Finding the right candidate to fill open any position is never easy. Hiring managers and executives around the world will tell you that spending hours combing through applications and interviewing potential additions to the team can be a lengthy, draining process. The good news is that there are ways to simplify your recruitment process so […]
Andrew Heikkila
Modern Mentors: Navigating Mentorship in the Digital Age
Mentorship is as old as human society, perhaps even older. Before written communication, the only way information was passed down was from one person directly to another via speech and demonstration—monkey see, monkey do. However, nowadays, communication has evolved to that point that we oftentimes don’t see each other at all, but instead connect from […]
Battling Burnout: How the World’s Hardest Workers Achieve Work-Life Balance
As technology has improved over the last decade, more people are finding that the traditional boundaries reserved typically for the workplace are eroding. We’re answering emails at home, taking calls that pull us away from family, and checking documents and communications before bed. As such, work-life balance and burnout have become hot topics in recent […]
5 Ways to Market Your Small Business Better in 2019
Did you know that two-thirds of SMB owners and leaders—a full 66 percent—are personally responsible for three or more of the following areas of their business: operations, finance, sales, marketing, human resources, customer service, product development, or IT? When stretched too thin, even the most seasoned business professionals find that some, if not all, of […]
Follow These 4 Tips for Staying Motivated and Energized at Work
Coffee, energy drinks, and over-the-counter energy supplements—these morning perks are extremely important to some people. Waking up and heading to the office without them would be disastrous, to the point where it wouldn’t be worth coming in at all. Unfortunately, while the quick rush of energy generally does the trick and livens you up for […]
Don’t Make These 3 Common Mistakes of New Business Owners
Many people dream of one day owning their own business and working for themselves. That’s basically the American Dream, right? Usually, the thought of never having to work for somebody else ever again is motivation enough, but for others, it’s the thought of pursuing a unique dream. It’s the idea of autonomy. It’s one of […]
3 Ways to Boost Healthy Initiatives in Your Office
Professional workplaces are where many of us spend the majority of our time—and yet, these offices can be unhealthy traps when it comes right down to it. Our dependence on technology and screens in almost any modern workplace means that we risk negative physical effects ranging from annoying digital eye strain to chronic sitting, which […]
How to Survive Automation: Upskill and Adapt to Change
If you haven’t already, you should definitely check out the CGP Grey video on YouTube titled “Humans Need Not Apply.” The “threat” of automation has people scared, worried that technological unemployment will reign supreme once we allow robots to take our jobs. The good news is that many agree that even if massive robot-induced layoffs […]
The Death of Net Neutrality: What Does It Mean for Small Businesses?
Net neutrality is dead. The Obama administration’s 2015 net neutrality rules have been disputed for the past year or two but have finally been repealed by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). These rules used to require internet service providers (ISP) offer equal access to all content on the web and meant that they weren’t able […]
3 Reasons Your Small Business Might Benefit from Colocation
Today, a business is only as good as its IT infrastructure and team. Cybersecurity and data storage are huge topics of concern in today’s age, with the experts at DataGuard mentioning that “the cost as well as overall volume of data breaches has continued to increase year over year for the past decade.” That statement […]
