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Have you ever worked at an organization or on a team that you would say was a "great place to work?" Maybe it was on a team that exceeded high expectations or for a boss who was able to get you to do more than you thought you were capable of. I'm depressed that many employees and job seekers I've spoken with have never had that experience. But I am hopeful because I know that those companies exist. I've worked for them at Monster Worldwide, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, and The National Center for Social Impact.

One of the interesting outcomes of working for a high performing team/organizaton/manager is that you can never look at your job the same again. Knowing that there is a better way out there, that there are brilliant people who accomplish brilliant things changes everything.

How do you find a great place to work? There are 4 resources that I direct job seekers to:

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Thursday, Mar 15, 2012 at 4:05 PM

Burlington-based Demandware Raising $88M and they have 41 Jobs!

: "Burlington, Mass. -- Demandware, a Burlington-based provider of e-commerce software, on Thursday priced its initial public offering of stock to raise $88 million. The company sold 5.5 million shares priced at $16 per share in the deal. Founded in 2004 byStephan Schambach, former CEO of Intershop, Demandware is the ecommerce platform of more th.."

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Thursday, Mar 15, 2012 at 11:07 AM

New Source of Hire Study Shows Job Boards Strong Performers

: "SilkRoad says jobs search site Indeed.com is the leading source of external hires for its 700+ customers, providing 42 percent more new employees than CareerBuilder, the #2 source.

Overall, the SilkRoad results show job boards accounting for a high percentage of hires that aren’t either internal candidates, referred by employees, or come throu.."

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Thursday, Mar 15, 2012 at 9:56 AM

Thumbs Up: DOL Reports Unemployment Claims Drop of 14,000 last week.

: "In the week ending March 10, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 351,000, a decrease of 14,000 from the previous week's revised figure of 365,000. The 4-week moving average was 355,750, unchanged from the previous week's revised average of 355,750.

Read the full news release"

Sheila Whittier posted a new Topic

Wednesday, Mar 14, 2012 at 5:15 PM

New Haven-based BioRelix Raises $2.6M. Hiring?

: "New Haven, Conn. – BioRelix, a privately held, New Haven-based developer of drugs for fighting resistant microbes, has raised $2.6 million of convertible debt, the company disclosed in a regulatory filing on Wednesday. Founded in 2005, BioRelax began laboratory operations in 2007. The company’s discovery platform focuses on Riboswitches,.."

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Wednesday, Mar 14, 2012 at 5:13 PM

Needham-based MedMinder Raises $850K and is hiring in RI

: "Needham, Mass. – MedMinder Systems, the Needham-based maker of a wireless pill dispenser that reminds patients to take their medications, has raised $850,000 in venture capital, the company disclosed in a regulatory filing on Wednesday. MedMinder’s system provides beeps, phone alerts, emails, text messages, as well as remote monitoring and imm.."

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