Recent Articles
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Is your business prepared for #Fightfor15?
Danielle Manley Business Management, Services & Risk ManagementThe recent headlines announcing New York's decision to increase fast food workers' minimum wage to $15 has once again stirred up the nation in a heated debate over whether the minimum wage should be increased nationwide. According to Fortune, New York City must comply with the minimum wage change by 2019, and the rest of the state must comply before July 2021.
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A for Alphabet: Google’s new restructuring makes sense
Ross Lancaster Science & TechnologyIn the past generation, "Googling" has evolved from being a meaningless word to one that's been in the dictionary for nearly a decade. But in that same period, Google — founded by Stanford University students Larry Page and Sergey Brin in the mid-1990s — has gone from being a mere search engine to one of the world's foremost tech behemoths.
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Now Yelp can help patients pick a hospital or doctor
Joan Spitrey Medical & Allied HealthcareWhen people consider the online review service Yelp, most think about local businesses like restaurants, hair stylists or mechanics. Doctors and hospitals? Not so much. Founded in 2004, Yelp has created a community where consumers can provide their opinions about businesses.
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Cultural competence in the classroom: A key 21st-century skill
Erick Herrmann EducationSchools today are becoming increasingly diverse. Any educator who has been working in schools for a long time has likely seen the differences between students who were in their classrooms 20 years ago and students who are in their classrooms today.
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The dangerous dozen: 12 marketing miscues by new companies
Fred Berns MarketingWhy is that 50 percent of small businesses fail within their first five years? Insufficient capital is one reason behind that Small Business Administration statistic. Poor management plays a role, as does a lack of planning and a bad location.
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Church communication fears and tiers
Mark MacDonald Religious CommunityA crowd gathers in a large room. Everyone quiets down waiting for something to happen. They all have a lot going on in their heads. They're all prepared to inform the group. Then, someone figures no one's in charge, so she takes the lead. She clears her voice and starts telling what she came for. Another person then realizes if he's going to get his message out, he must say his information, too.
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Dealing with deposits for commercial tenants
Dale Willerton and Jeff Grandfield RetailAlthough landlords often ask for security deposits on commercial leases, such deposits aren't legally required. In fact, you can often negotiate them. Unfortunately, too many tenants don't know that and willingly pay the deposit, without negotiating the amount or the terms.
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Customize your medical resume for greater career opportunities
Monica Gomez Healthcare AdministrationYour medical resume is your first introduction to potential healthcare employers. At a basic level, a great resume must have a clean look, be free of spelling and grammatical errors, and present all of the information pertinent to your skillset, according to U.S. News & World Report.
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Millennials squeezed out of housing market
Michael J. Berens Interior Design, Furnishings & FixturesThis was supposed to be the year when millennials threw off their chains of dependence and flocked to the housing market. Instead, more millennials now are living with their families than at the height of the Great Recession, according to a new study from the Pew Research Center.
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Study: Your choice of sleep position may affect your brain
Dorothy L. Tengler Mental HealthcareWe all have our favorite sleeping positions — back, side, stomach — but a new study shows our sleeping position may have more benefits than just comfort. Researchers at Stony Brook University believe sleeping on one's side — the most common position in humans and many animals — may more effectively remove brain waste and help reduce the chances of developing neurological diseases, such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's.