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		<title>What Does Football Have To Do With Your Hiring Plan?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 20:58:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crystal Jones</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Everything. With this football season coming to an end and the Super Bowl only a little over a week away, I decided to use this blog post to talk about something that stood out to me this season and how it applies to hiring. Being a diehard Pittsburgh Steelers fan I couldn’t help but be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What Your Parents Were Afraid to Tell You About The Birds and The Bees – Secrets FINALLY Revealed!!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 18:42:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dalip Raheja</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[No, this is not about the Kama Sutra – sorry!  But before I tell you about The Birds and The Bees, let me ask you a serious question.  If you were faced with a life and death situation, what percentage of the time do you think you would make the right decision?  What if the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Trends of 2012 – A Marketers Perspective</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 21:40:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crystal Jones</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On this snowy Thursday, I wanted to expand on Dalip’s blogs on trends from last week. As the head of marketing, I am looking at trends to better understand how I can better serve my company and the company can serve the market.  I have realized that being in marketing is similar to working Supply [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why 2012 is Not the Year to Fear – The Other Half</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 20:15:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dalip Raheja</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What other trends can we look forward to in 2012? Dalip continues his trends list here.]]></description>
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		<title>Why 2012 is Not the Year to Fear</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2012 21:32:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dalip Raheja</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Spotting trends can feel more like an art than a science. It can seem particularly daunting in year that was greeted with so much uncertainty.  For his first blog post of the New Year, Dalip takes a look at Marian Salzman's latest Trendspotting report called The Big Book of Little Nexts and adds his own spin to the top trends for 2012. Read on to learn if you agree or disagree with his insights.]]></description>
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