Posts Tagged ‘Hiring’
3 Top Hiring Practices for Small Businesses
It takes a lot of work and commitment for a small business to grow into a more significant and successful enterprise. A huge chunk of this work lies in making the best investment decisions for your company, and in taking the most advantage of your profits and capital. Even more important, however, are the people…
Read MoreTech Rules: 3 Ways Tech Can Help Grow Your Business
Every business today needs the intervention of technology. No matter, if you are running an online business or mechanical design studio, you will need technology for its growth. It will not only foster your potential customers but will also help you broaden your business outreach. If we talk about the business sector, technology has the…
Read MoreBusiness Planning 101: The Essentials
If you have recently launched your first venture or you are in the process of getting ready to launch, the chances are that you are well in the throes of business planning. Many people choose to print a generic business plan template off the Internet only to fill it in and file it away in…
Read MoreTop 7 Jobs That Will Be In-Demand by 2025
Given changing consumer trends and technology allowing automation and the evolution of how humankind operates, certain jobs can increase in demand in a matter of years. Meanwhile, other jobs slowly become obsolete or oversaturated with skilled workers. For example, it’s expected that cashiers may one day become an obsolete job. With self-checkout, self-service kiosks, and…
Read More3 Steps You Need to Take Before Jumping Back Into Hiring
Many leaders had to make some hard decisions in the last few months, as the economy was rocked by the COVID-19 pandemic. However, with businesses opening back up, now is the perfect time to review your hiring process and get ready for the future. Here are the 3 steps you need to take now to…
Read MoreHow to Hire Great Freelancers Every Time You Need Them
Hiring a freelancer is often something that business owners hate but unfortunately at times, cannot be avoided. It used to be something I avoided like the plague, mainly because after hiring a freelancer, the quality of work wasn’t good or something went wrong. But eventually, thousands of dollars later, I worked out how to consistently…
Read More5 Ways to Recruit Top Talent in the COVID-19 Aftermath
With the current economic crisis, businesses are facing some of the toughest times ever in over a decade. What’s worst is that when a business crumbles, everyone around suffers. Employees get laid off, and creditors don’t get paid. It’s a ripple effect. But there’ a silver lining to every negative turn. The businesses that can…
Read MoreSix Challenges Your Small Business Should Not Overlook, Especially During a Crisis
Life is hard during this unprecedented time for small and medium sized businesses (SMEs). Profit margins can be tight, competition can be fierce, and the decisions you make can make or break the company. But there are some challenges that it is all too common for SMEs to overlook, or not put enough weight of…
Read MoreOver-Promoting Employees: Recalling the Peter Principle
Remember the Peter Principle? Funny how good messages come back in new forms after years of languishing out in the ether. Dr. Laurence J. Peter in The Peter Principle: Why Things Always Go Wrong wrote in the early 1960’s of the “lateral arabesque,” describing how companies promote incompetent employees sometimes by sending them to another department or…
Read More4 Underlying Ways to Revive the Lost Art of Relationship-Building with Customers
Technology has provided businesses with unprecedented advances. But even in this digital age, personal relationships are critical to building trust and loyalty with customers. Despite all the tech advancements, the disruptive force happening in business today is relationship building. Emphasizing the customer satisfaction component of business will only become more advantageous, given that by 2025, AI…
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