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  • Tweet yourself to a dream job

    How To Tweet Your Way To Your Dream Job By: Lydia Dishman, fastcompany.com Three out of four people are in constant job-search mode and, increasingly, Twitter is their tool of choice. Here’s how to make 140 characters work for you. Can a tweet—or three—land you a dream job? That’s a ques­tion Tay­lor Aldredge now… http://flip.it/ZMN7U…

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  • Why aren’t there more women in engineering? Because they’re sane.

    Why You Can’t Find Women Engineers: They’re Too Well-Rounded By: Anya Kamenetz, fastcompany.com “Not lack of ability, but more choice,” say researchers. Sil­i­con Val­ley’s hottest com­pa­nies are hurt­ing for women engi­neers. And many pix­els have been spilled try­ing to fig­ure out why. The answer, accord­ing to a study released by Pitt… Why You Can’t Find…

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  • Write a good bio

    The Art Of Writing Your Own Bio: How To Toot Your Horn Without Sounding Like A Blowhard By Jonathan Rick, fastcompany.com The problem with your bio isn’t the boasting—it’s who’s doing the boasting. After col­lege, I did what most lib­er­al arts grads do when they come to Wash­ing­ton: I interned at a think tank. As…

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  • The most innovative social media companies

    The Most Innovative Social Media Companies 2013 By: FAST COMPANY STAFF, fastcompany.com In an increasingly social world, if you’re not evolving, you’re not winning. These companies impress us with their social media savvy. 1_Ten­cent For build­ing a suite of com­mu­ni­ca­tions apps that 300 mil­lion Chi­nese are talk­ing through.… RT @30SecMBA: 10 #fcmostinnovative social businesses you…

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  • Co working spaces and working beyond the cube

    Coworking Spaces From GRid70 To Grind Help Employees Work Beyond The Cube By Greg Lindsay, fastcompany.com AT&T, Zappos, and other companies are sharing office space with strangers— and not to save rent. In 2011, when the elec­tron­ics firm Plantron­ics redesigned its head­quar­ters in Santa Cruz, Cal­i­fo … http://flip.it/LxPAI Related articles The Science of Serendipity in the…

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  • Apple’s trademarked stores

    Take A World Tour Of Apple’s Newly Trademarked Stores By Addy Dugdale, fastcompany.com First it won ownership of a rountangle—that’s a rectangle with rounded corners—and now Apple has patented its store design. You know, lots of giant glass, pale wood, and nerds in royal-blue tees. Apple has won itself a trade­mark for its retai… RT…

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  • Re-imagining the words of work

    Why Tweaking Your Career Vocabulary Can Radically Improve Your Life By Amber Rae, fastcompany.com Reimagining the words we use to define work—and ourselves—is a powerful exercise. Words are pow­er­ful. The lan­guage we use influ­ences how we think, feel, act, and inter­act with the world. That’s why I pro­pose a new kind of dic­tio­nary. O… RT…

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  • Food: The Next Frontier For The Sharing Economy?

    Anya Kamenetz, fastcompany.com Are you gonna eat that? Here are four social networks that want to take food sharing way beyond photos.Globally, 30 to 50 percent of all food produced is lost or wasted between crop and plate—that’s between 1.2 and 2 billion tons. Personally, eac… RT @FastCompany: Food: The Next Frontier For The Sharing…

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