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Marketplace Tech for Tuesday, March 10, 2015
Mar 10, 2015

Marketplace Tech for Tuesday, March 10, 2015

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Airing on Tuesday, March 10, 2015: Apple just unveiled the price tag for its line of smartwatches. First, we speak with Lindsey Turrentine, Editor-in-Chief of CNET.com, about how much the Apple Watch costs and who’s going to buy it? Next, we take a look at companies responding to a more competitive labor market in general by emphasizing more on campus recruiting and marketing themselves to new workers. At the same time, companies are also recognizing that new workers aren't staying around very long no matter how much time and effort has gone into recruiting them.

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Mar 10, 2015
First generation products are about convincing you that the product is cool.

Airing on Tuesday, March 10, 2015: Apple just unveiled the price tag for its line of smartwatches. First, we speak with Lindsey Turrentine, Editor-in-Chief of CNET.com, about how much the Apple Watch costs and who’s going to buy it? Next, we take a look at companies responding to a more competitive labor market in general by emphasizing more on campus recruiting and marketing themselves to new workers. At the same time, companies are also recognizing that new workers aren’t staying around very long no matter how much time and effort has gone into recruiting them.

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