Focus on high-margin business. Get more productive. Diversify services to dampen the down cycles. That's the pitch for much of the staffing industry for how to survive, and perhaps even thrive, in 2010 and beyond. Staffing firms have suffered the same recessionary woes as their …
"Your brand is what people say about you when you leave the room." That's how Jeff Bezos, Founder and CEO of Amazon.com, defines company branding. It's the sum of all the impressions that you, or your business, leave on another person. And the real test …
When you have a truly great employee, there's always the risk that someone else will figure that out and try to hire him or her away from your company. There may come a day when your employee comes to you with the plan to resign, …
Any season may be the season of your discontent -- if you don't take care to source, hire and onboard seasonal workers who represent the best that your business has to offer. Many pitfalls plague employers that must supplement their full-time staff for the summer, …
I have never heard a piece of advice more widely given and more extensively ignored than ''Never hire family or friends.'' This can be tough advice to follow, particularly for those just starting a business and looking to hire the right candidate -- friends and …
This post originally appeared on OPEN Forum, the online publishing platform and community for small business owners. By: Annie Mueller Offline marketing used to be the only kind of marketing. Billboards, flyers, brochures, sales letters, direct mail, cold calls, marketing events, seminars, sponsorships, newspaper ads, …
What makes a great leader? In today's high-stakes business world, do we still believe that great leaders are born, not made? What defines great leadership now? To answer these questions, author Gary Burnison went to the source, interviewing some of the world's top leaders. These …
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