Tag Archives: employees

Is that job candidate too good to be true? Maybe it's a scam
Posted on April 6, 2010 by admin

By Karen Axelton Are you getting ready to hire employees so you can take advantage of the coming recovery? If so, thank Jan Norman at the Orange County Register’s small business blog for alerting us to a scummy new scam: … Read More →

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As winter storms blow, can your business still prosper?
Posted on February 15, 2010 by admin

By Karen Axelton Record snowstorms and blizzards on the East Coast last week have had people hunkering down in their homes. Do small businesses have to suffer when the weather goes crazy? Not if they’re smart. My partners and I … Read More →

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Want a better business? Try trading places with your employees
Posted on January 25, 2010 by admin

By Maria Anton The new CBS documentary show Undercover Boss hasn’t hit the air yet (it premieres February 7), but it sounds pretty interesting. The 10-episodes show will follow CEOs at huge corporations going incognito at their own companies and … Read More →

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Decade of the people?
Posted on January 13, 2010 by admin

By Maria Valdez Haubrich If the ’80s were the decade of wealth and excessive employee perks, what were the ’90s? An era of streamlining and no-nonsense data-driven decision-making? According to a recent Harvard Business Review article on the Decade in … Read More →

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Top 10 hiring trends for 2010
Posted on January 12, 2010 by admin

By Maria Valdez Haubrich Who’s looking forward to an awesome 2010? I know I am. Maybe this year you can afford to expand your business and hire some of those excellent people you’ve been dying to bring on board. Here … Read More →

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What do entrepreneurs have to say about jobs? The White House wants to know
Posted on December 10, 2009 by admin

By Karen Axelton Job creation is a hot topic right now. Labor Department stats released last week were unexpectedly positive; just 11,000 jobs were lost in November, about 100,000 fewer than experts had been predicting. Still, the nation has a … Read More →

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Entrepreneurs give the unemployed a helping hand
Posted on November 16, 2009 by admin

By Karen Axelton As the holidays are getting nearer, we’re all thinking about ways to give back. I thought this article in Fortune Small Business was one of the most heartwarming things I’ve read. It spotlights five small-business owners who … Read More →

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Are you driving your top employees away?
Posted on November 2, 2009 by admin

By Maria Anton Keeping high-performing employees on board is crucial for a small business. But the results of a recent survey show that the economic downturn has had a disproportionately harmful effect on the very top performers that employers need … Read More →

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Will flexible workplaces continue to grow?
Posted on October 22, 2009 by admin

By Rieva Lesonsky In today’s economy, you might think that employees would be slowly losing the flexibility to work as they please—and in some cases, that’s true. According to the New York Times, The American Society of Human Resource Managers … Read More →

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In tough times, smart entrepreneurs still care about employees
Posted on October 5, 2009 by admin

By Maria Anton The Wall Street Journal together with Winning Workplaces just published its third annual article spotlighting the 15 small businesses with the best workplace perks for employees. You might be surprised that they could find 15 workplaces with … Read More →

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