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When it comes to shopping and buying, the millennial generation appears to play by its own rules. And businesses that fail to understand the millennial mindset are destined to fall behind their competition — and perhaps plummet into irrelevancy. Millennials are changing how we buy, how we sell, how we vacation, how we invest, and […]

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We live in the information age — aptly named because we have unprecedented access to information through many platforms. Researchers estimate that between television, radio, the internet, email, and social media, the average person receives the equivalent of 174 newspapers worth of data every day.   That means consumers have a lot to sort through and choose

As the leader of a fast-growing company that assists clients with their technology requirements, I operate in an environment that continually changes. Today’s questions very quickly become yesterday’s decisions. How does one keep pace? What is the effect on leadership? Having spent most of my career in technology, I think I have a pretty good

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Hard skills and soft skills aren’t enough The job world is changing so rapidly that it’s next to impossible to know what to do even in the short term to get ahead, let alone five years down the road.  Now, a debate rages between which are more important, hard skills or soft skills. Those for

It’s been a common occurrence in recent years: company downsizing or restructuring has left skilled professionals looking for a job. Or, feeling constrained, they jump to a better growth opportunity.  But, with the era of lifetime jobs at a single firm or company long gone, many doctors, dentists, lawyers, accountants, and other professionals are opting

It just became a bit more difficult for plaintiffs within the jurisdiction of the Second Circuit Court of Appeals (which includes New York state) to succeed on disability-discrimination claims brought against their employers under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). The ADA prohibits employers from “discriminat[ing] against a qualified individual on the basis of disability

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