Recent Articles
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Getting a new job at your current company
Catherine Iste Business Management, Services & Risk ManagementEmployment investigations and terminations are the bulk of what I do. Often, the investigations highlight the need for change, like additional training, promotions/demotions and other performance management actions. The terminations, of course, usually result in a staffing gap that needs to be addressed quickly.
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Does military hold the solution to a shortage of game officials?
Bob Kowalski Sports & FitnessWhen they're doing their job well, you shouldn't notice them. Recently, though, game officials are barely visible because they're in short supply. High school sporting events across the country are suffering from a dwindling corps of game officials across nearly all sports and seasons. In some areas, subvarsity schedules are being shortened or canceled. In many places, varsity games are spread to other nights in order to allow for enough officials.
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Has digital gutted your communications strategy?
Randall Craig MarketingNot a happy thought, but with so many cheap and easy digital tools have you ever thought traditional communications are effectively ... dead? That your traditional communication tools — and your traditional knowledge — are of fast diminishing value?
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Metals Thoughts: Brave new world
Brad Yates Natural ResourcesBy now you have already read a thousand articles about "What Donald Trump means for _____," and I'll try and avoid that sort of simplistic analysis — primarily, because that assumes certainty in even the beginning of the probability tree, which I don't think even the president-elect has just yet.
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Webber ready to retire but continue with Porsche
Sydney Scrogham Transportation Technology & AutomotivePorsche driver Mark Webber has announced his retirement, and his final race will be the 2016 WEC final on Saturday in Bahrain. Webber joined Porsche's LMP1 program in 2014 and won seven WEC events with Timo Bernhard and Brendon Hartley. Last year, the three claimed the drivers' title and finished second at the 24 Hours of Le Mans.
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What I learned about the IEP transition from elementary to middle school
Alyssa Skolnick EducationTransitioning from elementary to middle school can be difficult for even the most successful student and seasoned parent. For a student with an IEP, the transition can be daunting. For me as a parent, it was downright traumatic.
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Good news for those with nursing careers
Scott E. Rupp Healthcare AdministrationIt's survey season again, and we're being met with a harvest of new data that — for the most part — shines the sunlight on the healthcare industry and gives all a little something extra to talk about. I'm passionate about such information, partly because I believe it's like salt to an often stale plate of daily healthcare headlines.
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You won’t believe this shocking news about Facebook
Suzanne Mason CommunicationsYou're in line at the grocery store and you see the headline "Bigfoot Found!" plastered on the cover of the National Enquirer. You may even pick it up and read it while you're in line. Headlines like those found in tabloid magazines could be considered the earliest example of "clickbait" as we know it — words that grab the reader's attention, but have little substance or misleading information.
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7 tips for engaging ESL students in music education
Lonny Alfred EducationAs the demands for English as a second language (ESL) courses continues to soar across the U.S., music educators must find new ways to engage these students in music performance at school.
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What shoppers want from you this holiday season
Emma Fitzpatrick RetailWe're less than two weeks out from one of the biggest shopping days of the season, Black Friday! Then, the holiday shopping frenzy will begin. This year, like years past, will look remarkably different from the year before. More shoppers will be making purchases at home, often from their mobile device. In fact, online sales will now represent nearly 11 percent of all holiday sales, according to eMarketer. That's huge.