Boston Business after hours events

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Doing business today takes all shapes and forms.

Now more than ever, it is important to network and increase your contacts. Finding the way that works for you is a solid strategy for adding networking to your routine.Similar to events hosted through the site, Meetup.com, there are monthly events being hosted in the Boston area that set to take a more casual approach to network

Elance releases online talent report

Freelancers, contract professionals, entrepreneurs, business owners, and large corporations are utilizing a variety of technologies to connect with others, collaborate on projects, and complete jobs through the web.
The increase in working online sparked Elance to release its Online Talent Report, a compilation of data and statistics that displays the impact of online work, the

Green IT webinar

India top IT performer in 2009

On May 11^th, 2010 Microsoft will be launching a Green Information Technology (IT) webinar.

If you want to save resources, money and be more green in the process of doing it, attend this session.

The training session will focus on how companies can improve their communication by working together more in virtual meetings.

According to elance.com, India has been ranked as the top Information Technology (IT) performer in 2009.

The study, released in January of this year, focused on a number of services, including IT, Creative and Marketing – all key to Elance.com’s freelancing base.

In the IT cat

How to write a resume

Want to grab that dream job? Invest the time in writing a resume that will make you stand out amongst the crowd.

The job market is a competitive one. A single job posting might attract thousands of resumes. The first step to getting yours noticed is to create a career objective statement.

Economic downturn Linkedin upturn

Unlike job seekers that are viewing its jobs boards, LinkedIn is growing in the recession. Overall, traffic has more than doubled to 6.9 million users in February from 3.3 million in 2009.

Following the recession, the value of the site has really come out on top. The site's value comes

Committed to the corporation

If you cast your eyes back, we can all probably remember a time when individuals would invest their whole career in one company.

Back in the “good old days”, many employees in our previous generations joined a company right out of school and stayed until retirement.

Vindia outsourcing specialists

Want to work with a firm that offers good quality IT and marketing solutions at competitive prices? Well, Vindia may be your answer.

Vindia Ltd. provides counselling and solutions for companies seeking to take advantage of the opportunities that the Far East has to offer.

Over the past few years, Vindia has made a name for itself in providing high-quality outsourcing services to clients globally. The com

Total 2010 Rewards WorldatWork Conference

2010 will be like no other year. Compensation and benefits experts, HR professionals and work-life specialists are looking for bold, new ways to help their organizations recover from the global economic challenges of 2009.

Companies with top talent stand the best chance of recovering as long as they can hold on to their best performers. You’ve got questions, there is a place

Introducing the new Monster.com

Monster.com has changed its site following feedback from its users.

In order to make the site friendlier and address the needs of its users, Monster.com has added new tools and streamlined its job search and apply processes.

So...what are all these changes about?

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Building connections through social media

Are you starting a company from the ground up? Forming a company on your own can be a daunting and a long process.

You can find some ease in the fact that when you make that decision to go solo, you are truly not alone. There are thousands of others making a similar choice. Some fail but man

Recession proof your career

As we look back on the past couple of years, many of us have seen firsthand the impact of the recession. For some, it has merely been reading the newspapers and cutting back on expenses. For others, our careers have been impacted in ways we never could imagine.

Even now, when analysts w

All eyes on the job market

Increasing consumer confidence may be a bit premature.

Last week a wave of disappointing economic reports were released in the US. This has resurrected concerns that economic recovery isn’t on the horizon...at least not just yet.

The government has invested a lot of time and mo

The New Meaning of Socialism

The impact of social media is incredible. For almost every profession out there, it is a key tool to building connections, driving business forward and existing in our world today.

As of September 2009, one in four people globally use the internet (3 out of 4 in North America)–i

LinkedIn and Microsoft

This past November, a partnership between Microsoft and LinkedIn was announced. This partnership integrates your LinkedIn Professional Network right within your Microsoft Outlook Inbox.

Bringing this network into your inbox is a solid extension to the power of LinkedIn and offers several benefits:

1. Keep track of what your LinkedIn connections are working on and thi

Salary.com says Stay at Home

Salary.com, Inc., is a leading provider of on-demand talent management, payroll, and compensation solutions.
Everyone's had mornings when they'd rather stay in their bunny slippers and gloat at the traffic reports while sipping coffee and working from their "home office." But in the past (let's call it the dark ages), some bosses considered "working from home" a euphemism for "doing errands" and only allowed it in the e

Indeed.com releases free industry trends

In February 2009, Indeed.com announced the release of Industry Trends. As the most comprehensive search engine for jobs, with over 12 million unique visitors per month in the US, Indeed's Industry Trends provide an unrivalled perspective on the job market nationwide. Indeed's data show that compared with 12 months ago the number of job postings in the US has declined in all industries, while Education and Healthcare h

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