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Why Companies Are Increasing Their Use of Contingent Labor

Small Business Labs

The article The Contingent Workforce Management Program of 2016 provides their view of how corporate contingent labor programs will evolve over the next couple of years. Key quote from the article: In 2009, the estimated percentage of contingent workforce utilization within the average enterprise hovered around 16% or 17%. The

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Highly Skilled Self-Employed Driving the Growth of the Gig Economy

Small Business Labs

think tank, released a study showing that 60 per cent of the growth in self-employment in Great Britain since 2009 has been in what they call the "privileged" sector. The fastest growing sectors employing these privileged workers include finance, banking, management consulting, advertising and information technology. . 

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Who Needs Luck? Quick Hint.

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Copyright(c) 2009-2020 TheMarq.com. We created some amazing products and services together that changed the world for the better, and I'm grateful to have been in the company of these great women and men who made up the most effective, enjoyable, and energizing teams I've been a member of. Thanks for the years and good times, folks!

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How policy and cost savings are helping to drive the uptake of low-energy, retrofit LED Lamps

Eco-Office Gals

A phase-out of lamps started in 2009 and will. continue until 2016 to include not only consumer products but also those used in highway, office and industrial lighting applications. This article has been created by David Jackson, International Sales Manager at MGC Lighting Group , one of the leading LED lighting suppliers in Europe.

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IBM Cuts Telecommuting and the Paradox of Place

Small Business Labs

And by 2009, when remote work was still, for most, a novelty, 40% of IBM’s 386,000 global employees already worked at home. Again from the Quartz article: What IBM should value most, says John Sullivan, a professor of management at San Francisco State University who specializes in HR strategy, are better ideas. “It

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Introducing the SUCCESS 125

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An 18-year blogging veteran, Ajayi covers all things culture with a critical yet humorous lens on her website Awesomely Luvvie and wrote the instant best-sellers Professional Troublemaker: The Fear-Fighter Manual (2021) and I’m Judging You: The Do-Better Manual (2016). million views. Amina AlTai. She started everything from scratch.

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Top 10 Small Business Trends for 2017

Small Business Labs

For the list from prior years, click on the year:   2015 , 2014 , 2013 ,  2012 , 2011 , 2010 , 2009 , 2008. 2017 is the year we expect mainstream small businesses to recognize that cyber security and data privacy are important parts of business risk management and take steps to improve in this area. Technology.

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