From the YP Front Lines
MILWAUKEE -- So I’ve been hanging with 42 YP leaders from across the US this week. They’re summiting in Milwaukee for the first ever national YP come-together. And they’re blowing me away. Here are my key learnings....
MILWAUKEE -- So I’ve been hanging with 42 YP leaders from across the US this week. They’re summiting in Milwaukee for the first ever national YP come-together. And they’re blowing me away. Here are my key learnings....
CHICAGO — Networking can be a challenge for some people because they either don’t understand it or they don’t feel the need to participate. People have their own perceptions about the value of networking and when they should network....
During the late 1990s, most companies had to scramble to attract and retain high-caliber talent. For the past three-plus years companies have been focused on getting rid of people, not keeping them, and encouraging workers to leave rather than convincing them to stay....
CHICAGO—We’ve heard it so often that it has become “aural wallpaper”: If you can’t measure it, you can’t manage it.
Consultants across the Midwest technology arena would be delighted to work with your company to help you create concrete and measurable things that you...
MILWAUKEE - Even after putting together a company and carving out a successful niche, the true test for a dot-com company is expansion. Only a few companies have been able to take that step, among them the employment site LocalCareers....
CHICAGO – You’re not the type to go to war at work. Being a pacifist, though, won’t help you if you get caught between warring co-workers. Here’s some advice on how to avoid getting wounded when Midwest technology workers declare war on one another, writes...
MADISON – The Madison Area Technical College is offering a new certificate in online security through the school’s Computer Information Systems Department this fall. The CIS-Information Security Certificate was sprung from a $210,000 grant from the National Science Foundation given in...
MADISON – Gov. Jim Doyle announced Monday that he has established a new Governor's Small Business Technology Transfer Award. The award will recognize the achievements of small businesses in Wisconsin that have succeeded in taking an idea and developing a business....
A friend goes on a job interview for a medical technology company. The interviewer finally shares the information that she's job hunting herself, she's burned out on the company environment and she'd hate to be the one responsible for my friend going to work at...
EAU CLAIRE, Wis — This week Jonathan Watson will become the first student to graduate from the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire’s physics and engineering dual degree program. Watson, a native of Eau Claire, will earn his bachelor’s degree in physics...