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Standard reference check questions have become so rote that I can rattle them off half-asleep. How long did the candidate work with you? What were the candidate's strengths and weaknesses? Was he a team player? Try these 8 questions and see what kinds of answers you get: Read More

Many small business owners are finding themselves in painful conversations with employees these days, chats that start with "Boss, I'm really strapped for cash — I need a raise." But many companies are also hurting and an owner may need find a way to help a staffer without involving money. Human resources professionals say that by being crea Read More

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You just paid big bucks to get your product or website reviewed on a PR5 or higher rated blog. Does that high PageRank really translate to a high quality link to your website. That's the top of discussion in Jill Whalen's post, "Are Websites Ranked as a Whole?" Jill also mentions that Google may strip off any link juice if it can figure out Read More

As the title says, here's a list of 10 documents you need to start a business. Link is from @nfib on Twitter. Read More

I really found the answer to be pretty simple, but not an answer I would have thought of even 8 months ago. I happen to have the very same question myself at one point, but if you do just what he's suggesting, it does work - I will say I 100% agree, it works! Read More

I recently added the TwitterBar as an Add-on to my Firefox browser and love it! I posted from my address bar and sent my Twit on over (which is also linked into my FaceBook account). So someone emailed me from Facebook asking what it was and where to get it. Read More

You don't need whiners and complainers when you're building your team. If you want your business to truly flourish, you've got to focus on building a strong team of leaders. Read More

New data from SearchIgnite finds that the Google/Yahoo sponsored search deal will increase Yahoo search rates by about 22 percent. Yahoo has higher keyword ad rates than Google for certain terms, including the first three results on searches for premium terms like "insurance." It also outdoes Google in the #1 result for keywords containing a Read More

The Senate has approved an extra $107 million in funding for federal small-business programs overseen by the Small Business Administration. A bill passed late last week by the Senate Appropriations Committee boosts funding for some of the agency's core programs by as much as 50%, including more resources for women, veterans and native American Read More