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San Fran Giants CIO Bill Schlough: ‘The Business Side Can Be Just as Exciting’
As senior vice president and chief information officer of the San Francisco Giants baseball team, Bill Schlough “keeps the lights on” for all the team’s technical needs. He recently spoke to Knowledge@Wharton High School about how he came to work in his high school dream job – even though he wasn’t a great athlete – and why it’s important to be geographically flexible if you want a job in the sports business.
The Week in Review:
The White House Helps Teens Get Jobs
On January 5, President Barack Obama announced the Summer Jobs+ program to help get more teens hired for summer jobs. The Obama administration’s commitment to youth employment will help at least some of the estimated 1.4 million young Americans who are out of work find jobs this summer – and learn valuable skills for a lifetime in the job market.
@Business: Do You Have a Smart Social Media Strategy?
For most of us, Facebook, Twitter and YouTube are a way of life – we eat, sleep, post and tweet. In reality, social media is a major game changer for anyone who cares about reaching lots of people with their messages – namely businesses who have services to offer or products to sell.
The Week in Review:
Basketball, Football and Ballroom Dancing: Sports on the World Stage
During the 2011 Ivy Sports Symposium at Wharton, experts and sports executives involved with international athletics discussed the future of the globalization of sports and the business possibilities it can create. Young people, the panelists said, are key to the expansion of global sports – and are not afraid to embrace the global game.
