Fresh Links…Oct 5th
A curated list of business, career and community links.
- Your New $50 Day Office: A new South Park hotel is thinking outside the box.
- COVID in the QC: September’s economic indicators in Charlotte.
A curated list of business, career and community links.
Strengthening your networking skills and nurturing a diverse network is mission-critical for today’s business professional. LinkedIn is making some big changes to help you accomplish both.
Here’s what you need to know about three big changes coming to LinkedIn.
New Look
LinkedIn is introducing a cleaner look that features more white space to make it easier to navigate the site and app.
Stories Launch
LinkedIn is doing a global roll-out of Stories that allows you to post both photos and videos that will vanish in a day. LinkedIn members who have been testing Stories have used the tool to share photos/videos of their home office set-ups, chat about job opportunities, and more. Think of Stories as a way to connect more personally and less formally (similar to water cooler moments).
Video Call Enhancements
Now, with one click, you can start a video call over Zoom, Teams or BlueJeans by Verizon.
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On September 21, 2020, Fortune Magazine revealed its sixth annual “Change the World” list, which showcases over 50 companies that have made an important social or environmental impact through their profit-making strategy and operations this year.
Three companies from the Southeast USA made the list:
#15 Charlotte-based Bank of America
#49 Atlanta-based UPS
#51 Miami-based ChenMed
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LinkedIn has used data from more than 660 million professionals in its network and more than 20 million job listings to identify the hard and soft skills that are most in-demand in 2020.
HARD SKILLS
1) Blockchain
2) Cloud & Distributed Computing
3) Analytical Reasoning
4) Artificial Intelligence
5) UX Design
6) Business Analysis
7) Affiliate Marketing
8) Sales
9) Scientific Computing
10) Video Production
SOFT SKILLS
1) Creativity
2) Persuasion
3) Collaboration
4) Adaptability
5) Emotional Intelligence
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South Carolina plays an important role in driving the Charlotte region’s economy. Four of the state’s counties are members of the Charlotte Regional Business Alliance’s Economic Development Advisory Council. These counties include: Chester, Chesterfield, Lancaster and York.
For the 11th consecutive year, South Carolina has earned a top stop in Area Development magazine’s list of “Top States for Doing Business in 2020.” South Carolina made the annual list at #3 (behind third place Georgia and second place Tennessee and ahead of fifth place North Carolina).
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Business North Carolina Magazine has published its annual list of the state’s largest privately held companies. The #1 ranked company with sales of more than $1 billion is based in Charlotte.
Review the list here.