Industry Trends
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You’ve Got To Have Friends
Carolyn Lawrence is now ‘friends’ with Jordan Banks, Managing Director at Facebook Canada – after an engaging and educating chat on how Facebook is essential to building your brand.
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The Missing Link: Gender Differences & LinkedIn
Males in the cosmetics industry are better at networking on LinkedIn than the women in that industry. Women that are in the ranching industry are better at networking on LinkedIn than men. LinkedIn found this interesting – and so do we. Diving deeper into networking research, we find a few intriguing facts that help explain these surprising findings from LinkedIn.
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Why There Aren't More Girl Geeks
One of the most iconic women in tech today, Mayer’s career path offers lessons for how to attract more women to a male-dominated field and undermines the assumption that to foster more female techies, it’s early or never. Mayer, who calls herself a “proud geek,” did not grow up obsessed with computers — she bought her first one in college — or with dreams of becoming the next Bill Gates. She wanted to be a pediatric neurosurgeon.
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A Balanced Portfolio
Find a firm that shares your core values, says investment advisor Jamie Keenan, and the sky’s the limit. By: Jamie Keenan
