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Working FOR a Startup

Tuesday, 18 May 2021 by Paul O'Brien

So you want to work for a startup… This month in Texas, the startup ecosystem is heating up faster than a Texas summer, so my mind is turned the increasing networking going on, fueled by the light at the end of the tunnel of quarantine AND the fact that the world seems to be moving

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Resume Not Landing You That Job? Stop the Keywords, Start Optimizing

Tuesday, 27 October 2020 by Paul O'Brien

To take a look at even the most advised of resume writing guides is to take a step back into the history of web page design; everyone writing a resume is being taught and encouraged to create a website circa 1999. While such designs look prettier than the old text-laid-out-on-a-page, in thinking about a resume

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Accessibility > Inclusion > Diversity > Change > Innovation > Wealth Creation

Monday, 30 April 2018 by Paul O'Brien

Many who follow me here or on Quora know that I’m a student of economist Peter Drucker. It’s Drucker who noted of the economy and business, that only two things create value: marketing and innovation – that everything else done is a cost of existing; that marketing and innovation create wealth, they create value while

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Working through Austin

Thursday, 11 July 2013 by Paul O'Brien

Home to PeopleAdmin and Indeed, Austin has a history with employment that’s intriguing to explore. Recruiting technology, in particular, seems to play a unique role in the city stemming, to some extent, from its culture of creativity, innovation, and just the right balance between work and life.

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Published in Austin, Insights / Research, Startups

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