“On Thursday, the long-anticipated “employer mandate” kicks in, meaning businesses with 50 or more employees need to start offering their workers health insurance plans, if they’re not doing so already. Well, for the most part. Nothing is ever simple when it comes to health reform, especially in the group market. Employers with between 50 and…
“Ahead of the midterm elections, some politicians – like New Jersey Republican Gov. Chris Christie – are tired of hearing about the minimum wage as a central talking point. For others, a candidate’s stance on raising state hourly pay could be a much more important issue when it comes time to casting votes. The question of raising hourly minimum…
“Although it sounds like just one more business buzzword, ‘onboarding’ is critical to the success of your new hire — and to your company. George Bradt, co-author of “Onboarding: How to Get Your New Employees Up to Speed in Half the Time,†says employers are “generally terrible†at onboarding. As a result, he says, 40…
“The presence of millennials in the U.S. workforce is set to rapidly increase, according to a 2012 study from the University of North Carolina. Next year, millennials, usually defined as those born between the early 1980s and 2001, will comprise 34 percent of workers. By 2020,  that number will jump to 46 percent. Working …
Achieve Job Success “Gone are the days of simply climbing the ladder: In this economy, it’s hard to even know which way is up. But if you’re on the hunt for a new job, these 15 tips will be even more essential.” Online Networking “Use resources like Facebook and LinkedIn to connect with people in…
“For Lauren Indvik, a business editor and soon-to-be co-editor in chief at Fashionista, the 2008 internship at Vogue was worth every sacrifice. The 15 pounds frantically lost in the weeks before the interview. The predawn drive from New Hampshire to Times Square. The bed shared with a fellow penny-pinching friend near Pennsylvania Station, and the…
The idea that Facebook and other social media sites can be used as a tool when hiring a new employee is not so surprising. What is surprising are the results of a recent study published in the Journal of Applied Social Psychology, where findings concluded a direct correlation between job success and the information a user publishes on their…
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