When you can legally fire employees isn't an easy question to answer. Laws and cases have become increasingly protective of employees. Although the "at will" doctrine is still prevalent in many states (meaning that you can freely fire an employee at any time), there are many exceptions. Plus, employees are increasingly suing managers and compan
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When Can You Legally Fire Employees?
Posted by ArmadaIG under Human ResourcesFrom http://www.nytimes.com 5711 days ago
Made Hot by: on September 2, 2008 4:39 am
9 1/2 Ways To Enhance Customer Satisfaction Research
Posted by ginalee under Customer ServiceFrom http://www.kiplinger.com 5712 days ago
Made Hot by: on September 2, 2008 4:36 am
In a weak economy, it's especially important to get closer to your most loyal and profitable customers. Allocating dollars to research is one of the best ways to uncover what your customers want and what they really think about your business. Too often, though, companies go about customer satisfaction research the wrong way or pooh-pooh results th
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Increase Sales Twenty Percent by Mapping Your Prospect List
Posted by mypointexactly under SalesFrom http://www.evancarmichael.com 5712 days ago
Made Hot by: on August 30, 2008 4:08 pm
While online mapping services and GPS devices are great for helping people get to where they're going - it's more important to those of us in Sales to know where we need to go in the first place! And while we're at it -it would be nice to know if we're contacting the best opportunity in the area - and shoot - since we're already there - is th
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Five most important lessons Guy Kawasaki has learned as an entrepreneur
Posted by JohnH under ManagementFrom http://www.sun.com 5712 days ago
Made Hot by: on August 29, 2008 1:56 pm
Popular entrepreneur, venture capitalist, and blogger, Guy Kawasaki understands business. Guy is a managing director of Garage Technology Ventures, columnist for Entrepreneur Magazine, and author of eight books on innovative business.
Here he shares with us a list of the five most important lessons he's learned as an entrepreneur.
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What Happens if Brian Leaves? The Key Employee Problem.
Posted by Aaronontheweb under Human ResourcesFrom http://blog.smartdraw.com 5712 days ago
Made Hot by: on August 29, 2008 6:29 pm
Brian is great at what he does. Brian is your controller—he manages all of the accounting for your small business. He keeps all of the company's expenses properly documented, finds all of the tax deductions, manages payroll, pays all the bills, negotiates for better rates on the company's health plans, and keeps a sharp eye on all of your accoun
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Setting Up a Hyperlocal Business Blog (or Four)
Posted by MattMcGee under Online MarketingFrom http://www.hyperlocalblogger.com 5713 days ago
Made Hot by: on August 29, 2008 1:57 pm
In Part One, we discussed the planning and strategy behind starting our hyperlocal blogs — primarily the decision to do four blogs instead of one. Though it would quadruple our workload, we believe it was the right road to take. With our decision made, it was time to get to work — time to set up each blog. Before you can think about writing conten
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Jason Calacanis On How To Get PR For Your Startup: Fire Your PR Company
Posted by suzyQ under Public RelationsFrom http://www.alleyinsider.com 5716 days ago
Made Hot by: entrepreneur on August 26, 2008 1:29 am
The CEO of Mahalo has gotten more press than any entrepreneur could dream of and has never had a public relations firm working for him.
Calacanis's philosophy of PR is summed up in six words: be amazing, be everywhere, be real.
You don't need a PR firm, you don't need an in-house PR person and you don't need to spend ANY money to get ama
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10 Must-Do Steps Before Firing an Employee
Posted by morecowbell under Human ResourcesFrom http://hrdailyadvisor.blr.com 5717 days ago
Made Hot by: stillwagon428 on August 26, 2008 1:31 am
Nearly 90 percent of discrimination charges are discharge-related. The reasons are obvious: Terminations cause hard feelings, create economic need, and destroy feelings of loyalty, says today's expert. What can HR do?
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SEM Success In 10 Minutes A Day
Posted by Fenessy under Online MarketingFrom http://searchenginewatch.com 5717 days ago
Made Hot by: on August 25, 2008 6:23 pm
As small business owners, we must always prioritize our goals and tasks. Here are 10 search engine marketing tasks you can complete in about 10 minutes or less that can deliver results worth many times that level of effort.
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Outsourcing Creates Opportunity for Smaller Businesses
Posted by mssux under ManagementFrom http://www.bmighty.com 5717 days ago
Made Hot by: on August 25, 2008 7:24 pm
Smaller businesses can optimize processes by focusing on what's core to their success. Online outsourcing and collaboration services enable smaller businesses to do just that.
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