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Respond quickly to an unexpected job opportunity with these simple moves
Catherine Iste Business Management, Services & Risk ManagementWhether it is a last-ditch effort at year-end or an attempt to get the new year started off on the right foot, leaders often make what seem to be last-minute employment offers around this time of year. If a casual networking event has resulted in an unexpected job opportunity, make these simple moves to take full advantage of the chance. The best place to start is the easiest one for the potential employer to check: LinkedIn. Do a quick check of your profile and make any necessary updates.
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Where was the first Christmas in the US?
Dave G. Houser Travel, Hospitality & Event ManagementMost Americans probably assume that the country’s first Christmas was celebrated in one of the original English colonies — Jamestown or Plymouth — but some historians believe it actually happened in Tallahassee, Florida. Though no records exist, experts feel certain that Catholic priests accompanying Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto’s winter encampment in the Native American village of Anhaica — the site of present-day Tallahassee — in 1539 would have been obliged by the church to celebrate Christmas mass.
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Trends in 2018 you didn’t know you missed and a few to look for in…
Catherine Iste Business Management, Services & Risk ManagementSocial media has helped us all become more in tune with what is trending. However, most of us are not as hyperaware of what is trending in the workplace as we are in our nonprofessional feeds. As such, here is a quick breakdown of a few trends that made a significant mark on 2018 and a few more trends to look out for in 2019. For example, from schools to banks, nonprofits to tech companies, design thinking has left the traditional realms of the creatives and crept into cubicles everywhere.
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New benefits to incorporating a nurse practitioner for your practice
Lisa Mulcahy Medical & Allied HealthcareNurse practitioners are a boon for both patient outcomes and administrative progress. They can relieve a physician's workload and provide patients more extensive care in terms of both time and information. Interested in incorporating a nurse practitioner into your office? Consider the following research to understand the advantages further.
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Remodelers brace for deceleration
Michael J. Berens Construction & Building MaterialsThe good news for remodelers, according to recent forecasts, is that demand is expected to continue to grow over the next three years. The not-so-good news is that growth will be slower than it has been for the past three years. Although many remodelers remain optimistic conditions will improve in the months ahead, some already are anticipating a decline in the fourth quarter of this year. Recently released data confirms the trend reported last month that remodeling activity remained strong in the third quarter of this year.
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K-12 school districts must gear up for 5G
Bambi Majumdar EducationThe Verizon Foundation in September announced a 5G EdTech Challenge for nonprofits who can develop 5G-enabled apps that can transform and innovate teaching and learning. 5G is poised to become the leading mobile network technology in North America by 2025. To prepare for the 5G revolution, school districts have to rethink their existing business agreements with telecommunications carriers. They also need to think about doing away with the complex and costly legacy hardwired networks that are supporting classrooms at present.
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Study identifies top areas of concern for healthcare IT executives
Scott E. Rupp Medical & Allied HealthcareThe Center for Connected Medicine partnered with the Health Management Academy for a survey featuring responses from executives of leading health systems on their health information technology priorities. It explores five advanced health information technologies set to impact healthcare, including artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, consumer-facing technology, predictive analytics and virtual care. The research examines implementation, impacts and challenges in each of these areas and explores anomalies.
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In a US first, Chicago charter school workers strike
Michelle R. Matisons EducationPublic education reform in the past few decades has included a massive shift of funding and resources toward the charter school model. This model allows publicly funded schools to be managed by nonprofits or for-profit companies. Charter schools do not have to honor employee collective bargaining rights, making it difficult to organize charter teachers’ unions. However, Chicago Teachers Union (CTU), merged with the city’s charter educators’ union, United Educators for Justice (UEJ), is conducting the first U.S. charter teachers’ strike against the Acero charter network, which began Dec. 4.
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Putting the care back in healthcare
Keith Carlson Healthcare AdministrationWith the exponential increase of technology in the delivery of healthcare, we run the risk of dehumanizing healthcare in the interest of expediency and cost containment. At the same time, nurses in hospitals face untenable nurse-patient ratios, and even in milieus like home health and hospice we also feel the crunch of delivering as much care as possible in as little time as we can. Where will these trends take us and how can we put the notion of care back into healthcare?
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The origins of store-bought wild game
John McAdams Food & BeverageIt’s December now and we’re right in the thick of hunting season. For that reason, a lot of people have venison and other wild game meat on their mind. However, the wild game meat you can buy in a store or eat in a restaurant probably doesn’t come from where you think it does. Commercial hunting of wildlife for meat, hides, and feathers greatly contributed to the massive decline of wildlife populations in the United States during the late 1800s and early 1900s. Laws like the Lacey Act, the Migratory Bird Treaty Act of 1918, and a whole host of legislation at the state level effectively outlawed market hunting.