Freddy Duarte

India projects an image of a nation churning out students who are well educated, but in reality, companies are having increasing difficulty finding new recruits who can answer questions by phone and email.

via India Graduates Millions, but Too Few Are Fit to Hire – WSJ.com.

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(…) Redfin said it has recently been up against salary-and-bonus offers of $100,000 to $150,000 a year for new college grads from social-gaming start-up Zynga, among others—far above the $80,000 or so a year Redfin would normally offer.

I would like to emphasize this: “$100,000 to $150,000 a year for new college grads”

Tagged, in addition, launched an unlimited-vacation policy for its employees last September, he said. That means Tagged’s workers can take an unlimited amount of time off, as long as they are getting their work done.

“We have people who walk in through the door and they like what we’re doing, but they’ve already got four offers from big companies,” said Rich Skrenta, CEO of Blekko, a search-engine company in Redwood Shores, Calif. “A significant fraction of them go elsewhere. …They’ll say, I like what you’re doing, but I’m going to Twitter or Facebook,” he said.

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Google and Facebook are the two biggest internet sites, as everyone knows; but, there’s some news here: Facebook is now the most visited site in U.S., leaving Google in the second spot.

The war between Google and Facebook is at an all time high. The question is: How will they compete?

The goal of each is to be the point of entry for Web users, the theory being that whoever controls the gateway will deliver the most effective advertising platform.

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Common Sense: Will Google Survive Facebook? – WSJ.com.

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