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How to handle workplace gossip

By Reed Richardson

"Have you heard the latest?" Every day, this phrase or one similar to it, can be found in nearly every workplace, whether it's written in the subject line of a discreet intra-office email or spoken in hushed tones across the water cooler or behind cubicle walls. What follows this conspiratorial come-on is more often than not unverified, unsubstantiated, and occasionally unseemly information, the type of office chatter that can appear, on its face, as harmle...

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Tell Me About Yourself

Tell Me About Yourself

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Posted by: SBOCTeam, Feb 19, 2009

Great interview questions that get to the heart of a job candidate's capabilities

By Reed Richardson


Be prepared
You would never run right from a conference call into a job interview if you were trying to get hired, so you shouldn't engage in the same, careless behavior if you're going to be the one doing the hiring. Instead, spend at least 15 to 30 minutes before an interview going over a job candidate's resume so you can prepare some in...

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Get Out of the Office

Get Out of the Office

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Posted by: SBOCTeam, Feb 10, 2009


Providing your employees with a reliable social support system is a key way to ensuring they stay happy and productive

By Max Berry


The link between work stress and serious depression should be a concern for every small business owner, but the way to keep your employees happy and productive may be simpler than you think. A 2007 study conducted by researchers from the University of Rochester Medical Center-and subsequently published in the Americ...

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How Many Current Employees are in Your Departure Lounge?

By HRExpert

Nobody likes to talk about it, even though it is happening in workplaces all across America - employees who have decided it is time to fly the coop. Departure lounges are overflowing with these types of employees - all waiting for their final boarding call.

Employees rarely start a job thinking they will tour around the company for a while and then seek greener pastures, and yet it happens all the time. Here are five things you can do to prevent employ...

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Campus Candidates

Campus Candidates

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Posted by: SBOCTeam, Jan 20, 2009

Hiring recent college grads makes great business sense. Plus, given the chance, they could even teach you a thing or two

By Max Berry


Despite what some recent figures from America's job market would have you believe, companies of all sizes are hiring new college graduates at a higher rate than in years past. A recent survey conducted by CollegeGrad.com found that 60% of American companies surveyed plan to recruit more grads in 2008 than they did last ...

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Engaging From Afar

Engaging From Afar

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Posted by: SBOCTeam, Oct 8, 2008

Keeping remote employees engaged can be a difficult task for a small business owner. But when managed well, your off-site employees can be just as productive as the ones you see every day.

by Max Berry


Sometime during the 20th century, the water cooler assumed a crucial position in the American office-it became a trading post not only for gossip and recaps of last night's television shows, but also for ideas and advice. With a growing number of 21st-c...

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