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By Olive Keogh. Originally published in The Irish Times. When it comes to their careers, most millennials (roughly those born between 1980 and 2000) are not driven by money. They are natural job hoppers and they “hop” more for learning and personal development opportunities than they do for higher salaries. Income is typically not even in […]

By Philip Rojc.  Originally published on Inside Philanthropy. It’s nothing new to see corporate donations that complement the company’s core business and reflect its worldview. A set of grants last month from cloud communications firm Twilio certainly fits the bill. Totaling $1 million, the grants represent part of the company’s 2015 pledge to commit 1 percent […]

Ostendio has joined the Pledge 1% movement, a national philanthropic organization encouraging companies to give 1 percent of their equity, employee time and products to good causes. Ostendio has committed to 1/1/1, which means committing at least 1% of employee time, equity and product to worthy causes. At Ostendio we have a deep commitment to the […]

Pledge 1% is thrilled to partner with Bessemer Venture Partners, Forbes and Salesforce Ventures for their Cloud 100 event, which honors the top 100 private cloud companies in the world. Cloud 100 Pledge 1% members have had incredible impact- donating their time, product, and profits to their communities. To recognize this, we formally launched the Pledge 1% […]

By Mark Reading.  Originally published on the Atlassian blog. When I joined Atlassian as the Head of Foundation last December I knew I was becoming part of something very special. Atlassian’s 5 values really do drive behaviours (so much more than anything I have experienced elsewhere during a career spanning more than 35 years) and the passion of […]

By Joshua Hall.  Originally posted on Techpoint. You already know about part of Salesforce’s impact in Indiana — the software giant is creating more than 800 new jobs and 500 new apprenticeships, and investing $40 million that’s causing a ripple effect of growth and prosperity in the state’s tech sector. What you might not know is […]

By Ron Miller. Originally published in TechCrunch. If a startup founder could peer 8 years into the future and see a company that has become the symbol for disruptive culture, one that has raised over $8 billion on a valuation of $67 billion, that has a worldwide presence in hundreds of cities, millions of app downloads,12,000 […]

Hiring is hard.  We make it easier. Savvy Hires is a consulting and workforce development firm that helps companies develop Strategic Internship and onboarding programs for pipeline development. 80% of employee turnover is due to bad hiring decisions.  $136.5M/ yr in the US is wasted on bad hires.  The result of a poor cultural fit can […]

Originally published on New Voice Media’s blog. Endure24 is dubbed the Glastonbury for runners. It draws together around 3,000 weirdos, like me, from all walks of life to spend 24 hours of their lives running multiple five mile (8k) laps of a course in Wasing Park near Aldermaston which is situated just outside of Basingstoke.   […]