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Why Company Retreats are Worth Every Penny

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Company retreats can demonstrate a company’s commitment to its staff’s well being, showing that it values them beyond their professional contributions. Company retreats serve as a fertile ground for creativity and innovation, allowing ideas to flourish outside the confines of cubicles and conference rooms.

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Furthering Your Education on a Budget

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For us, that might be finding a sommelier class, taking a pasta-making class with friends or hands on learning about digital currency. As with most things, knowing where you’re going will help you get to your end result faster, and hopefully on budget. Set your budget. Have a plan. Know your end goal.

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Some Companies Are Asking Employees to Pay for Training to Increase Buy-in. But Does It Work?

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Before you know it, you find yourself on the hook, either right away or when you try to switch jobs , for thousands of dollars of repayment for training your company asked you to do—all in an effort to secure employee buy-in. Required corporate or professional training: “It is only sensible that the company carries the total cost.”

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How to Ask Your Boss to Pay for Continuing Education

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Learn all you can about company policies and requirements and seek advice from those who have already tapped company resources for continuing education, she says. Dayhoff, who spent more than 20 years leading successful teams inside startups and Fortune 500 companies prior to launching GVG, underscores the importance of timing.

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10 Best Financial Management Tools for Personal and Professional Use

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The formulas are very similar to those in Excel, so you don’t have to learn anything new if you’re accustomed to using Microsoft. Empower also features calculators for education savings, net worth, personal budgets and investments, among others. Honeydue Do you want to budget with your partner?

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How Financial Wellness Programs Can Benefit Employees and Employers

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Gone are the days when new employees received a list of the company holidays during onboarding and a packet with information about how to sign up for health care and retirement benefits. 1 value proposition that Mecham touts when talking with company leaders about why focusing on the financial wellness of their workforce is important.

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6 Benefits Of Embracing AI In Your Coworking Space

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AI can help companies hire the right employees, take over the interview process, and power today’s chatbots — which enable HR departments to spend less time answering basic questions. In the coworking industry, AI-based forecasting provides a way for businesses to anticipate any potential budget deficits in advance and adjust accordingly.

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