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How family caregiving is having a big impact on recruiting and retention
Little known fact: many of your current employees are working a second full-time job. No, I'm not talking about driving for a car-sharing service. Not freelancing. No, these employees are caring for elderly or disabled loved ones. Consider the statistics: 42 percent of employed Americans (more than 54 million people) h
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How Small Businesses Can Clear the Economic Hurdles Ahead
For SMB owners seeking to chart a course through this uncertain landscape, a few key principles are important to keep in mind.
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How Small Businesses Can Use Credit Wisely In A Tough Economy
It’s important to remember that credit alone isn’t a growth strategy. For lasting success, credit cards should be used intentionally, with a strategy behind them.
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How the Coronavirus Crisis Might Affect Your 401(k) Benefits
The next time a global pandemic rolls around, at least we'll know what to expect. The effort to contain COVID-19 in the U. S. has changed how we work, shop, exercise, and socialize. Even our long-term savings habits might be disrupted as employers look to optimize 401(k) benefits to conserve their own cash. According t
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How To Create A More Inclusive Workplace Culture
While diversity and inclusion in the workplace continue to be among organizations’ top core values – recent research from McKinsey has found its benefits range from greater employee engagement to increased business performance – challenges remain as to how to implement companywide tools and initiatives that help preven
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How to encourage employee participation in preventative health
When you invest in health benefits and preventative health programs, you're investing in your employees. Giving employees the resources and tools they need to improve their health, both mental and physical, can reduce immediate and future health care costs and lead to a more productive workforce. However, these prevent
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How To Make Community Your Competitive Advantage In Business
Your strongest competitive advantage is the relationships your customers build with you and each other. When done right, community transforms customers into champions who stay longer, spend more, and bring their friends.
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How To Scale Your Business In Tough Times
gettyTo say that Covid-19 has thrown businesses for a loop would be an understatement. Yelp recently reported that, of the more than 160,000 U. S. companies that have closed since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, 60% are now shut down for good. With businesses across the country struggling to keep their doors open,
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How To Upgrade Your Job Search In 2021
The past 12 months has delivered some huge changes to the modern workplace, and employer attitudes towards remote working have shifted massively in response. In early 2020, it would have seemed ridiculous to question the working pattern of 9-5 Monday to Friday in the office – but now we are seeing numerous global compa
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Make These 3 Moves Before You Start Investing
Investing money is a great way to grow wealth over time. Over the past 50 years, the stock market has delivered an average annual 10% return (before inflation), based on the performance of the S&P 500 index.