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Small Business Trends
President Donald Trump named Alexander Acosta, a former U.S. Attorney, to be the next Labor Secretary. The pick has major implications for small-business owners who face issues like a proposed new overtime regulation — currently on hold — and the minimum wage debate all in which the Department of Labor will doubtless play a role.
The announcement comes just hours after Trump’s first pick, CKE Restaurants CEO Andrew Puzder, withdrew his name from consideration for the Cabinet position.
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Business News Daily
Share an entrepreneurial drive with your romantic partner? You might think launching a startup together is the perfect way to merge your personal and professional lives. But lovebirds, be warned: Going into business with a significant other may not be exactly what you're expecting.
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Small Business Trends
In order for your small business to be as successful as possible, you need your employees to operate at full strength. If you have a staff full of people who are constantly at home due to illness or only working at half speed because they’re stressed about their health or even health-related financial issues, then your business can’t function properly.
A wellness program at your workplace can help you keep your employees productive by making sure they’re as healthy and stress-free as possible. Here are some tips for getting a wellness program started at your office.
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Business.com
Running a business involves a thousand little decisions and individual moments. It’s not just one grand success or failure, but a thousand tiny successes and failures that add up over time.
Ninety-nine point nine percent of these moments and decisions will have just a momentary, mild effect on your overall business success and the shape of your future. Making mistakes with some of these decisions or failing to seize these opportunities will result in valuable lessons that can help you improve the business going forward.
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As a small-business owner, you only have a finite amount of time each day to get things done. But you likely have an almost endless amount of things that you’d like to accomplish. So you need to find ways to make the most of the little time you have to work with.
If you’d like to get more done in less time, you need to find small ways to improve productivity for both you and your team. Here are some tips you can use for improving productivity at your small business.
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By Catherine Iste
Whether you are an HR professional or are hiring one, there are three traits the most successful HR pros — at any level and in any industry — possess. The first is vertical thinking. From HR admin to CHRO, every HR professional must possess and vehemently protect her ability to think about the business and her work from all levels. Employees in this profession are the most successful when they can see their work from an administrative, tactical and strategic perspective.
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Business 2 Community
A few decades ago, marketing and advertising meant putting up bill boards and buying radio or TV placement ads. A company’s marketing budget was dedicated to producing these awesome posters, pamphlets and jingles. Fast-forward a couple of years and a lot has changed. Now, this marketing budget, regardless of size, should be focused on social, search, email and mobile.
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Business News Daily
In an effort to attract top employees, many employers are developing benefit programs that go beyond health care insurance and paid time off.
New research from Glassdoor revealed perks for new parents, on-site amenities, college tuition and free food are some of the more unique benefits employers offer.
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USA Today
You’ve built your own company from the ground up, and now it’s time to start thinking about a retirement plan for yourself and your employees.
“There is really no age requirement for setting up a small business retirement plan,” says Karen Shapiro, CEO of Dedicated Defined Benefit Services. “We have clients ranging from dentists to truckers.”
The good news is that there are several plans available to small-business owners from IRAs to 401(k)s to cash plans and pensions. And you could get a tax credit of up to $500 just to set up the plan. But where do you start?
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Business 2 Community
A recent LinkedIn survey reports 56 percent of talent acquisition leaders predict their hiring volume will increase in 2017. That means recruiting departments need to re-assess their recruiting tools and consider which best recruiting software innovations will help them succeed.
These talent acquisition leaders spend 17 percent of their recruiting budget on a variety of recruiting software tools.
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