Worldwide, only 13% of employees are engaged at work.

The Untapped USD140 Trillion Innovation For Jobs Market
http://techcrunch.com/2015/02/21/the-untapped-140-trillion-innovation-for-jobs-market/


Meet the New Boss: Big Data Companies Trade In Hunch-Based Hiring for Computer Modeling
http://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10000872396390443890304578006252019616768
"When looking for workers to staff its call centers, Xerox Corp. used to pay lots of attention to applicants who had done the job before. Then, a computer program told the printer and outsourcing company that experience doesn't matter. The software said that what does matter in a good call-center worker—one who won't quit before the company recoups its USD5,000 investment in training—is personality. "

John and Ronda Hunter written last July 1984 "Validity and utility of alternative predictors of job performance. Psychological Bulletin, No. 96, pp. 72-98" (old but still valid paper) and found that psychological testing is a better predictor of job performance than any other single measure. Psychological tests have a validity coefficient of 0.53, analysis of information provided by the curriculum: 0.37, checking references 0.26, the level of education attained: 0.22 and 0.14 only for the job interview!
http://es.scribd.com/doc/134261505/Hunter-Hunter-1984-Validity-and-Utility-of-Alternative-Predictors-of-Job-Performance

The same to detect real entrepreneurs for false entrepreneurs. Several Academics had investigated the relationship between Entrepreneurship and Personality Traits.
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2013/07/paper-are-psychopaths-and-heroes-twigs.html

The next wave of innovation!
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2013/06/the-next-wave-of-innovation.html
What comes after the Social Networking wave?
The Next Big Investment Opportunity on the Internet will be .... Personalization!
Personality Based Recommender Systems and Strict Personality Based Compatibility Matching Engines for serious Online Dating with the normative 16PF5 personality test.  

article "Raising awareness of online dating dangers"

http://www.themorningsun.com/general-news/20150222/raising-awareness-of-online-dating-dangers

Tinder app heats up the online dating scene
http://www.13newsnow.com/story/features/2015/02/22/tinder-app-heats-up-the-online-dating-scene/23608509/

article "The Superficiality of Online Dating Apps"
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2015/02/article-superficiality-of-online-dating.html

PlentyOfFish (POF) Mannford Mom Finds Impersonator Using Pictures Of Her Baby Online
http://www.newson6.com/story/28164303/mannford-mom-finds-impersonator-using-pictures-of-her-baby-online


Social dating is vaporware.
The Online Dating Industry does not need any improvement. It does need INNOVATIONS!

Please read: The 8 tips to innovate in the Online Dating Industry!
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2013/12/the-8-tips-to-innovate-in-online-dating.html 
The key to long-lasting romance is STRICT PERSONALITY SIMILARITY and not "meet other people with similar interests".

article "The Superficiality of Online Dating Apps"

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mara-opperman/the-superficiality-of-online-dating-apps_b_6691978.html

Social dating is vaporware.
The Online Dating Industry does not need any improvement. It does need INNOVATIONS!
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2014/12/global-dating-insights-2014-industry.html
Online Dating for serious daters does not need to be more social, it needs to be more effective/efficient. It needs to reduce the false positives problem.
Please read: The 8 tips to innovate in the Online Dating Industry!
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2013/12/the-8-tips-to-innovate-in-online-dating.html 
The key to long-lasting romance is STRICT PERSONALITY SIMILARITY and not "meet other people with similar interests".

WorldWide, there are over 5,000 -five thousand- online dating sites
but no one is using the 16PF5 (or similar) to assess personality of its members!
but no one calculates similarity with a quantized pattern comparison method!
but no one can show Compatibility Distribution Curves to each and every of its members!
but no one is scientifically proven!

Match Group's Sam Yagan on resolutions, investments and online dating

http://www.chicagotribune.com/bluesky/originals/chi-sam-yagan-match-bsi-20150218-story.html

Please see:
Tinder tried to be the next .... Facebook (Forbes saga). 
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2014/11/tinder-tried-to-be-next-facebook-forbes.html

article about "Match turns 20 years old"
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2015/02/article-about-match-turns-20-years-old.html
Match Group - IAC Q4 2014 and FY 2014 results. 
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2015/02/match-group-iac-q4-2014-and-fy-2014.html
IAC-InterActiveCorp (IACI) Q4 2014 - Earnings Call Transcript 
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2015/02/iac-interactivecorp-iaci-q4-2014.html
"I read through the conference call. Lots of excuses and hand waving...they've already thrown in the towel on 2015 and are now trying to say 2016 will be the great year.
Tinder monetization testing is "solid" which is code for "much worse than we expected.""

eHarmony to Launch Globalization Initiative; Company Expects Subscriber Base to Grow 40-50% in 2015

http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20150218005990/en/eHarmony-Launch-Globalization-Initiative-Company-Expects-Subscriber#.VOZfmSxWIrn
eHarmony to Launch Globalization Initiative; Company Expects Subscriber Base to Grow 40-50% in 2015
Company to Release Singapore Site as First in New Initiative
https://siteanalytics.compete.com/eharmony.com

eSynchrony, copycat of eHarmony in Singapore
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2011/12/i-had-reviewed-esynchrony-last-january.html
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2011/01/esynchrony-dating-site-review.html

Also eHarmony copycatted in Latin American countries (Spanish speaking)
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2014/02/mi-media-manzana-review-my-half-apple.html
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2014/01/mi-media-manzana-review-my-half-apple_16.html
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2014/01/mi-media-manzana-review-my-half-apple.html

eHarmony's CA, UK and AU sites never performed as expected.
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2014/05/ibisworld-analyst-eharmony-is-forecast.html
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2014/03/new-matches-with-old-adjectives-from.html
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2012/05/some-fresh-screenshots-from-eharmony.html

eHarmony failed in Japan.
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2013/10/a-coldsilent-war-and-forbidden-news-in.html
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2012/11/eharmony-japan-mystery-solved.html
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2012/03/eharmony-revealed-its-secret-sauce.html

eHarmony failed its IPO last 2011, 2010, er ... even 2008?
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2013/09/about-eharmony-failed-ipo-last-2011.html

eHarmony closed its site in Brazil.
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2014/03/eharmony-brazil-game-over.html

eHarmony failed with Jazzed.
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2010/09/jazzed-eharmony-evow-plentyoffish.html

eHarmony refused to acquire the whole of Affinitas GmbH. (eDarling and others) and went free/freemium in USA & CA.
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2013/05/eharmony-went-freefremium-usa-canada.html
http://onlinedatingpost.com/archives/2013/05/eharmony-now-free-to-communicate-pay-to-browse-photos-new-profile-layout/

http://www.deutsche-startups.de/2012/05/14/edarling-eharmony-verkauf/
"Kuppel-Start-up spricht von Falschmeldung"
http://www.onlinepersonalswatch.com/news/2012/05/edarling-infographic-50-million-eur-in-revenue-in-2012.html
http://www.onlinepersonalswatch.com/news/2013/05/edarling-managing-director-steps-down.html
http://venturevillage.eu/end-of-the-affair-germanys-edarling-buys-back-stake-from-eharmony

eHarmony was copycatted several times like TeAmoRu in Russia and eSynchrony in Asiatic countries.
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2013/09/how-to-copycat-eharmony-13-years-old.html
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2012/03/over-16-similarities-between-eharmony.html
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2011/12/i-had-reviewed-esynchrony-last-january.html

Last June 2013 eHarmony published a paper "A Third of Recently Married Couples Met Online" but ... Better Business Bureau Tells eHarmony To Nix Best-Marriage Boasts
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2014/08/do-you-remember-paper-marital.html

eHarmony closed eHarmonyLabs.
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2010/07/eharmony-labs.html
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2012/07/divorce-at-eharmony-verba-game-over.html

eHarmony launched matchmaking service eH+ for USD5,000
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2014/04/eharmony-to-close-eharmony-plus-soon-eh.html
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2013/02/too-late-and-unnecessary.html

eHarmony plans to launch Elevated Careers next December 2014.
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2014/08/more-about-elevated-careers-by-eharmony.html

Please remember:
eHarmony, is a 14+ years old obsolete site and a HOAX, based on a big scientific fraud, only sustained by big marketing budget.
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2015/02/article-how-dating-companies-are-having.html
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2014/06/iaci-and-eharmony-usa-sites-big-tv.html
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2010/08/eharmony-marriage-metrics-study-hoax.html
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2014/05/ibisworld-analyst-eharmony-is-forecast.html
The Big Five normative test that had been proven/revealed as an incomplete and incorrect model to assess/measure personality of persons.
The Big Five normative test had been replaced by HEXACO or Big Six test.
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2012/05/games-at-eharmony-soon.html

Big data dating IS NOT the key to long-lasting romance 
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2014/07/big-data-analytics-heroes-from-eharmony.html

Another Tinder Clone: Courtem / Stupid Investors' series

http://onlinedatingpost.com/archives/2015/02/anheuser-busch-brothers-launch-courtem/

Coffee Meets Bagel (CMB)
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2015/02/stupid-investors-series-today-coffee.html

article: "Rise Of The Micro-Tinders"
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2015/02/article-rise-of-micro-tinders.html

A new app called SparkStarter
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2015/02/stupid-investor-series-today-new-app.html

article "Tinder Will Fail" at COURTLAND BROOKS blog
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2015/02/article-tinder-will-fail-at-courtland.html

MeetMe will be GAME OVER this year, like Skout and other online dating applications for social dating.
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2015/02/article-rethinking-meetme-at-seekin.html

article: "Rethinking MeetMe" at Seeking Alpha

"The company is always "working on new things" and "innovative ways to attract users."" ?
As I said before, MeetMe will be GAME OVER this year, like Skout and other online dating applications for social dating.
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2015/02/article-meetme-has-this-investor-saying.html
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Please read also:
Tinder / she was 19, but later admitted that she was 15 years old.
Cuyahoga Falls man accused of raping Shaker Heights runaway he met online
http://www.cleveland.com/akron/index.ssf/2015/02/cuyahoga_falls_man_accused_of_3.html
My bet: IAC will put Tinder to sleep soon or later. Facebook allows minors to use it (people from 13 to 17 years old)
Online Dating is NOT for minors.
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2014/08/how-tinder-will-collapse.html
The IAC is not going to conduct Identity Verification to screen all Tinder's members.
It seems Tinder is like Chatroulette but it will collapse like Skout.
http://mashable.com/2012/06/13/skout-rape/


also
Bad press for Skout in Argentina / man murdered
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2015/01/bad-press-for-skout-in-argentina-man.html

Coffee Meets Bagel (CMB)
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2015/02/stupid-investors-series-today-coffee.html

article: "Rise Of The Micro-Tinders"
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2015/02/article-rise-of-micro-tinders.html

A new app called SparkStarter
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2015/02/stupid-investor-series-today-new-app.html

article "Tinder Will Fail" at COURTLAND BROOKS blog
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2015/02/article-tinder-will-fail-at-courtland.html

21Pictures, which uses behavioral matchmaking
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2015/02/21pictures-which-uses-behavioral.html

IBM Security Analysis: Dating Apps Vulnerabilities & Risks to Enterprises
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2015/02/ibm-security-analysis-dating-apps.html