Tue.May 24, 2016

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Consulteering - A New Approach to Retirement

Small Business Labs

Work a Little, Play a Little: A New Retirement Strategy from the New York Times covers the  growing trend towards people working part-time in retirement. As we reported last week, record numbers of Americans are working past 65. They are doing so for a variety of reasons, including financial need, wanting to stay engaged and simply enjoying work.  The article focuses on a retired educator who has put together a portfolio of activities to meet his goal of â€œbalancing a life of le

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Why You Can’t Afford to Make the Wrong Hire

Small Business CEO

Hiring the wrong person for the job is a costly mistake in more ways than one. According to a study conducted by the recruiting industry, the true cost of onboarding an employee at the middle management level is $240,000. That is when everything goes well and the new hire is a good fit for the job. When he or she has the external qualifications but fails to be a good fit, that cost increases to $840,000.

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The Voice You Can Trust

Productivityist

The voice that you must trust the most is the one that combines the voice from the past and the voice from the present. The voice from the past is the one that at least gave some thought to some of the intentions that you had. This voice wanted to ensure that you – in the present day – would give these intentions some form of your attention. Now this doesn’t mean that you necessarily do these things you intended.

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3 Easy Ways to Improve Your Content Marketing Results

Small Business CEO

It’s common for clients and in-house content marketers to shift their focus and retool their strategy after the initial launch. Managing SEO, inbound links, and social traffic is a learning experience, and many realize that their goals have changed. photo credit: Geoffrey Wiseman / Flickr. Unfortunately, changing your plans can get expensive when it’s not done right.

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SME Relationships: Proven Solutions for Seamless Collaboration and Success

Speaker: Tim Buteyn, President of ThinkingKap Learning Solutions

💢 Do you find yourself stuck in never-ending review cycles? Are you wondering if your Subject Matter Expert actually got that last review request? Are you having trouble trying to decipher impractical or conflicting feedback? 💢 If any of these scenarios sounds familiar, you may benefit from a crash course on managing SME relationships!