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Now Hiring: Hipsters

thedailybeast.com — Need a job? Hurry, hipster yourself. An ad agency in Pennsylvania called Pavone is getting up close and personal with its job posting: it wants hipsters. "We're outside New York and DC so we don't have Hipsters," the company confesses. "All we have is an office with major clients, real opportunities and easy commutes."

The Great Cloud-Induced Job Implosion That Never Happened

forbes.com — Two of the greatest fears about cloud computing deal with security -- data security and job security. Caution continues to reign around data security, but any implosion of IT-related jobs has yet to materialize. Photo credit: US Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Outlook Handbook Yes, IT managers and professionals are working with [...]

The Great Cloud-Induced Job Implosion That Never Happened

forbes.com — Two of the greatest fears about cloud computing deal with security -- data security and job security. Caution continues to reign around data security, but any implosion of IT-related jobs has yet to materialize. Photo credit: US Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Outlook Handbook Yes, IT managers and professionals are working with [...]

Top Skills for Data Visualization : Tableau Q&A with Jock Mackinlay

siliconangle.com — Data visualization is perhaps the most promising of formats with the proliferation of Big Data. Stimulating multiple areas of the brain, visual feedback is one of the best paths to knowledge comprehension. And as data becomes increasingly democratized in the workplace and beyond, determining the best interfaces for consuming that data will fundamentally change its actionability.

Understanding ‘Generation Jones’ and other mini-generation gaps

smartplanet.com — They were the Baby Boomers who didn't make it to Woodstock - because it would have taken them way past their bedtimes. While much has been made about the heritage of the Baby Boomers, who fomented the hippie counterculture and burned down draft boards, there is actually a larger segment of this cohort - their younger siblings - who more or less missed the 1960s and came of age in the following decade.

6 traits of the best workplace on earth

smartplanet.com — How do you create the best workplace on earth? Rob Goffee and Gareth Jones ponder that question in the latest issue of Harvard Business Review, summing up their discussions with hundreds of executives. But are Goffee and Jones in search of a utopia that doesn't exist, or can't exist because it would contradict itself?

6 traits of the best workplace on earth

smartplanet.com — How do you create the best workplace on earth? Rob Goffee and Gareth Jones ponder that question in the latest issue of Harvard Business Review, summing up their discussions with hundreds of executives. But are Goffee and Jones in search of a utopia that doesn't exist, or can't exist because it would contradict itself?