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Social Isolation - Not Just Loneliness - a Health Risk Reduced by Coworking

Small Business Labs

Social isolation and loneliness are related, but not the same thing.  Social isolation refers to having relatively few relationships and/or infrequent contact with others.  Loneliness is the perception of feeling alone, or feeling disconnected from others.  Someone can be isolated and not feel lonely. They may even like and seek out solitude and being alone.

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Job Fairs May Suck -- But You Can Use Them to Your Advantage

On The Job

On college campuses around the country, job fairs are popping up like groundhogs looking for a place to wait out the winter. Companies load up their banners and swag (A free pen! A free stress reduction ball!) and stake out a table. Then, the college students -- wearing nice clothes that make them squirm -- start the trek from table to table to table, ready to hand out their resumes.

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How to Fall in Love with Work Again

Eat Your Career

February is the month of love, so in honor of St. Valentine, let’s talk about love at work. No, I’m not referring to workplace romances. That’s not my area of expertise. But, if you’re looking for my advice on the topic—DON’T DO IT. I’m actually more interested in talking about love FOR work. Some people have it, some people don’t. For some, it depends on the day.

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The Business Blog Is Not Dead; Resurrect or Start Your Business Blog

Tips From T. Marie

Blog marketing. Blogging for Business. A few years ago every so-called business guru was pushing the business blog. Then video blogging (vlogging), Facebook Live, Snapchat and Insta-Stories arrived on the scene and the death sentence was given to blogging. But is it really dead? More importantly, what about marketing with a blog? Is business blogging.

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SME Relationships: Proven Solutions for Seamless Collaboration and Success

Speaker: Tim Buteyn, President of ThinkingKap Learning Solutions

💢 Do you find yourself stuck in never-ending review cycles? Are you wondering if your Subject Matter Expert actually got that last review request? Are you having trouble trying to decipher impractical or conflicting feedback? 💢 If any of these scenarios sounds familiar, you may benefit from a crash course on managing SME relationships!

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CIPD Reports 1 in 7 UK Self-Employed

Small Business Labs

CIPD is sort of the UK version of the U.S. trade group the Society for Human Resource Management ( SHRM ). They recently released More selfies? UK self-employment continues to rise , a new report in their megatrends series. At this point you'd almost have to live in a cave to not be aware of the trend towards increased self-employment. And while that may be an overstatement, you certainly wouldn't be reading this blog unless you're aware of it.

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Podcast 89: Finding the real truth

Clutter Coach

by Subscribe: iTunes ? Stitcher ? Soundcloud ? YouTube ? Google Play. You can leave a review here! ?. This is podcast 89 and it’s about finding the real truth. I had a breakthrough with a client yesterday. We’ve been talking for months about different storage options. She has a very specific preference, even though it has significant problems.

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Live E-Learning Courses for Executive and Administrative Assistants with Joan Burge

Office Dynamics

There was an error in the email. Please go to [link]. The post Live E-Learning Courses for Executive and Administrative Assistants with Joan Burge appeared first on Office Dynamics.

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Declining Corporate Longevity

Small Business Labs

Innosight, an innovation consulting firm, recently released their  2018 Corporate Longevity Forecast: Creative Destruction is Accelerating.   This report forecasts continuing corporate turbulence and a reduction in the amount of time firms spend on the S&P 500 index. According to the forecast, by 2027 the average tenure on S&P 500 will be just 12 years, down from 24 years in 2016 and 33 years in 1964.   The reasons companies fall off the S&P 500 list vary.

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SMB Marketing: The Trends to Follow for Big Success

Small Business CEO

Ask pretty much any SMB owner/operator what their greatest desire is, and most would say, “ More business.” Now, maybe you’re not one of them. Maybe you’re thinking you have all the business you can handle. But chances are, you could always use more business or at the very least, you want to keep business steady. And since there’s no crystal ball telling you exactly how and where to find new customers, your best bet it to know, understand and implement the latest trends in SMB marketing.

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Elevating the Virtual Interviewing Experience

Sharing your authentic self in a virtual interview can be an unwanted challenge. How do you break through the digital barrier when conducting a virtual interview and share your exceptional self? Think in unconventional ways to elevate the virtual interviewing experience.

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My Three Words for 2018 (and a Single Resolution)

Productivityist

There are several reasons why this post nearly didn’t get written. First, I don’t usually make resolutions to start off the year. Second, I don’t begin my year in January. I also don’t find yearlong resolutions to be helpful – there are numerous studies that outline how resolutions often don’t work. So this year after I went through the Yearly Words exercise – something I feature in my “anytime” annual planning program The NOW Year Action Plan Course – I decided to use the same three

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The Business Blog Is Not Dead; Resurrect or Start Your Business Blog

Tips From T. Marie

Blog marketing. Blogging for Business. A few years ago every so-called business guru was pushing the business blog. Then video blogging (vlogging), Facebook Live, Snapchat and Insta-Stories arrived on the scene and the death sentence was given to blogging. But is it really dead ? More importantly, what about marketing with a blog? Is business blogging dead?

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Continuous Learning: Are There Any Benefits to Online Education?

Small Business CEO

Continuous learning should the the mantra for every CEO. With the convenience offered by the Internet, CEOs can no longer make any excuses not to expand their skills and skill-sets. If you are one of those top-notch CEOs who continuously developing yourself personally and professionally, or a CEO who want your employees to grow internally, then you should consider eLearning.

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How to Build Culture With Remote Teams

Small Business CEO

Culture is a hot button topic in today’s business world. Culture is the ideology of a business and what comprises its personality. It’s the entire ecosystem, and how people interact within in. It follows the idea that, in an encouraging environment built to sustain the organization, employees are much more likely to be happy, stay at the company longer, and do better work.

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Mandatory COVID Vaccination Policy Template

New vaccine mandates and testing policies will affect employers with more than 100 workers. Get Paycor’s free, customizable vaccination policy template to communicate critical details and new requirements to your employees. Get Paycor’s Template today!

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Boost Your E-Commerce Game With These 6 Strategies

Small Business CEO

Does your sales strategy have a well-articulated e-commerce component ? Perhaps you don’t have a choice. If your company doesn’t have a physical office or product from which to hawk goods or services, e-commerce is necessarily the be-all-end-all of its sales strategy. This is a much more common arrangement than many realize. For now, most consumer-facing businesses maintain some sort of physical presence out in the world, whether that means a dedicated storefront, a mobile stall, a truck or van,

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What to Know Before Subcontracting Your Project to a Freelancer

Small Business CEO

Subcontracting is a lucrative opportunity to scale your business up without incurring the overheads associated with it. A freelancer who executes all projects by herself may only be able to take on fifty or sixty hours of work each week. On the other hand, subcontracting these projects to other third party vendors can help her execute a larger number of projects.

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How to Choose a Reliable SEO Provider

Small Business CEO

If you’re running a business online, then it’s likely you have a website (rather than just being present on 3rd party platforms). If you don’t have a website, then it’s likely it’s a consideration, and with good reason. Not only does building a website give your brand a strong online identity, it can also introduce you to customers that wouldn’t be able to visit a bricks and mortar business.

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Working 9-5? Not Anymore!

Small Business CEO

Working 9-5 isn’t just one of Dolly Parton’s best-known songs, it’s a state of mind, a shorthand phrase for the working day and the weekly grind. While those hours used to signify the typical working day up until a few years ago, more modern flexible working policies seem to have shifted it a bit. Not a huge amount, though, just enough to make the day easier.

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Is Training the Right Solution?

Speaker: Tim Buteyn

Let's set the scene: you’ve identified a critical performance gap in your organization and need to close that gap. A colleague suggests training, but you suspect there’s something going on that training can’t address. How can you determine if training is the right solution before you commit your budget and resources to a new training program? In this webinar, you will learn how to determine if training is the right solution using the Behavior Engineering Model.

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Improving Behind-the-Scenes Communication in Retail

Small Business CEO

There are lots of reasons people still love and will always love going to stores: The ability to interact with products hands on. The opportunity to have unique and exciting experiences. The social elements of shopping with friends, family or even strangers. But there is one element that most distinguishes physical retail from online retail and still defines why people shop in stores – human staff.

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Magnetic Memorization with Dr. Anthony Metivier

Productivityist

This episode of The Productivityist Podcast is sponsored by Health IQ, an insurance company that helps health conscious people like runners, cyclist, weightlifters and vegetarians get lower rates on their life insurance. Go to healthiq.com/vardy to support the show and see if you qualify. This week’s episode is with Anthony Metivier , founder of the Magnetic Memory Method , a systematic, 21st Century approach to memorizing foreign language vocabulary, dreams, names, music, poetry and much

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