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• When an Employee Isn't Working Out, Is It Better to Terminate or Reassign Them?

  10-12-2015 23:02 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Today's question comes from a busy entrepreneur:Is it better to terminate or reassign an employee that is not working out?I have spent a lot of time training an employee. She is a great person, but I have to remind her several times to do something. I am not sure if she is just not in the right role or if she will always need so much oversight. I am curious how others have handled something ...
  
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• Use Behavioral Interview Questions to Assess Cultural Fit

  10-12-2015 21:15 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  In a traditional interview it can be just about impossible to accurately assess a candidate's cultural fit – especially if you're using questions like the old "tell me about yourself" standby.In a situation that depends on an emotional component for a quality decision, it is too easy to be inexact and inconsistent. This is the "falling in love" strategy of interviewing which most ...
  
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• 4 Ways to Raise Prices Without Driving Away Customers

  10-12-2015 20:45 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Creativity, innovation, and marketing expertise are crucial to the success of your business – but so is a good pricing strategy. As I discussed yesterday, poor pricing strategies – including undercharging for your good or services – are a common cause of startup failure.To maximize revenue and ensure their businesses stay viable, entrepreneurs need to know how to price their goods and services – and ...
  
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• Why You Should Let Your Employees Make Mistakes

  10-12-2015 20:21 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  You've come a long way since your days in college.Scratch that. You've come a long way since you began your leadership role. It doesn't matter if you've been in the position for two weeks or two decades: Leadership requires a constant evolution of skills and management techniques.But what leaders often don't know how to handle – no matter how long they've been in leadership roles – are the inevitable and necessary employee mistakes. ...
  
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• Walmart's Policies Have Sent 400000 Jobs to China - AFL-CIO (blog)

  10-12-2015 16:27 via
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  Walmart's Policies Have Sent 400000 Jobs to China
  AFL-CIO (blog)
  Walmart's policies have sent 400,000 jobs to China since 2001, a new report conservatively estimates. The report from the Economic Policy Institute describes the process through which Walmart, the world's largest retailer, serves as a key conduit of ...
  Walmart's Imports From China Displaced 400000 Jobs, a Study SaysNew York Times
  ​Walmart's China syndrome: The loss of US jobsCBS News
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• You're never going to be Steve Jobs—but you could be Steve Ballmer - Quartz

  10-12-2015 16:24 via
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  You're never going to be Steve Jobs—but you could be Steve Ballmer
  Quartz
  Type “How to be Steve Jobs” or “Steve Jobs lessons” into Google, and you'll get page after page of tips. One trite homily after another explains how to imitate a few of the great dictator's tics. But swap out “Jobs” for “Ballmer,” and you get almost ...
  

• While We're Busy Fretting Over Generational Differences, We're Making Bad Hiring Decisions

  10-12-2015 14:56 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  SaaS company Assess Systems recently released an excellent white paper, and the title alone should be proof enough that these folks are not messing around: "Generational Differences: The Newest Way to Justify a Bad Hire".Further expanding on this no-nonsense line in a press release, the vice president of talent solutions for Assess Systems, Carol Jenkins, said, "...
  
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• Hospitals to create up to 375 jobs for disadvantaged city residents - Baltimore Sun

  10-12-2015 03:52 via
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  Hospitals to create up to 375 jobs for disadvantaged city residents
  Baltimore Sun
  Baltimore residents living in struggling neighborhoods hard hit by riots last April will be able to apply for 375 new jobs at area hospitals thanks to an initiative approved by state hospital rate regulators. After three months of debates and hearings ...and more »
  

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