Archive for August 2010
Social recruiting
Phil Harrington could easily have spent his entire career working as a successful financial services executive. But 13 years ago, when his teenage daughter wasn’t getting the career guidance she needed as she was entering …
Dice Talent Network embraces social media tools
Technology and engineering professionals have a new way to connect with potential employers, through a social media-based product launched last month on Urbandale-based Dice.com.
Using the Dice Talent Network, each user of the jobs-board website …
Read MoreDoctors to get help in shift to electronic records
When Dr. Robert Lee decided to install an electronic medical records system for his family practice clinic in Johnston in 2002, he had to choose from somewhere around 60 companies’ systems.
“I could see electronic …
Read MoreNeighborhood lender celebrates 20 years
Neighborhood Finance Corp. is celebrating its 20th year of providing loans to purchase and improve homes in Polk County neighborhoods.
The nonprofit mortgage lender traces its beginnings to a study commissioned in 1989 by the …
Read MoreThe keys to influence
I just read this quotation: “The key to successful leadership today is influence, not authority.” WHAT? Eh, not quite.
It’s sounds good when you first hear it, but it’s completely without merit, and also downright …
Read MoreWhat customers want
In his book “The Innovator’s Solution: Creating and Sustaining Successful Growth,” Clayton Christensen writes: “How do you create products that customers want to buy – ones that become so successful they ‘disrupt’ the market? It’s …
Job Search Television creates video job reports
Roger Stanton believes in the power of video to grab the attention of job seekers across a broad range of media. Most important, he’s gotten some of the nation’s biggest recruiting and advertising firms and …
Nurses are health ‘point guards’
U.S. Rep. Bruce Braley was in the spotlight recently, praising Iowa for providing high-quality health care while controlling costs. He is concerned about geographic inequality in Medicare reimbursement. Iowa ranks low in Medicare beneficiary spending …
Partnership expands as messages proliferate
As the Greater Des Moines Partnership’s influence expands well outside the metropolitan area, the 10-year-old organization is developing new campaigns focused on attracting and retaining a quality work force.
“We’ve always been about attracting people, …
Read MoreTake a venture into Frontier
Dear Mr. Berko:
I’m looking at Frontier Communications after its buyout of Verizon’s land line business. The $1 dividend, according to Yahoo Finance, yields 14 percent, and I was thinking of buying 700 shares as …
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