, Career, Marketing, Jennifer Leggio

Blog posts 2009-04-02

Tech that Gen Y will sweep away

Tech that Gen Y will sweep awayYou are half rightI'm Gen Y, and I agree. Most of us are lazy and think we know a LOT more than we really do. But it's because we were corrupted by the baby boomers into a huge sense of entitlement...

Tags: Generation Y

Discussion threads 2009-03-27