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Why we need to consider switching to a 4-day workweek — now 

Ideas.Ted

The results: Increased productivity and creativity; improved recruitment and retention; less burnout for founders and leaders; and more balanced and sustainable lives for workers — all without cutting salaries or sacrificing customer service. As a result, companies didn’t cut salaries when they reduced hours.

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Want to hire great people and keep them from quitting? 4 strategies that work

Ideas.Ted

These types of requirements are standard in job postings, but researchers found that for many jobs, employees will still need to learn 10 additional skills within the next 18 months. In other words, even if your new hire meets all the job requirements today, that means 10 new skills will be needed as they settle into their new role.

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Small Business world News Round-up - 2009/10/27

The Small Business Blog

Here’s how to tell if your salary is sound. Canadian small businesses report card : Ninety eight per cent of small business owners gave their companies a passing grade in a recent TD Canada Trust Small Business Survey, which asked 1002 small business owners with fewer than 20 employees to score their performance during the past year.

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New Small Business Startup Idea: Virtual Import/Export Assistant.

The Small Business Blog

You could offer your services for a particular country and become their Virtual Export Assistant for that country. You use your language and local knowledge skills and open up a new market for this small business. Now it was time for one of my most important tasks – market research: would i actually have any customers?

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Experience vs. a university degree part two

Practically Perfect PA

A few months ago I asked the Practically Perfect PA readers if they could complete a survey for me. The survey asked if assistants feel that having or not having a university degree has made a difference to their career path. Again, these are skills I was able to cultivate on the job. Only the usual Microsoft skills.

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What Is An Applicant Tracking System? 20 Powerful Benefits & Features

Recruit CRM

Recruiters can even assign which keywords the software should scan that includes educational background, specific skills or even manual filters that might be useful. A recent online survey conducted by Recruit CRM revealed that more than 98% of recruitment agencies with 10 recruiters or more used an Applicant Tracking System.

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