The results of the 7th annual Arizona Employee Benefits Benchmarking Survey of mid-size employers (50-5,000 employees), presented today in a Virtual Event, showed that: 44 percent of health insurance plans offered by Arizona employers surveyed were lower-cost high deductible plans; 50 percent were traditional copay type plans. In Arizona, median deductibles for … [More]
Being Impolite to the Support Staff is Costly Interview Mistake
Being impolite to the support staff - and other surprisingly common interview mistakes that can cost you the job. Most successful professionals spend a very small percentage of their time interviewing. Because of that, it can be easy to get tripped up by simple mistakes. Whether you have an interview on the far horizon or next week’s calendar, brush up on these four mistakes … [More]
How to Be a Courageous Leader in the Post-Pandemic Era
While some contest, or outright refute, whether or not former British Prime Minister Winston Churchill famously said “success is not final, failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts,” the power of that statement looms large irrespective of origin. Amid the wildly unforeseen fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic, this quote is rather prophetic. It speaks to … [More]
WEBINAR – June 8: AAED Virtual Workforce Symposium Session 2 – Preparing a Workforce in the “New Normal”
COVID-19 has forced expedited changes in approaches to workforce development in order to address the economic climate in which we find ourselves. Businesses, workforce participants, and the entire workforce development system must reinvent themselves in order to keep pace with the demands of the post-pandemic world. Hear from panelists, Holly Schor, Vice President of Mission … [More]
WEBINAR – June 9: Social Media Gold- Increasing Business Results Using Social Media
Presented by best selling author and Radio Show Host, Dom Faussette This course will help the small business owner or new entrepreneur better their brand and overall presence on social media allowing them to increase their monetary results. Join us at our next Business Bootcamp/Member Orientation sponsored by Comerica Business Sense. After the presentation, we will have … [More]
WEBINAR – June 4: Things to Consider When Re-opening- Labor and Employment Considerations
Presented by D. Samuel Coffman, and Sara H. Jodka, CIPP-US | Members with Dickinson Wright PLLC As states begin to re-open their workplaces after months of social and economic hard hits, most are doing so in phases to begin easing social distancing measures and stay-at-home orders. Dickinson Wright's Sam Coffman and Sara Jodka will help navigate these phases and explain what … [More]
Small Business Volunteer Group Says ‘Reach Out to Black-Owned Businesses’
Americans are once again forced to reckon with systemic inequality at the intersection of race and crime. Protests, riots, looting, and violence following the deaths of Black Americans at the hands of police and vigilantes have gripped the nation. Racism and violence have no place in our society; for all lives to matter, Black lives have to matter too. Among other … [More]
