Share This:Time management is an essential skill of any small business owner and finding the right productivity tools to help you manage your time can be a challenge. If you own a small construction company, lawn care service, or a janitorial business you don’t have a large team that can[…]
Share This:Finding the best time tracking app for freelancers can be a challenge, to say the least. There are many options on the market; some of them provide the basic clock in/out time cards while others have more advanced features like reporting and automation. When evaluating the freelance hour tracker[…]
Share This: Here are the best articles we found for the month of August: 6 Ways to Come Back From the Pandemic With a Stronger Team The future of work arrived out of nowhere, on the back of a once-in-a-century pandemic. Team dynamics got challenged as members dealt with illness,[…]
Share This: According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: In 2018, there were 68.9 million hires, an increase of 3.3 million from 2017. Total separations (quits, layoffs and discharges) rose by 2.6 million in 2018. Voluntary resignations rose for the ninth consecutive year reaching 40.1 million in 2018, up by[…]
Share This: Hiring great employees for your small business can be tricky if you don’t have effective interviewing skills and practices. You don’t want to make a mistake in your hiring decisions which could negatively impact your company in a costly way. According to the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM), businesses[…]
Share This: Business: Gecko Solutions, Inc. Cleaning Services. Location: Bend, OR. Interesting Fact about Gecko Solutions: It’s a family business. Allan and his brother started it, and now Allan runs it with his sister. Interesting Fact about Allan Dalangin: He has an impressive collection of cars that includes sport cars,[…]
Share This: Giving performance reviews to your employees is an essential part of running a business. However, it is something managers and employees dread the most. Why? For the manager, it feels like it’s just another item on the to-do list. Only two out of ten employees feel their performance is managed[…]
Share This:As a small business owner finding hourly employees can be a challenge. According to the latest report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), there are 81.9 million workers age 16 and older in the United States paid at hourly rates representing 58.5 percent of all wage and salary workers. […]
Share This: Business: Group K&D LLC. Janitorial Services. Location: Charlotte, NC. Interesting Fact about Group K&D LLC: It’s a family business. Kourtnee’s husband, father, sister-in-law and niece work there, along with employees from outside the family. Interesting Fact about Kourtnee Howard: The first year of her business coincided with her[…]
Share This: You may be researching methods to cut business costs for your small business. Maybe your business isn’t getting the sales you projected or maybe the customer needs are changing. Whatever your reasons, cutting business costs will help solve many issues. Think about ways to reduce your startup costs and[…]