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Interview with Peter Capelli, Wharton School professor employers want to hire people without having to train or onboard them so they are hiring competitors' employees to reduce start-up time. Also adding more requirements to have work done in 1 job instead of multiple jobs Employers have problem; they are overwhelmed with applicants, many more applicants than jobs. Companies have gutted admin functions, rely heavily on automation. Hard to get software right to get right people through. How can we get software to recognize nuances of candidates? three problems: employers have to focus in on critical requirements; how much is it costing companies to keep position vacant? Realistic expectations for work, for pay (guessing game for applicants), then start worrying about software. self-screening out is answer. Applicants don't get follow-up email responding to application. Can't find the skills I want at the price I want to pay--employers say it is lack of prospective applicants, not what they want as being unreasonable.

Identifies Jobsbox, jobberbase, Jobify (wordpress theme), and Jobify as open source job board platforms

article by Jeff Harrington, TBT writer, 8.20.2014. more information on fastest growing companies in Tampa Bay area

Margaret Manning's video interview with John Tarnow on digital tools to use for networking and starting businesses. (17 minutes) shocked at # of people who do not have photos on social media profile including LinkedIn "Transparency is new privacy" "Linkedin is great tool for our generation, Facebook more social, need to fill in LinkedIn profiles to give employers/clients sense of compatibility, affinities" It is also connecting to people they know. How important is blogging? A-It's a process to find what your point of view is. Part of reinvention process is figuring out what we have to say, that others can learn from. Manning did a list of 60 things for younger women to know Being of service to community is key. Subscribe to news feeds, Google alerts on handful of topics that relate to this interest. Go to website, comment, engage with other people to develop your voice, your brand. Purpose of networking--to have fun, to link up with others, looking to start a business--great opportunities on Linkedin, search tools. Act locally, think globally. Define product and market--same old skills we have used forever. only difference today is scale. Twitter is way of getting message out, supporting brand. Outward platform. Social mindset is needed for starting businesses. Live in a sharing economy--software, business development, etc.

Large number of categories for freelancing services--web,mobile, and software development, design & creative, IT & networking, writing, admin & virtual assistant, customer service, data science & analytics, translation, etc.