Applying for a job is something that most people have to go through at least once in a lifetime. Often times included in this application process is a face to face interview with a manager or representative from a company. This is where that critical first impression is made and can often make or...
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Stress Management
By Gigi Benami, Braathe Marketing Intern
Some days, it feels like life is throwing priorities at you like snowballs. It’s quite easy to become overwhelmed and unsure of yourself. When everything feels to be too much, write out all of your priorities. Take different colored pens or markers and create a game plan of what projects are easier to complete...
Tips to Help Companies Avoid Making Bad Hires
A lot of bad hires have to do with a lack of a standard interview process. In addition to not having a standard interview process, interviewers at many companies ask the wrong questions. They fail to ask questions that evaluate if the candidate would be a good fit for the company culture as well...
Teaming with Accelerators
by Rufus Wingfield III Business Accelerators can be very advantageous to making your startup business profitable. Accelerators are geared toward fast-tracking your startup, accelerating the pace at which it grows, helping you stand apart from others, and turning a profit the soonest. Selecting the right accelerator for your specific startup, together with choosing the...
How to Navigate HR Compliance
by Rufus Wingfield III Human Resources is one of the foremost and vital, yet daunting challenges for any startup or small business, and many midsized businesses. In addition to being the nucleus for administrating and operating the business, it is also, more times than not, the hub for meeting and maintaining regulatory compliance for...
Use Technology to Transform Your Human Resources
by Rufus Wingfield III Advancements in technology have had a transformational and irreversible impact on Human Resources (HR). Technology will continue to change the way that HR professionals recruit, train, process and manage data and personnel. This reality is particularly important considering that the average Human Resource Specialist spends an estimated 75% their time...
Small Businesses Common Missteps and Best Moves
by Rufus Wingfield III The margin of error for most small businesses and startups is critically small. Every choice made, or not made can mean the difference between the business surviving or collapsing. While it’s not an exact science, there are similarities in the actions and decisions that successful small business owners take, make...
4 Types of Social Media that can Help Your Company
by Mackenzie Cox
4 Types of Social Media that can Help Your Company Social Media is a platform that all business should take advantage of these days. Whether it be through LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, etc. the point being made is if a business is not online it could be left behind. By not exploring your company’s...
How To Be a Great Leader?
Leaders have an important role in creating a productive working environment that requires trust amongst employees and their projects as well as effective communication within the organization. By favoring a dynamic workplace, leaders can stimulate employees’ productivity while making them feel valued and respected. Nowadays, employees want leaders who understand their needs, and that...
Starting a Business is Project Management
The process of starting a business is one of the best examples of modern day project management. As a matter of fact, the two are irrefutably joined as the fundamental processes for starting a business closely mirrors the basic project management concepts and practices, as for both critical task must fit aptly into a...