“If you love what you do, you’ll never work a day in your life.” This quote is what makes many budding entrepreneurs take the plunge to open a new business. However, even the most passionate must complete numerous steps to become and stay viable in an ever changing market. Start …
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Employee Experience Lifecycle & its Role in Building Engagement
Getting a great job is a dream for everyone for the obvious benefits it brings forth. As a business, your HR department ought to have a clear-cut understanding of the various stages employees go through before, during and after the employment period. It’s known as the employee lifecycle (ELC) and …
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How to Find the Right Business Idea to Start With in 2020
Starting your business is a huge step for everyone. It is the time of your life when you say “Yes” for being your own boss. However, coming up with the right business plan can be difficult. First of all, you need to start with an idea. Every great business has …
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How to Protect Your Business from a Recession
Rising geopolitical tensions. The COVID-19 or CoronaVirus scare. A slowing Chinese economy that could throw the rest of the world into a recession. Brexit. These are not just alarmist terms intended to cause fear but a very real fact of life. Being entrepreneurs, risk is a part of our vocabulary …
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Is Being Dog Friendly Good for Business?
The presence of dogs in bars, cafes and restaurants across the UK has increased tenfold in recent times, so much so that establishments have begun to introduce dog birthday parties in their bars. There are also now cafes solely dedicated to cats and dogs, despite the onlooking, raised eyebrows of …
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The Old Pennies That Are Worth Collecting
Old pennies have come to be widely appreciated as valuable assets both by individuals, archivists and museums. Having featured at certain times in history, their unique features which are more often attributed to errors in minting, have made the coins stand out thus increasing demand. In this regard, rare coin …
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A Brief Guide to the Rise of Garden Villages
The housing crisis in the UK is well documented in the media, by both journalists and politicians, but could the rise of garden villages tackle this major issue that we are facing as an overcrowded country? Arbordeck, a UK supplier of plastic decking, investigates what regional implications these villages might …
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How Back Door Hires Can Harm Business
Cutting out the middleman when it comes to hiring a new employee might seem like a great idea. You save time and money by not having to deal with the agency that looked for the candidate for you. But is it really worth it, and what does it mean for …
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Why Are There So Many Failing Companies in the United States?
Do you plan to put up a small business? Or perhaps you’re already managing one. It’s daunting when you consider how many businesses launch but only a few ever survive to the second or third year. Why are there so many failing companies in the country? It is a question …
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How to Practice Efficient Communication in Business
How would you like to increase your company’s error rate by 70% due to poor communication? Statistics indicate that 57% of employees don’t feel they receive clear instructions from their superiors, while 69% of managers aren’t comfortable communicating with their staff. Such numbers can spell doom for your business unless you take the …
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4 Reasons to Use a Virtual Phone System for Your Small Business
Provide a seamless and customized experience for your customers with a virtual phone system app on your smartphone. Now you can expertly manage your customer calls even with one or two employees. The virtual phone app can link multiple phones and separate business and personal calls. Below are four benefits …
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Five Questions to Ask Before You Choose the Best Pallet Racks
Inventory management is an efficient process that significantly increases the profitability of your warehouse. It is critical to ensure that the material flow process runs smoothly by selecting the appropriate storage facility. And this becomes possible by assessing your material handling needs and selecting the function-appropriate pallet rack. Before redesigning …
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Using Identity Verification Against Fraud
In 2020, US financial institutions are expected to invest $599 million to counter transaction application fraud damages. Applications and identity theft are threatening to financial institutions and are driven partly by over 13 billion digital files that were corrupted or compromised since 2013. After first-party scams, in which people deliberately …
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Getting Your Medical Business Launched And Properly Profitable
Here’s the good news: if you go to medical school and obtain a degree, you’re poised to stake your claim in an industry that’s centuries old and will always be fundamentally necessary for society. Even better news is that medicine and technology have a symbiotic relationship that’s mutually beneficial. Tech …
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5 Things You Should Know Before Starting an Online Business
Img source You’re finally ready to take the big leap and start your own online business. However, there might be some important things that you’ve overlooked when planning the launch—things that could give your business a better shot at succeeding. Here are five key things you should know before starting …
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Skills vs. Report Card: What to Look for When Hiring an Intern
Hiring interns is an important process for start-ups. It is also the most complicated one. As a recruiter, you do not have access to someone’s previous experience to grasp an idea of their quantifiable performance. You cannot conduct a background verification check on their work hygiene. All you get is …
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