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Job Growth Declines
The latest Paychex IHS Small Business Jobs Index shows small business job growth fell slightly, reports 24/7 Wall St. In November, job growth fell .02%.
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Spend More Time Understanding Your Business Insurance Policy
According to Insurance Journal, after the catastrophe is not a good time to learn what your insurance doesn’t cover. Many small businesses don’t spend enough time with their agent/reading over their policy to understand the limitations of their coverage.
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Overtime Rules Set to Change
December 1st marks the start of the new overtime rules, reports Small Business Trends. The Department of Labor’s new rule, which changes the threshold for overtime pay for managers $23,000 to over $47,000, will impact nearly 4.2 million workers.
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Facebook Helps Small Businesses Recruit Employees
According to Forbes, Facebook can now help your small business recruit employees. The social media platform now has a “jobs” tab that businesses can put on their page that links users to openings in the company.
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Why Small Business Needs an HR Person
According to Forbes, there are several reasons even a small business startup should have a human resources department, or at least one human resources professional. The number one reason is they can help you attract, and retain top talent for your business.
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Business Turn to Cost Cutting
A new survey by Zurich Insurance Group finds that small businesses are focusing on cutting costs, reports Small Business Trends. With increasing competition and less demand they are scrambling for ways to make a profit, and cutting costs seems to be the only way.
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Small and medium-sized businesses Scale with Oracle Cloud Platform
Oracle Corporation announced that small and medium sized business (SMBs) turn to Oracle for strategic collaboration on their journey to the Cloud. SMBs are utilizing the benefits of enterprise-grade capabilities delivered by Oracle Cloud Platform for rapid application development, fast and predictable performance, reliable security, and elastic scalability to support their growth.
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Cybersecurity Career eBook
In response to growing cybersecurity risks including the shortage of cybersecurity experts worldwide, Identity Management Institute has published a free eBook titled "Becoming a Cybersecurity Expert" to provide a career strategy and answer common questions for professionals and students who are contemplating a career in cybersecurity.
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Time to Start the Blogging
Blogging is still considered the best way to market your small business, reports Small Business Computing. It is especially important for businesses that rely on word-of-mouth and grass roots advertising.
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Women Discouraged from Government Contracts
Women owned small businesses are missing out on government contracts, reports Forbes. According to a study conducted by Women Impacting Public Policy, many government contracts have “tracks” that encourage use of certain socio-economic groups, but women owned businesses aren’t one of the “tracks”.
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