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Lightcast today launched "It Starts With Lightcast," a campaign that positions the labor market analytics company as the essential starting point for decisions about skills, jobs, training, and strategy. 

It Starts With Lightcast: Bold New Campaign Launches

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It Starts With Lightcast

The concept of hiring moderately experienced candidates and skipping candidates on both extremes of the experience continuum is called “hiring in the middle of the diamond”, and this is an increasingly flawed approach to acquiring talent.

The Dangers of the Diamond

A quick guide for how to connect Lightcast Data Shares to your Databricks workspace. Includes a list of requirements and best practices.

Connecting Databricks with Lightcast Data Shares

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