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Way Beyond The 9-to-5: Could A 70-Hour Workweek Ever Be A Good Thing?

Allwork

While there’s been much talk about the sought-after four-day workweek, or even the five-day, 32-hour workweek, have you heard of the proposed 70-hour workweek? In sectors known for their high-stress environments, like finance and technology startups, it’s not uncommon for employees to work between 60 and 100 hours per week.

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5 Administrative Assistant Skills That Add the Most Value

Admin Awards

Budget perceptiveness. Proposing cost-cutting solutions to those within the company is a good way to make yourself indispensable to the organization. With over 300 locations worldwide, Robert Half places professionals on a temporary and full-time basis in the accounting/finance, technology, legal, creative and administrative fields.

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Small Business World News Round-up – 209/11/24

The Small Business Blog

Rewriting bank regulations will hurt small businesses : In the typical fashion, Congress is now attempting to solve a “crisis&# by creating a new government agency with an unlimited budget and almost unlimited regulatory powers. One small business financing alternative is the private lender. 2010 may be no better.

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Small Business World News Round-up – 2009/12/15

The Small Business Blog

RBI draws flank from panel : The carte blanche given to private and foreign banks by the Reserve Bank of India to charge interest rates on credit cards at their whims and fancy has come in for severe criticism by the parliamentary standing committee on finance. Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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The Best Thing You Can Do to Get More of What You Need and Want Done

Productivityist

Imagine if you stepped back and planned out your week with your partner at home, spending an hour every week on a meeting where you focus on three core components of household life: finance, food, and family. You want to write that book proposal but you also want to see what’s going on Twitter. Settling on possible last-minute meals.

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What Improvements Can Your Small Business Make in 2012?

Small Business CEO

The ability for everyone to work as one big unit is essential to a company’s short and long-term success; • Review your budget for the New Year – As many small business owners can tell you, 2011 has been a difficult year. If you find that’s the case with your company, what are your budget aspirations and constraints going into 2012?

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Small Business World News Round-up - 2009/11/03

The Small Business Blog

Big trouble in small business : SMALL business advocates are worried that access to research and development tax incentives will be blocked rather than advanced under proposed changes designed to foster innovation. has improved in the wake of the economic revival, says a survey by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII).

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