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Could your budget handle a drop in income?
One of the most difficult situations to deal with is a drop in income, as most people adjust their lifestyles to use up all of what they bring in. In
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Pay transparency can narrow the gender pay gap — but may not close it
Pay transparency can reduce the gender gap during salary negotiations, though other factors such as aggressiveness and competitiveness also come into
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Megatrends Reshaping Supply Chain Management
What are the mega trends? How does the pandemic and digital technology play into these trends?
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3 Things That Will Give Your Business A Better Chance Of Succeeding
Success relies on more than just a handshake. Do you want your business idea to succeed? Of course. No one creates a new company, product, or service hoping that it fails. Despite your good intentions, you might be missing a few key things that could give your venture a better chance at long-term success.
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What Employers Need to Know about 401(k) Plans
In a tight labor market, businesses need a retirement savings plan to recruit and retain good workers. In fact, about 80% of Americans work for an employer with a 401(k)-style retirement plan. In the following conversation, Robert Diedrich, president-wealth management division, First Midwest Bank, discusses recent rule
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Upskilling Your Employees: Top 10 Benefits
Let’s have a quiz: if you had just one skill to equip your employees with, what would that be? If your response was something like: “I want my employees to master X software,” you might want to reconsider. Because a new, more shiny app could replace that software tool in less than six months from now, and your wish wou
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Bringing Employees Back To Work In The Coronavirus Reopening
Businesses that are reopening, or expanding from a skeleton crew, are finding employees sometimes hard to bring back to work. The most successful companies develop a flexible strategy for reemployment of their workers. Why won’t employees come back? A variety of reasons includes unemployment benefits, child care, healt
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Worried About Social Security Cuts? 2 Moves to Make Right Now
It's no secret that Social Security has been struggling financially for years. It's long been a hot-button topic in Washington, and more retirees are
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3 reasons the labor shortage could be a 'structural change' in the economy, according to S&P
The record number of people leaving the workforce signals structural changes in the economy, Standard & Poor's reported last month. The
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How to Handle Negative Customer Feedback the Right Way
Feedback is usually a good thing. Whether positive or negative, feedback shows your customers want to talk to you. It can be a goldmine of information