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4 hiring strategies that the 2008 recession taught me

Hacker Earth Developers Blog

The hemorrhaging of American jobs accelerated at a record pace at the end of 2008, bringing the year’s total job losses to 2.6 In contrast to the underlying financial cause of the 2008 recession, the current crisis is rooted in a health emergency. “ In 2008, the business crashed and there was no financial support.

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Former Affirm exec Silvija Martincevic to lead shift work management platform Deputy

TechCrunch

Founded in 2008, Deputy has raised $104 million AUD (about $72 million USD) from investors like Square Peg and IVP, reaching soonicorn valuation. Between its formation in 2008 and 2017, Deputy didn’t have a CEO, until Ahmed stepped into the position after the startup’s first funding round. million shift workers.

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The Loneliness Epidemic: Is Your Network Your Net Worth?

thoughtLEADERS, LLC

One of the first events I participated in when I joined TELUS in late 2008 was the annual Retirees Holiday Lunch. Discover the role of community in tackling loneliness, underlining the need for leaders to foster relationships, enabling team members to find their people.

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Microsoft Server 2008 End of Life : Now What?

CloudSphere

If you are currently running Server 2008 or Server 2008 R2, you cannot ignore the reality that Microsoft will terminate extended support for those operating systems, establishing their End of Life (EOL) on January 14, 2020. This date will also include SQL Server 2008 and Windows 7. Mainstream and extended support defined.

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VMware by Broadcom: The First 100 Days

CIO

It’s fully software-defined compute, networking, storage and management – all in one product with automated and simplified operations. From September 2005 to January 2008, he served as chairman of the board of Integrated Device Technology. VCF is a completely modernized platform for cloud infrastructure.

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Involta: On a mission to transform the world through technology

CIO

The company’s compute, networking, and storage offerings encompass a wide range of managed IT services and draw on its 12,000-mile fiber network. Based in Tucson, Arizona, and with more than 240 employees, Involta operates 12 high-performance data centers in Arizona, Idaho, Iowa, Minnesota, Ohio, and Pennsylvania.

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Paystand banks $50M to make B2B payments cashless and with no fees

TechCrunch

The Scotts Valley, California-based company is using cloud technology and the Ethereum blockchain as the engine for its Paystand Bank Network that enables business-to-business payments with zero fees. During the 2008 economic downturn, Almond’s family lost their home. Paystand wants to change that.

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