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Advice for an Executive Laid Off After Decades With One Firm
8:30AM 9/29/2011
Rhonda, a 57-year-old Californian, was laid off in September after 37 years with a medical laboratory company. Now she needs to dust off those rusty job hunting skills, and figure out her financial next steps too. DailyFinance's Laura Rowley brought in a couple of experts to guide her.
Getting Hired 101: Job Hunting Tips for New College Grads
8:00AM 9/22/2011
A new study reveals that 68% of recent college graduates either aren't working or are working at jobs not in their chosen field. But the shaky economy doesn't mean finding an entree into your career is impossible. Here's what you need to do to boost your odds of hearing "You're hired."
Advice for a Stay-at-Home Mom Trying to Reenter the Job Market
7:00AM 9/04/2011
Kelly, 51, a mother of five who lives in the Midwest, wants to get back into the workforce after a 20-year absence -- a challenging prospect in today's weak hiring environment. But with the right focus and preparation, she can still transition from stay-at-home mom back to paid employee.
Demographics and the Economy Send More People Home for Work
10:00AM 3/25/2011
As the economy picks back up, more and more people are working from home. The number of home-based U.S. businesses will grow by more than 10% over the next four years, and the number of telecommuters will rise by 12%. But that's not all based on the recovery: Many are victims of the recession.
Huawei Wins U.S. Injunction Against Motorola
3:00AM 2/23/2011
Motorola's sale of its network-equipment division to Nokia Siemens Networks seems to have hit another hiccup. Chinese telecom-equipment maker Huawei has won a preliminary U.S. court injunction against Motorola, a Huawei vendor, arguing that the deal would transfer confidential information to a competitor.
Videoconferencing's Coming Boom: Polycom CEO Predicts Rapid Growth
3:50PM 6/30/2010
Technology, Hewlett-Packard, IBM, Google , Microsoft, Apple, AT&T
The concept of the videophone is nearly as old as the phone itself, and prototypes predate the Beatles by many decades. But while other new modes of communication, from email to instant messaging to cell phones have been adopted at astonishing rates, video has lagged -- until now.
Twitter etiquette that could land you a job
5:00PM 3/17/2010
More than two years after joining Twitter, I still find myself the target of blank stares more often than I'd like to admit. When it comes to skepticism, I've heard just about anything you can imagine, with most dismissive questions usually taking on some form of the following: "Wait, isn't...
Cisco's Speedy New Router Will Take a While to Hit the Bottom Line
10:50AM 3/10/2010
Routers are crucial Internet traffic cops that direct data along its congested main arteries. And Cisco's super-hyped super-fast router promises to help network operators keep up with ever-increasing demands. But those big customers won't be too quick to take out their checkbooks.
Investors buoyed shares of Cisco in anticipation of what the company says will be an Internet-changing announcement Tuesday morning.
After a candid, insightful phone conversation -- during which he offered plenty of ideas and suggestions about whom to meet -- a local businessman signed off by saying, "Let's definitely keep in touch."
"I will," I assured him, thanking him again for his time.
"I'm serious," he said. "Will you...
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