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In 1991 Michael Tchao and Steve Capps originated the idea for the Newton and convinced Apple’s CEO, John Scully, to let them build it. Scully coined the name “PDA” for this new device used as a personal digital assistant to manage your address book and calendar and run its version

“While acknowledging that some multinational firms have taken advantage of America’s immigration system to employ “underpaid, sometimes grossly underpaid workers,” Bay Area recruiter Vikki Pachera insists cutting-edge Silicon Valley firms are clamoring for global talent. “In tech, there’s plenty of jobs,” Pachera said. “We’re certainly producing a lot of great,

With the no-poaching of talent case finally shedding some light on the past hiring practices of Apple, Google and other premier Silicon Valley companies, Holman Jenkins makes some great points in The Journal today. It’s a complex issue to be sure.  My favorite line of his is “Valley employees continue

While a few companies leave candidates with a wonderful sense that they are one of the best companies on the planet to work for, for most companies, it’s time to crank up the volume and separate yourself from the crowd.  The great news is much, if not all, of this

It’s the height of the election season.  Candidates and the parties are all a buzz about platforms – the set of actions and ideas they support in order to appeal to the voting public. The idea of carefully and consistently communicating who you are and what you believe in order

If you are hiring today, particularly in high tech, you may be pulling your hair out as you try to land talent. Indeed, 2012 is proving to be a very difficult year to attract and close key people. The market is challenging norms like ‘internal equity,’ putting more pressure on

When management makes top level changes, what does that mean for your job and how to set yourself up for success. There’s no question that the average CEO tenure is shortening.  Just this year we’ve seen some pretty big changes. It generally goes something like this…  You are getting ready

Now that you’ve landed the new job, it’s time to turn your attention to your transition into the new company.  In today’s nimble market, long on-boarding processes are becoming a thing of the past.  Today it is sink or swim, and what you do during the first 30 days lays