Employees

Say Thank You More

According to Inc.com, saying thank you for a job well done can pay huge dividends. A survey by the International Association of Administrative Professionals and OfficeTeam found that, while managers ranked promotions and cash bonuses as the two most effective ways of recognizing employee accomplishments, workers said they actually preferred an in-person thank-you or having

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The Hiring Dilemma

photo credit: extremeezine Most business owners are reporting changes for the better in business over the past 6 months or so. Most of them are reporting actual increases in their profits and are seeing more customers coming to their locations. However, we are all still wondering if the recession is actually in fact over and

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The Marshmallow Challenge

According to ReadWriteWeb it’s known as the marshmallow challenge. Small teams are given 18 minutes to build a free-standing structure made of dry spaghetti, one yard of string, one yard of tape and a marshmallow, which must be placed on top. The team wins by creating the tallest structure of all the groups participating. What

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Unpaid Internships May Be Illegal

With job openings scarce for young people, the number of unpaid internships has climbed in recent years, leading federal and state regulators to worry that more employers are illegally using such internships for free labor, reports The New York Times. Convinced that many unpaid internships violate minimum wage laws, officials in Oregon, California and other

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