A new survey and report from Clutch reveal just 6% of companies offer childcare benefits to their employees. When you take into account, 70% of families in the U.S. spend more than 10% of their income on childcare, the scope of the problem becomes clear. The cost is so high, in the report Clutch says […]
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With ever-increasing popularity, a new survey and report from Adobe Spark looks to find out the social media trends that will shape how people work in 2020. The researchers spoke to business owners, freelancers, marketers, designers, side-hustlers, students and influencers regarding their social media and content creation habits. The goal is to identify the trends
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Some 40% of businesses will see at least one unfilled job in 2020 according to a study by SCORE. This is in stark contrast to only 10% of businesses that could not fill jobs in 2009. Score’s data shows the economy is strong though slowing down with an expected drop by 2% this year. With
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One of the biggest challenges small business owners have to contend with is time. To be more precise, how little of it there is. And according to a new survey and report from QuickBooks Payroll, owners are spending almost 5 hours (4 hours and 52 minutes) calculating, filing, and paying payroll taxes each pay period.
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No one doubts that employee training is important for both employee and the company. For employees, job satisfaction ranks high. A well-trained employee remains proficient and productive at work and thus, happier in the long run. For the company, more productive employees mean a better bottom line. Unfortunately, employees often dread training programs. They expect
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A long commute is one of the biggest reasons employees want to work remotely. And the new study commissioned by 8×8 and carried out by Dynata highlights this very point by revealing the wasted costs of commuting. Wasted Costs of Commuting The study says 58% of employees believe their company loses $10-25K annually because of
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Although my last conversation took place at the end of 2019, it’s a perfect way to start the new year off with the series. I’ve known Leyla Seka for many years going back to when she was heading up Salesforce’s Desk.com division. She left the company last year after being there for eleven years of
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Every month 300 million people use Skype. More and more, small businesses are using it and other tools like it to conduct job interviews. Here’s 10 tips for conducting a successful video interview with job candidates. Video Interview Tips Test the Tech You might be conducting a Skype interview or a Facetime interview. The platform
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The IRS has just released the standard mileage rates for 2020. The big change is the business mileage rate and some moving and medical expenses dropped. IRS Mileage Rate For 2020 The IRS mileage rates for 2020 for business vehicle use are: 57.5 cents per mile of business use. That’s a drop of 0.5 cents
