Woman Hands Out Resumes On The Streets, Gets Offers
Instead of contacting consultants or cold-calling recruiters, 28 yr old Carrie Kemeling decided to take matters, and her resumes into her hands, and did this creative stunt to land job offers.
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Chinese Internet Companies Hiring “Programming Cheerleaders”
Chinese internet workers are a pretty efficient lot. They’re building cutting-edge software, founding world-class companies, and in their spare time, hacking a US website or two. But they are facing a problem familiar to engineers the world over – their offices are, erm, sausage fests.
India’s Banking Sector To See Tremendous Job Opportunities
Banking, finance and technology professionals have reason to be upbeat. The next two years are going to see tremendous job opportunities in the banking sector in India.
Two new banks are ready to roll out. Bandhan Bank is commencing operations on August 23, 2015. It would start operations with 600 branches, of which 200 would be in metro and urban areas. IDFC Bank is slated to start operations from October 1, 2015 with 20 branches, of which 5 would be in metropolitan cities.
Senegal Transforms Its Sanitation System, Uber Style
A lot can happen over poo.
And it’s not a typo. You read it right. Apparently, the Senegal National Sanitation Utility is experimenting with a mind-boggling Uber style waste management system in Dakar, the capital of West African nations. Eighty percent of Senegal residents use pit latrines and due to a problematic sewage system, the pit-emptiers charge excessively to clean up the dirt. So the government has decided to introduce a SMS service to collect and sell it!
This CEO Has Distributed $3 Million Among Employees
In an ideal workplace, a good boss shares his success with the employees. But such bosses are as rare as the Amur Leopard. So is Yang Yuanqing – the CEO of Lenovo. Because whenever a boss goes out of his way to show generosity to the workers, history remembers.
Snapdeal’s New Office Could Give Flipkart A Run For Its Money
The Indian office worker has never had it so good.
A month after Flipkart had people swooning over its new Bangalore office, Snapdeal has come up with a swanky new workplace of its own. Located in a sprawling 450,000 sq. ft campus in Gurgaon, it can house close to 4,500 employees.
Meet The 13 Year Old CEO Of A 5-employee, $200,000 company
At an age, when most of us were playing video games and just getting familiar with the fascinating world of the internet, this boy wonder founded an online business.
5 Silicon Valley Tech Leaders With Liberal Arts Major
If you think only a computer science or engineering degree is the way to become tech superstar, you are wrong. Apparently, people with non-technical academic background and liberal arts major are benefitting the most from tech boom. Major software companies and tech startups are utilizing the creativity and insight of liberal arts to create something incredible in the Silicon Valley. Check out our list of 5 successful tech leaders who studied liberal arts and made it big (money)
Uber Founder’s Is The World’s No. 2 Ranked Wii Tennis Player
Uber is riding high on valuation (nearly $50 billion). From a San Francisco based startup to one of the hottest companies in Silicon Valley – Uber came a long way.
And along the company’s success, Travis Kalanick, the co-founder and CEO of Uber, made it to the Forbes list of billionaires. But it was not just his entrepreneuring skills that worked for the company’s success. The man has a now-not-so-secret passion.