Sat.Dec 24, 2011 - Fri.Dec 30, 2011

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How to Search for Another Job Without Your Boss Finding Out

On The Job

I spent the holidays with family and friends, and the one subject that came up over and over again (apart from the discussion that we were all eating too much) was about jobs. Some people were looking for jobs, and others were complaining about their current positions. When I asked these people whether they were planning to look for new positions this year, I got a lot of "We'll see" or "YES!

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A Post Holiday Thank You!

Eco-Office Gals

I’ve been quiet over the holidays. Trying to keep up with work, holidays and life in general has been overwhelming. I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas. Ours was very nice, the kids had a great time that’s what really matters when it’s all said and done. Just because things have been quiet on the blog-front doesn’t mean it’s been quiet around here.

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2012:The Year Enterprise Rocks

The Small Business Blog

Making it Better and Fairer It will be a rocking good start to 2012. The UK Enterprise Rockers movement is inviting journalists to kick off 2012 by covering the launch of our #MicroBizMatters campaign. The Enterprise Rockers, all micro business owners, have chosen Scarborough to host the media launch event at noon on January 9th.

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5 Steps For Success in the New Year

Step It Up VA Coaching

by Donna Toothaker. A New Year is upon us, and with it come opportunities for change and growth in ourselves and our businesses. The past year has been challenging in many ways, with continued economic upheaval as a dominant theme in the national news, and many small business owners struggling to stay afloat. Whatever way we have come out of the past year, the arrival of the New Year asks that each of us take a look at our successes and failures, strive for improvement, and embrace opportunity o

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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!

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My 2012 Career and Business Plan

Eat Your Career

As we head down the final stretch of 2011, I (like the rest of the world) am engaging in a little annual professional planning and review session. Today, I thought I’d share some of the highlights with you. After all, plans are much easier to keep when you share them with the world, don’t you think? I would say, all in all, I’m pretty pleased with 2011.

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Some bosses just don't know how to work with an admin

Laughing all the Way to Work

Have you ever worked for someone and they under-utilized you or just didn't seem to know how to work with an assistant? I once worked for a young boss and you could tell he wasn't quite sure what he could give me or what I was capable of doing. I had enough experience that I just started doing some of the things and when he saw I was ready, willing and able to do it, he gladly passed it on to me.

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Getting ready for the New Year

Office Organization Success

I hope you had a wonderfully relaxing Christmas break. I enjoyed spending the time with my family; we had guests over on two separate occasions, and we also visited friend’s. We shall be spending New Year’s Eve over the road at our friend’s house. Mark your calendars… For next Wednesday at 2pm Eastern. This is the second of the no-cost training I promised you.

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OfficeTeam Reveals Mistakes That Could Derail Your Job Search

Office Dynamics

Hello reader! We read this story today by OfficeTeam and felt it was valuable and wanted to share it with you. Are you in a New Year, new job scenario? MENLO PARK, CA -- As 2012 approaches, many people are taking to heart the expression, “Out with the old, in with the new.” According to specialized staffing firm OfficeTeam , the idea is especially relevant when searching for employment.

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Is It Time to Clean Up Your Tribe?

Men With Pens

This quote has been stalking me for weeks now: “You are the average of the five people you spend the most time with.” - Jim Rohn. It gets me. It really gets me. And here’s why: In the business books and blogs we all love, there is constant talk of finding our ‘tribe’, our most ideal clients. We create elaborate customer avatars to dig down into the demographics and psychology of our tribe.

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Elevating the Virtual Interviewing Experience

Sharing your authentic self in a virtual interview can be an unwanted challenge. How do you break through the digital barrier when conducting a virtual interview and share your exceptional self? Think in unconventional ways to elevate the virtual interviewing experience.

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Workplace Harassment and Bullying

Laughing all the Way to Work

I am not a lawyer and this is not considered legal advice in any way, but we recently had a lawyer come to speak to us about workplace harassment and bullying and it really cleared up a few things for me. As a supervisor I was especially interested because I don't want to cross the line, but because I am a supervisor I do have times where I need to speak to staff about various matters.

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Monitoring Blogs – Know What’s Being Said About Your Local Business Online

Small Business CEO

A business blog is essential to maximize your online exposure for a number of reasons, including search engine optimization, building your identity and creating expert status, generating leads, and sharing information to name just a few. You also want to be mentioned and noted in other industry blogs throughout the internet for maximum exposure. At the same time, you want whatever is said about you around the web to build your creditably to make others want to do business with you.

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Continental employees go out of their way to help stranded pooch

Service Untitled

The airlines seem to frequently score high grades in the customer service rudeness polls, but every once in a while we need to acknowledge those who go above and beyond what is expected and congratulate the company for hiring and maintaining such excellent employees – you know those dedicated people who don’t have to read those extra customer service suggestions in their manuals.

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Decluttering iStuff: Calendars

Productivityist

I’m at the time of year where I begin to map out the coming year – not with mind mapping apps 1 , but on my various calendars. My family routinely receives/orders a wall calendar that has photos of our closest relatives on my wife’s side, mainly (and appropriately) featuring the kids. So my wife uses that one for reference, and she uses a Polestar planner for her own planning.

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Mandatory COVID Vaccination Policy Template

New vaccine mandates and testing policies will affect employers with more than 100 workers. Get Paycor’s free, customizable vaccination policy template to communicate critical details and new requirements to your employees. Get Paycor’s Template today!

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Have a Very Merry Christmas!

Small Business CEO

For those of you who celebrate Christmas, here’s to a very merry one! We’d like to wish you and your families a safe and happy holiday. Merry Christmas! Merry Christmas Photo via Shutterstock.

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Share Your Gift Giving Dont’s For a Chance To Win a $100 Amazon Gift Card

Small Business CEO

Now that Christmas is over, maybe you have some good gift giving advice to share with others on what not to do. And if you share those tips over at the BizSugar blog, you’ll be entered into their latest giveaway contest. One lucky winner will be chosen to receive a $100.00 Amazon Gift Certificate. But hurry, this giveaway ends at Midnight (EST) on December 29, 2011.

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Online shopping demand troubles frustrate Yule shoppers

Service Untitled

Just days before Christmas, Best Buy canceled online orders dating back to November because it ran out of some of the hot merchandise. Target’s website crashed twice while Wal-Mart and Barney’s also ran out of popular inventory. Best Buy apologized for the inconvenience and offered gift cards to affected shoppers, but shoppers have long memories and having to get out into the world of shopping malls just days before Santa is due to arrive can harbor some long-lasting ill feelings abo