Recent Articles
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Make applying for your jobs easy
Mel Kleiman Business Management, Services & Risk ManagementThere are always plenty of people who want to work, but there are never enough good and great ones. That's why the largest, most attractive pool of potential recruits are all the folks who are now employed. They are the proven, dependable, honest, diligent people savvy employers covet most.
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Can young blood rejuvenate old bodies?
Dr. Denise A. Valenti Medical & Allied HealthcareBlood transfusions have long been recognized for saving lives, but recently several studies report that blood may also be the key to regaining youth. Researchers report that blood obtained from healthy young adults has the potential to rejuvenate adults suffering from age-related degenerative processes, including cognitive decline.
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Reclaiming control of your temper
Candice Gottlieb-Clark Mental HealthcareHave you ever thought about your anger? About what pushes your buttons, sets you off or really frustrates you? I've been thinking a lot about that lately. And I'm not talking about the people — and behaviors — that are likely triggers. They will always be there. Instead, I'm thinking more broadly and introspectively.
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14 things you can tweet about at a trade show
Trace Cohen Travel, Hospitality & Event ManagementTo tweet or not to tweet, that is the question. Tweeting for the sake of tweeting at a show is fine, but you can add a lot more value if you tweet about relevant things.
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Cybersecurity: How to navigate threats in your healthcare organization
Maria Frisch Healthcare AdministrationThe network is down. Someone from accounting just spammed the entire practice. An outsider gains access to protected health information within electronic health records. Someone erases critical operational data.
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Finding creative ways to raise nondues revenue
Adrian Davis Association ManagementEvery year, the question of whether to renew membership begs a greater question: Does the association I belong to provide me with sufficient value?
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The Flying Circus: Henry and Splash
Garth Wallace Recreation & LeisureCOPA eFlight presents another weekly excerpt from "The Flying Circus," a fun book by Canadian aviation humorist and former COPA publisher Garth Wallace. "The Flying Circus" is a fictional account of the madcap escapades of two instructors who start their own flying school armed with loads of enthusiasm, but little business sense and no money.
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Starting off right: States are investing in early education
Bambi Majumdar EducationIn the last two years, the education world has seen a focus on ensuring that the figures for high school graduates and college attendees maintain an upward curve. In many states they have, but not as much or as quickly as expected.
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Maintaining a productive relationship in the supply chain
Ken Ackerman Distribution & WarehousingTwo of the dirtiest words in supply chain management are commoditization and disintermediation. In fact, they really refer to the same thing — the ability of the buyer of logistics services to destroy the vendor's effort to create a unique value proposition.
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In the wake of big telecom moves, Verizon sits happily and watches
Ross Lancaster CommunicationsThe trend in the telecom sector throughout 2014 has been that many of the biggest companies are going through massive mergers or acquisitions. Yet, on the sidelines in these massive mergers and acquisitions has been Verizon.