Nearly 4 million workers in the U.S. telecommute at least half the time. That means businesses have to adjust to an increasingly mobile workforce. While this offers plenty of flexibility for employees and cost savings for businesses, it can lead to a variety of security issues. Amr Ibrahim is a remote workforce consultant and CEO […]
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Part of being the head of a company — of being a leader in general — is having to disseminate information to others. In times of success, that communication can be like riding a wave of victory. In harder times, sharing tough choices or unfortunate events can bring heartache, as well as spark rumors, all
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What do Gen Zers feel about working in the restaurant and food service industry? The National Restaurant Association Educational Foundation and the Center for Generational Kinetics carried out a nationwide research (PDF) to find out. For the $800 billion restaurant and food service industry in the US, understanding what Gen Zers think about working in
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There’s some good reasons to offer an employee discount when you’re a small business. They work wonders for keeping good employees and here’s a list of some big names who know and use them to their benefit. Reasons to Offer an Employee Discount Small Business Trends spoke with a few experts on the subject to
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Amazon is raising its minimum wage to $15 on the first of November for American part-time full-time, temporary and seasonal employees. Amazon Minimum Wage They’ve also said they’ll lobby Congress to push for a similar bump federally. Small Business Trends contacted Small Business & Entrepreneurship Council (SBE Council) president and CEO Karen Kerrigan to find
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Small businesses are making good strides in hiring more women. However, a new Pew Research Center study finds that women still believe business owners should pay more and offer better benefits. Women and Leadership Pew surveyed a nationally representative group of 4,587 adults in the United States, between June 19 and July 2, 2018, with support
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Low unemployment rates and an increase of 10 cents to the average wage is making the job market more competitive. But even in this environment, 61% of small business employees said they would give up benefits for a pay raise, this according to QuickBooks’ 2018 Small Business Pay & Benefits Report. In addressing pay and
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As new state and city requirements force small businesses to provide retirement benefits for their employees, Decisely, a retirement solutions provider, has created a service aimed at the rowing market for small business retirement options. Decisely‘s service allows small businesses to make group purchases of retirement benefits by leveraging the economy of scale. The company has a
Did you know the cost of hiring a new employee can be as much as $7,645? In his exploration of the costs associated with hiring and training new recruits, Amr Ibrahim, CEO of ULTATEL, a telecom solutions provider, cites an Industrial Distribution report titled ‘Distribution Hiring Process: The $7,645 Letter’. The report claims that in
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Whether or not to charge per hour for freelance services is a hotly debated topic in the freelance community. I lean towards charging a flat fee instead of hourly per assignment because of how I work creatively. I don’t sit down to do a task all at once. Instead, I brainstorm, write, research, edit, and
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