Annual or open enrollment season is here – a time when more than 7,308,500 people in Arizona and millions of Americans across the country will have the opportunity to select or switch their health insurance plan for the coming year. Open enrollment is a good chance to review how often you’re using health services and decide whether you’ll stick with the plan you’ve got or … [More]
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New Report Links Workplace Diversity to Financial Outperformance
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As You Sow and Whistle Stop Capital released a report that compares Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO-1) diversity data of 277 companies to 14 key financial performance metrics. The report — “Workplace Diversity and Financial Performance” — shows that diversity data is a material factor and warrants pressure on companies from investors, legislators, and other stakeholders to … [More]
Choosing a Cloud Service Provider: 6 Points to Consider
by Susanne Tedrick
For businesses across industries, cloud computing has become a necessary tool to stay operational, agile and competitive. Cloud computing works on a shared service model, which means that both the user — in this case, businesses — and cloud service providers share a certain level of responsibility to one another. Because of this shared responsibility, there are inherent … [More]
Business Executive Shares Tips for Those Seeking to Start Their Own Business
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Have you ever considered starting your own business, but didn’t know where to start? Here are three tips Business Executive and founder of Officium Labs Jonathan Shroyer suggests potential business owners consider when starting their own company. 1. Pick a co-founder that speaks truth to you and that you trust We can all agree that who you work with makes a big difference … [More]
Changes in Joint Employment Relations under NLRB
by Joshua Becker
On September 6, 2022, the National Labor Relations Board issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking concerning the definition of joint-employment relationships under the National Labor Relations Act. The proposed rule would relax the standard for determining when a joint-employment relationship exists, thus allowing more workers to claim an employment relationship with their direct … [More]
EN NEGOCIOS: 5 Consejos para aumentar las ventas de su negocio
por Edgar R. Olivo
Las ventas son la actividad fundamental de cualquier negocio. Las ventas pueden ser de empresa a empresa o de empresa a consumidor. Toda pequeña empresa debe saber cómo desarrollar sus ventas a lo largo del tiempo. Para desarrollar las ventas de una pequeña empresa, la empresa debe practicar estas habilidades con regularidad e incluir también a su equipo en el proceso. Los … [More]
5 Quick Tips to Increase Sales in Your Small Business
by Edgar R. Olivo
Sales are the foundational activity of any business. Sales can be business to business or business to consumer. Every small business must know how to develop its sales over time. To develop a small business’s sales, the business must practice these skills regularly and include their team in the process as well. The revenues of your business depend on these skills. Here are … [More]
Understanding the IT Asset Management Lifecycle
by Jeremy L. Boerger
As anyone who’s ever managed, purchased for or even just called the IT department knows, they, as an industry, do a pretty poor job of defining precisely what the IT asset management (ITAM) lifecycle looks like. Therefore, it’s incredibly difficult, if not impossible, to automate both the reporting and the processing of the asset lifecycle. Organizations have to rely on manual … [More]
Small Business Owners Are Worried about the Future of the Economy, Says New Survey
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Thumbtack, the modern home management platform, announced results from its 2022 Small Business Friendliness Survey, where small business owners evaluated federal, state and local government support of small businesses. Surveying more than 2,800 small business owners, the survey found a stark decline in optimism around the economy compared to years past, with nearly half (49 … [More]
New Trend on Dark Web: Consumer Breaches Decline by 18 Times but Threats to Their Data Remain
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The newest data from NordVPN’s Dark Web Monitor feature shows that the number of breached companies remains high, but the number of users affected by those leaks has decreased 18 times since 2019. However, with the data of nearly two-thirds (62%) of Dark Web Monitor users available on the dark web, the risk of data theft is still very high. In 2019 the average number of … [More]
