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The Benefits of Employing Your Children
by Collin Almeida
How many times a week do you hear, "Mom, I need a new pair of
shoes!" or "Dad, can I have money to go to a movie?" Not to
mention the cost of school supplies, braces, and college tuition
that haunt every parent. If you're like the average parent, you
probably spend several thousand dollars a year providing for all
the needs and wants of your children. But unlike most Americans,
if you are a home-based business owner, you can make ...
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Aug
15
Many people are frustrated by their current full-time jobs, but
hesitate to take that first step toward independence out of
fear.
When you're used to a steady paycheck from a regular job, and
have family and other financial obligations, stepping out of
your comfort zone just seems too risky ' no matter how miserable
you are with your current situation.
Your employer, however, could be your ticket to a successful
freelance business. When I started my freelance copywriting
practice 10 years ago, ...
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Aug
14
Paperwork. Nobody likes it, but everyone has to do it.
Documentation on a new hire can be the most cumbersome, but is
an absolute must. Detailed paperwork not only allows the new
employee to collect a paycheck and be eligible for fringe
benefits, it protects you, the employer.
Take for example the required I-9 form. Failure by the employer
to properly document all new employees and their legal ability
to work can result in major fines and penalties.
The Law The law governing I-9 states that an ...
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Aug
13
Biologically, every person is born with inherent preferences in
how they learn. Some may learn by hands-on training and visual
images, while others learn from studying the written steps
themselves. Scientists have broken the learning styles down into
8 criteria - 4 sets of opposites: Active and Reflective, Sensing
and Intuitive, Visual and Verbal, and Sequential and Spatial
(Global). The testing for this is a short, online quiz presented
by the North Carolina State University that identifies ...
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Aug
12
In the implementation of Six Sigma, an effective infrastructure
lays the foundation for success. An effective infrastructure for
your Six Sigma or Lean Flow change initiative in an organization
requires a clear strategy and comprehensive planning.
Strategizing and Planning The planning stage of a Six Sigma
deployment is where you can gain valuable traction. A critical
factor in a successful deployment is the selection and
chartering of the project that link to the strategy of ...
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Aug
11
Stop the revolving door of employee turnover: Employee
assessment tools have advanced so companies can now more
effectively identify, select, and retain top performing employees
The challenge and cost of employee turnover is one of the most
discussed, most frustrating and most misunderstood problems
businesses face. CEO's have identified employee retention as one
of their key challenges in 2005. Yet organizations continue to
struggle with this costly issue. The science of ...
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Aug
10
Do you worry about certain behaviors among your most important
audiences because those behaviors are crucial to achieving your
organization's objectives? If your answer is yes, you need
public relations.
The payoff? When those audiences do what you want them to do,
achieving your organizational objectives gets a lot easier.
That's why this article is all about how to make welcome,
key-audience behavior a regular occurrence.
We learned long ago that people act on their own perceptions of
the ...
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Aug
9
Big Yawn
When you first read basic material about real estate, you might
ask yourself, "great, but how is all this going to help make me
rich?" The answer is: if you want to get rich in real estate,
you have to understand what you are buying; if you know more
than the other guy, you can find properties that he can not, and
you can take command at the negotiating table. This is not a
bunch of academic theory - you need to know this stuff if you
really want to become a successful real estate ...
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Aug
8
The United Kingdom-based Institute of Personnel and Development
recently released a study showing that investing in people
rather than technology makes a far greater contribution to an
organization's bottom line. The seven-year study of more than
100 medium-sized companies found that the way people are managed
and developed accounts for 19 percent of the variation in
profitability between companies and 18 percent of the
productivity difference. R&D accounted for only 8% percent of
the variation ...
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Aug
7
Big Lots is the Largest broad-line close out retailer in the
country. Headquartered in Columbus, Ohio, Big Lots is a Fortune
500 company with annual revenues exceeding $3.8 billion. Their
stock is traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol
BLI. They currently operate nearly 1,400 stores in 45 states,
which includes more than 45 freestanding Big Lots Furniture
stores. In addition, over 680 of their closeout stores have
furniture departments. Big Lots has a sophisticated ...
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