Biz Plan Hacks

As a business owner, finding the right person to fill a vacancy is critical. You need a person who is the right fit for your team, has the matching skill sets, can adapt to fast changing business chal…

Are you thinking of relocating to a different city outside of a 100-mile radius?

Well… you might want to consider taking the following steps in looking for a job:

Do your research. Make sure y…

It's a tough job market we have out there. With the number of applicants far exceeding the number of job openings, many feel pressured to take the first job offer that comes along.

However, the…

The job market this year is a little bit different from what we are used to.

Some job-hunting tactics are now proving to be ineffective and should be re-evaluated.

1. Many resumes do not get rea…

Inc.com has a timely story on hiring practices at the moment. The story is timely because hiring is slowing happening again in the aftermath of the Recession.

Hiring is perhaps the most importan…

BusinessWeek had a good basic overview last week of how the new health care reform bill will impact small businesses. At about the same time, Inc.com ran a piece on how to make the new health care l…

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BusinessWeek ran a good article this week on things not to say when the time comes to hand someone their pink slip.

People are getting laid off. Right and left, east and we…

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Venture Beat’s Entrepreneur’s Corner had a great piece at the beginning of the month on how to avoid large scale layoffs.

Let’s face it. We all know that healthy business grow …

BusinessWeek pointed out last week that new Federal subsidies for COBRA are worrying some employers.

COBRA (the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act) is a Reagan Era law that, "among …

If you're struggling with the question of personal branding at all, Paul McCord over at the Sales and Sales Management Blog has an excellent approach to figuring out the issue…

Paul points out …