Company Culture

What Your Business Can Learn From The Culture Clashes Between Wal-Mart and Jet.com

When the news first broke that Wal-Mart had purchased Hoboken, N.J., based Jet.com (an online retailer) a lot of the focus was on two separate but equally important areas. First, the price tag of $3.3 billion, consisting of $3 billion upfront, and $300 million to be paid later, signified the seriousness with which the management […]

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Who Should Be in Charge of Producing Content?

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When it comes to creating content, most companies leave it entirely to a small team to manage everything. What those companies may not realize, though, is that there’s a two-in-one benefit that accompanies engaging your entire organization in the content creation process: Your content quality skyrockets, and so does employee satisfaction. At PowerPost, each employee

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5 Strategies to Build a More Diverse Workforce

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The world is a diverse and cosmopolitan place and this works because different people are good at different things. The workplace is no different. Besides the legal ramifications of anti-discrimination legislation, there are various solid reasons why hiring a diverse workforce is beneficial to an organization. These include profitability, employee engagement and improved business reputation.

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Business Strategy And Advice in 2017

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Managing a construction firm comes with unique challenges. Read our guide for ways to handle them. By Karina Fabian – June 21, 2017 There are certain business practices that are acceptable with one team but not another, and during consolidations, sensitivity to those differences is key. By Gil Klein – June 19, 2017 Are you

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Why Education in the Workplace Matters

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Spending on education in the workplace continues to increase, and for good reason. A look at why and how companies including… You know the old adage “the day you stop learning is the day you die”? We live and work by that ideology here at Business.com, and we’re not alone. As reported in Forbes, Bersin

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How to Get Further in the Interview Process

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Business.com’s Director of People and Culture shares the difference between candidates that get an interview and those that don’t get a… As the Director of People and Culture in a growth company, I have my hands in every stage of the employee life cycle, including the recruiting and hiring of employees at Business.com. In 2014,

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How to Respond to Gen-Z Entering the Workforce

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Generations are often grouped as a result of certain defining criteria. Generation Z, or the otherwise termed iGen, represent a group of people currently entering the workforce, succeeding the millennials. This new generation is characterized by its aggressive competitiveness and independence, among many other traits employers need to be aware of. This generation has been

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How Millennials in Your Workforce Want to Be Managed

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Your business almost certainly has seen an influx of new millennial workers, and some managers have driven themselves crazy trying to figure out how to handle this generation. Some guides on how to handle millennials pooh-pooh this generation as arrogant, flighty people who cannot take criticism, look for any excuse to get out of work,

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