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Greythorn survey: IT workers are uncomfortable with migrants in Australia
Except United States of America, multiculturalism has terribly failed in other parts of the world. Recent skirmishes in Malmo, Sweden confirmed that. Despite the sugarcoated belief that co-existence is part of 21stcentury, human race is still discriminatory in many aspects. One of the aspects is the skilled migrant entering foreign countries, with me being one of them. As a matter of fact, we are said to cause local IT workforce feel threatened in their jobs. This belief has now been reconfirmed by a new survey of nearly 1800 IT professionals in Australia released by Greythorn, a recruitment firm. Nearly all professionals surveyed in the first quarter of this year, the study found that one feel threatened by increasing number of skilled workers entering Australia. Greythorn’s survey found 54% of IT …
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Driving violently is like a hobby for buffoons
Few weeks ago, I posted http://www.contadorharrison.com/i-hate-stupid-drivers-i-cant-seem-to-escape-them/on how stupid drivers numbers are taking over our highways. Earlier this morning, I witnessed an accident that reminded me how the roads are unsafe. According to the recently availed International data, traffic accidents have in the past decade become among the biggest killers. In a country like Kenya with less than 1.5million cars on the road, more than 3,000 lives are lost annually. In Africa’s most populous country Nigeria, more than 1,000 lives are reportedly lost annually in every 100,000 vehicles despite the fact that there are only 8,000,000 cars in country whose population numbers slightly over 150 million. Even police data in various African countries last year showed a considerably high rate of traffic accidents in the continent. There has been an upward …
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Social media integration in business has an impact
From small micro enterprises to multinational firms, social media integration has ben a great source for targeted marketing and there is no doubt that digital marketing in the social media space has become mainstream culture. Even governments across the world are joining more established organizations in an effort to have followers on Twitter and “likes” on Facebook pages. PR firms and Marketing departments are spending enormous time trying to capture great customer insight on a real-time basis. However, numerous studies have shown that success in social media has not necessarily impacted on bottom line of businesses.When I sought an experts view from a PR guru working with a multi national PR and advertising agency in London, she informed me that the main challenge of capitalizing on social media platforms largely …
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Rise of Cyber threats in East Africa must be addressed
East Africa is now a big target for cyber attacks thanks to its rapidly growing economies. There has been well documented and widely reported cases of significant financial losses and disruption to critical public and private infrastructures with banking industry being the hardest hit. Regionally, there is a continued rise of targeted attacks from well-oiled criminals and hackers. Over the past two years, East African region has become the most attractive investment destination in sub Saharan Africa. However, without adequate security, numerous studies have shown that investors rarely invest. That is why East African Community member states should focus on growing concerns about the threat posed by increasing cyber security challenges. Cyber security trends in East Africa evolve all the time, than other types of threats the region faces at …
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Samsung Galaxy S4 review: 45 days user experience
After eye catching adverts appeared on local and International media, I could not hold back my appetite to be owner of the world’s best smartphone according to latest consumer research. That is no other than Samsung’s latest and greatest smartphone to date, the Galaxy S4 that I have used for the past forty-five days. The huge amount of marketing fanfare won my heart because it’s a pretty amazing device. Galaxy S4 unlike its predecessor has a marginally tweaked design but with the same height at 136.6mm like Galaxy S3. As you can see on some of the images in this review, the phone is tinier and a bit lighter, thinner and less wide. Samsung Galaxy S4 Andoid Apps store As a diehard iPhone fanatic, this phone’s plastic design is a …
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Contador Harrison
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