- On the Move: 232 Million Migrants in the World
Globally, the immigration problem is not what you’d think. 232 Million people are living in a country other than their origin. That’s about 3% of the total population of the world. Of those, nearly 60% are women. The largest age segment is the over 65 crowd which makes up nearly 10%. The US has the highest number with 45M or nearly 15% of the population. The stats are worth a couple minutes of your time. - Nearly 1 in 5 Adults Still Living with Their Parents
‘There are two scenarios. One indicates the decreasing financial well-being of the elderly: parents move in with their children because they can’t afford to live alone, perhaps after retirement. The other indicates the decreasing financial well-being of young and mid-life adults: children are moving in with their parents because they can’t get a good start to life.’ It’s 17% of 25 to 44 year olds. - HR and Talent Management Vendors Get Into Data Management
HR Guru Josh Bersin notices that every observable vendor is ntroducing a Big Data or Analytics component this fall. He favors solutions from Workday (sort of an app store) and SumTotal (‘connectors’ to 150 different vendors). Bersin downplays the real work of data integration with a large endorsement for the SumTotal approach. Unless SumTotal’s plugins are nailed down with rock solid contracts, they just move the maintenance pile down the road. This first wave of analytics offerings will be understood as primitive by this time next year. - The economics of Anti-Viral Anti-Social Networks
Many (I’d say most) social networks do not scale like Twitter or Facebook (LinkedIn comes to mind). This piece gives a thoughtful look at the issues associated with growing a network. Well worth your time if you are considering using network dynamics for crowd sourcing or sourcing in general. - The Silicon Valleys of South America
The idea that technology clusters can drive national economies is out of the bag. The city of Medellin, which Time Magazine 20 years ago referred to as the “coke capital of the world” and 10 years ago had a homicide rate 12 times that of Chicago, was selected as the winner in the Wall Street Journal and Citi most innovative “City of the Year” contest. In the near term, South America will be producing innovation and product.
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- Google Alters Search to Handle More Complex Queries
Read this if you are committed in any way to Keyword, SEO or SEM traffic acquisition. Google recently introduced a major and comprehensive change to its algorithms.Events and More
- The HR Technology Conference (Las Vegas, Oct. 7-9, 2013) The HR Tech Industry’s town hall with Bill Kutik and cohost Steve Boese
- HRTech Europe (Amsterdam, Oct 24-25)
- HRExaminer Radio : Industry News and Commentary with guests. Fridays at 11am pacific (2pm EDT)
- October 4, 2013: Bill Boorman
- October 18, 2013 Shravan Goli