Recent Articles
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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.
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Report: The evolving use of work order management systems
Bruce Condit Facilities & GroundsWork order management systems continue to evolve rapidly in the world of facility maintenance. Today, these high-tech, integrated tools can access and provide data from multiple platforms and provide both retailers and vendors the information needed to make better, faster decisions that cut costs and improve efficiencies.
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Dwindling volunteers: How to keep your most important resource
William D. Pawlucy Association ManagementAt least 80 percent of nonprofits in America rely on volunteers for their workforce. In fact, most nonprofits would not exist if not for the volunteers that serve them. The Bureau of Labor Statistics recently published a report providing some startling numbers.
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London City Airport up for sale
Matt Falcus Transportation Technology & AutomotiveOne of Europe's hottest airport properties is up for sale at a price that reflects just how far it has come in its relatively short lifespan. The sale also shows how much potential it has — if a few stumbling blocks can be overcome.
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Driver shortage: What warehouse managers should do
Ken Ackerman Distribution & WarehousingFor more than two years now, we have seen a growing discussion about the driver shortage problem, but relatively little about solutions. Most of the issues are motor carrier issues, and unless your company is involved in both trucking and warehousing, there is little you can do about these.
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A frightening first trip in our new motor home
Steve and Diane Owens Recreation & LeisureDriving our new RV for the first time, I was as tense as a stretched rubber band. Highway congestion ahead? Fantastic! For once in my life, I was happy to see a traffic jam. Vehicles approaching the Delaware River Bridge were merging into one lane and fighting for a place in line. The gods were smiling on me; slow was what I wanted at that moment.
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The annual performance evaluation goes under review
Bob Kowalski Business Management, Services & Risk ManagementIt is the one workplace occurrence that employees and their supervisors approach with the same discomfort. Performance evaluations are intended to broaden communication between supervisors and subordinates, as well as provide direction and motivation for the worker. But we've all seen the real-life effects of the annual (or more frequent) reviews, resulting in dreadful anticipation, no matter on which level of the office hierarchy you sit.