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Law Bars Employers From Genetic Discrimination
A recently finalized law will make it illegal for employers to take their employees' genetic information into account in hiring and firing decisions. Read more
Visibility: The Strongest Link in the Supply Chain
How strong is your supply chain? You won’t know until it fails. Reducing your risk of failure depends on visibility -- your ability to see any aspect of th... Read more
Customer Service for IT Departments
A big complaint in business is that IT staff say they will help and then don't show up until hours later -- or the next day -- without explanation. But you c... Read more
Making It Work: Student Interns
Tips for attracting young talent and making the most of your internship program Read more
Want Great Interns? Hold a Contest
How the clothing line O'Neill found talented teens for its internship program Read more
Will Tax Incentives Get You To Hire?
Existing proposals of hiring tax credits to create new jobs have mixed political support and experts disagree over their efficacy. Read more
The Era of the Electronic Medical Record
The implications of the EMR are enormous. It touches every component of the healthcare delivery spectrum -- from physician to nurse, even to the person trans... Read more
Managing IT Costs during a Recession Part II: Improve Asset Utilization
Still waiting for economic recovery? Think you’ve done all you can to reign in IT costs? It’s probably time to get even more innovative by assessing the... Read more
Tech Talk: Music Firm Distributes Digitally
A San Francisco-based music industry marketing company representing hundreds of independent record labels found a better alternative to e-mail for sending ou... Read more
Personal Tech Checklist for the Workplace
The seamless connectivity most people expect these days can have security implications in your workplace. You may need to establish usage policies, ban items... Read more
Ask Norm: Business by Numbers
A reader asks how to deal with a change from using part-time accountants, to a full-time controller. Watch video
John Mackey of Whole Foods on Hiring Leaders
He used to be impressed by people who were articulate. Not anymore. Read more
Tech Talk: TV Frame Maker Shares Files
A business that custom designs frames and mounts for flat panel TVs avoided hiring IT personnel by outsourcing file sharing and management to an on-demand pr... Read more
Finding Part-Time and Independent Sales Reps
Tips for filling part-time sales jobs Read more
Recruiting: Tapping the Talent Pool
How to use skill tests, applicant tracking software, video interviews, and industry-specific job sites to find the best candidates in a large stack of resumes. Read more
Personality Testing for Sales Recruits
He can close, but how's his interpersonal sensitivity? A guide to screening sales candidates. Read more
Is Your Company Inbred?
Many companies pay a referral bonus to employees when they recommend a friend for a job down the hall. But do they carefully consider the implications of thi... Read more
Tech Talk: Handbag Retailer Deploys DIY Tech
An online designer handbag retailer based in Boston finds that building their own website and customizing features better attracts customers -- and gets them... Read more
Why You Need to Hire a Virtual Assistant
Overwhelmed at the office? But not ready to hire new staff? A virtual assistant might be the solution. Read more
The Virtual CIO
By using a contract CIO on a project or part-time basis, a small business gets the best of both worlds -- an experienced IT professional at far less than wha... Read more
Virtually There
Be at the office without being there: remote workplace access solutions are becoming easy to implement, affordable, and offer the flexibility entrepreneurs n... Read more
Good Match: Choosing an IT Services Vendor
Choosing the right outside IT services provider for your business involves knowing what you need, rounding up a qualified candidates, asking the right questi... Read more
IT Mistakes: Failure is Not an Option
IT mistakes can do serious damage to a small business, so learn from others’ misfortune what to do in order to avoid their fate. Read more
Use IT Asset Management for Software Compliance
A recent study found that the majority of the IT professionals surveyed weren’t sure if their software is in compliance with licensing requirements. IT ass... Read more
The Business of Intelligence
When used effectively, information gleaned from an enterprise resource planning (ERP) system can can dramatically simplify the day-to-day tasks of employees ... Read more
Less Is More Where Data Is Concerned
Understand what data truly matters to your business, consolidate it, and make it available at all time from all places -- if your business truly needs it. Read more
Before You Virtualize Servers: A Checklist
Virtualizing servers can save on equipment, reduce your company’s carbon footprint and help with disaster recovery. But there are a few things you should k... Read more
Intuit's Scott Cook on Motivating Employees
Founder and chairman of Intuit, Scott Cook is responsible for that invaluable entrepreneurial aid, Quick Books. Here he talks about how to get the most ou... Watch video
The Power of Older Workers
As the labor force shrinks, Inc. 5000 companies find that hiring retirees can be the key to success. Read more
Document This: How to Organize Computer Data
Add-ons, backups, and plug-ins make sorting and storing e-mail and other computer documents easier than ever, even for the most organizationally challenged. Read more
The Book of Truth: Your Source for Business Intelligence
How can a company consolidate information from various departments or operational units and alleviate the strain of inefficient processes and potentially ina... Read more
Tech Talk: Cloud Computing Lifts Acting School
A Hollywood acting school outsourced the hosting and management of its software and computer systems, ending a string of computer woes for employees. Read more
Tech Talk: Web Firm Outsources Rails Monitoring
A Massachusetts-based online property management service outsourced its monitoring of a free Web tool built with Ruby on Rails after Web traffic increased dr... Read more
Virtualization Sets Desktops Free
In data centers, virtualization helps big companies save on servers and better protect their data. Now smaller companies can use the same technology to gain ... Read more
