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Are You in Control of Your Online Reputation? This post previously appeared on Forbes.com Think you can ignore social media? Or that it’s OK not to know what comes up when you Google your name? Think again, says Michael Fertik, the founder and CEO of Reputation.com. “The Internet is working for you or against you, and there is no
How Big Data is Transforming the Hunt for Talent This post previously appeared on Forbes.com Big Data is suddenly hot, winning Harvard Business Review’s recent “sexiest job of the 21st century” sweepstakes. It’s been slow to penetrate the world of human resources, however – but all that is changing fast, says Beth Axelrod, Senior Vice President of Human Resources for
Four Things You Need To Know In The Big Data Era This post previously appeared on Forbes.com Big Data has been declared the “sexiest job of the 21st century” and it’s already reshaping corporate decisionmaking and even talent recruitment. As Phil Simon, author of Too Big to Ignore: The Business Case for Big Data, points out, “In a recent
How To Create And Sell Information Products This post previously appeared on Forbes.com It’s an alluring vision for travel-weary consultants, bloggers, and corporate visionaries: why not create and sell information products that can earn you money while you sleep? But too often, logistical concerns intervene. What should I create? Where do I get started in producing
Data Visualization Is The Future – Here’s Why This post previously appeared on Forbes.com We’ve all heard that Big Data is the future. But according to Phil Simon’s new book The Visual Organization: Data Visualization, Big Data, and the Quest for Better Decisions, that may not be quite right. Big Data is a powerful discovery tool