You’ve heard the (depressing) figures. Half of all small businesses fail within the first year 95% fold before five years 30% of small businesses continually lose money While many bloggers might have you believe this stat is Bad News Bears, we think it brings a...
What’s your PII? We’re not talking about a delectable dish of warm, sugary fruit bursting from the edges of a buttery crust with a dollop of pure vanilla bean ice cream dissolving from the pie’s warmth (but seriously, wouldn’t a piece of blueberry be divine right...
By its very nature, a background check is an invasion of privacy. A screening company is verifying information to make sure it’s truthful and accurate and at the same time searching for past indecencies and indiscretions that may give an employer pause. It’s not that...
Outsource. It’s a dirty word, but sometimes we all have to do it. This business practice of hiring someone from outside your company to complete a task is often talked about with suspicion, fear and disappointment. There’s Forbes analysis of Boeing’s outsourcing...
I start many of my mornings on Twitter. It’s my favorite news source. Mainly because I know what is in my feed: the perfect mixture of news, educational articles and celebrity gossip.This morning as I scrolled through, it wasn’t George Clooney’s engagement or the...
If you were busy holiday shopping, you might have missed it. A new proposed law could have a big impact on the hiring process and how safe your money is. About a week before Christmas, Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and six other US senators, introduced a bill that...
