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Five Things to Look For in a Company Before Taking the Job

Regardless of the position you are applying for in any company, it is crucial to consider every detail of the company and the associated opportunities. While the paycheck is substantial, it does not always translate to happiness. You want to be happy where you work.

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This blog post will cover the top five things to look at while weighing the positives and negatives of the new job you are applying for.

Are the Company’s Values Fitting Yours?

When you are applying for either a graduate placement job or any other senior role, it is important to check how your potential employer’s values align with your values.…

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Hiring for Your Vacant IT Positions: Contractors vs. Permanent Employees

The shape your hiring strategy takes, whether you are building an IT or any other part of your organization, is frequently determined by one key question: should I hire permanent staff or use contractors?

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Both types of workers have roles to play in the modern organization, and both may be useful to your company in specific positions and at various times. It is a matter of analyzing the advantages and drawbacks to determine which is the best fit for your organization or a specific function within it.

With that in mind, below are the pros and cons of hiring contract vs permanent employees for your vacant IT positions.…

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5 Things You Need to Consider Before Getting An MBA

The Master’s in Business Administration is a highly sought-after degree that can provide you with various benefits. Those with an MBA hold higher management positions, whereas those without it tend to work at lower levels. The MBA allows them to negotiate a higher salary and secure a job in a highly competitive business community.

MBA degree considerations

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The degree can prove very useful to your long-term career plans if you are interested in jobs in a business-related field, such as management or as a company founder.

However, an MBA does come with trade-offs, as you will need to invest your time, energy, and effort in pursuing the degree.…

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How to Make a Great Career Choice

Recent graduates and career changers ask themselves, “What type of career should I choose?” Although excited about choosing a meaningful direction in life, they also feel uncertain about the right path to take.

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If you’re unsure what you want to do for a living, overwhelmed by your options, get creative. Explore novel options. Today, it’s easy to research any career. Read about different ones in books or magazines. Go surfing online. Talk to people in the field.

Here are three examples of interesting careers.

1. Travel Physical Therapist

This is a wonderful career if you’re interested in healthcare and love to travel.…

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8 Essential Elements of a Sales Training Video

Employees spend an average of 8 hours per week on company-sponsored learning and development. If you’re like most sales organizations, you might be wondering what tools and channels to use for your employee training and development efforts. Video has emerged as a leading tool for content delivery since it’s now accessible everywhere with the proliferation of high-speed internet networks.

Sales training video

Video is also an effective sales and  sales leadership training tool for your salespeople. It has already been written about the benefits of using short videos to drive sales effectiveness, but how can you create a sales training video? Here are eight essential elements that go into any successful corporate video.
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Why Cybersecurity Is More Important Than Ever for HR Specialists

Right now, it seems like cyberattacks are on a steady rise. 2021 is already a record year when it comes to data breaches. Pinpointing only one reason behind it is impossible. However, the need for remote work opened up many opportunities for cybercriminals. The outbreak of COVID-19 allowed hackers to take advantage of remote workers and their lack of cybersecurity knowledge.

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So how do human resources (HR) specialists fit into this? HR specialists are in charge of data that is attractive to cybercriminals, such as personal information, the list of clients, salaries, and so on. Not to forget that HR had to switch to hiring people online during the pandemic.…

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How Businesses Can Avoid Workplace Retaliation

When an employer punishes an employee for exercising their rights, this is known as workplace retaliation. This punishment can be any action that may be construed as adverse and hinder an employee from pursuing legal action. Workplace retaliation can happen for a variety of reasons, but sexual harassment and racial accusations are two of the most common.

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However, even though it happens a lot, it’s illegal for your employer to retaliate against an employee for filing a sexual harassment or a racial discrimination complaint. Retaliation charges are usually harder to drop than the original claim.

Businesses often find themselves walking into a retaliation complaint due to easily avoidable mistakes.…

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Make the Right Hire for the Following Positions

If you run a medium sized business ranging from 100 to 999 employees, it is imperative that you make the right hires. At that size, you are going to always be in a state of hiring just to maintain your numbers. That is because there will always be employee loss.

Hiring employees for key company positions

Workers will walk away in search of something better. You will always have to let some go who turned out not to be a good fit. And there will always be some who get sick, or worse. If you are not always doing replacement hiring, your numbers will shrink. To grow your numbers, you have to bring in more people than you are losing.…

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How to Deal with a Toxic Co-worker

You come across different types of people throughout your career. You might connect to some individuals on a deep level, making them your work best friend. On the other hand, you might also meet some people that make your workplace a living hell. When you’re bothered about a co-worker that has a significant impact on your mental health, you might be dealing with someone toxic.

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Whether your co-worker is being toxic on purpose or unknowingly, it can alter how you feel at work. There are six types of toxic employees, including the slacker, gossip, lone wolf, emotional mess, and close-minded know-it-all.…

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A Non-Clinical Healthcare Career: From Economics to Administration

When people think of the healthcare sector, an image of a doctor or nurse likely springs to mind. Yet, there are many more occupations that support patient care, efficiency, and department operations.

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If you don’t have a desire to enter a clinical field, many other paths provide exceptional salaries, a rewarding working life, and many career opportunities.

Make a positive difference to a community by learning about some of the best non-clinical healthcare careers.

A Healthcare Economist

Healthcare organizations must juggle various financial challenges alongside adhering to many laws and regulations and improving patient standards. For this reason, the sector is reliant on intelligent, skilled healthcare economists to provide insightful financial guidance.…

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