Does Multitasking Really Help You Get More Done?
By Dr. Green
In this day and age, it’s easier than ever to multitask. You can reply to messages and listen to an audio book while you’re riding the train to work, catch up on reading the news over dinner, or watch TV while you’re running on the treadmill at the gym. When you’re a busy entrepreneur, it’s…
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3 Tips for Writing Effective Job Listings
By Dr. Green
Your small business has grown to the point that you need to hire more help. Congratulations! Now it’s time to start putting the word out that you’re looking to hire someone. Unless you’re trying to find someone through word-of-mouth, you’ll probably start this process by writing a job listing. But if you’ve never written a…
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Keeping a Seasonal Business Growing During the Off Season
By Dr. Green
It’s perfectly normal for businesses of all types to have busy seasons and their slow seasons, but they aren’t necessarily seasonal businesses. For example, lots of retailers will have a spike in sales all through December because of the holiday shopping season, then slow down again in January. But the nature of other types of…
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How to Avoid Misclassifying Employees
By Dr. Green
Understanding who is and isn’t an official employee used to be pretty straightforward. But with more and more people working as temps, freelancers, and independent contractors, employers are having an increasingly difficult time understanding when an employee is an employee and when they’re an independent contractor, which causes many workers to be misclassified. The trend…
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Questions You Should Never Ask During a Job Interview
By Dr. Green
You’re about to start a round of interviews with people you’re thinking of hiring for a job and trying to think of what you want to ask them. There are plenty of very good questions you could ask, such as why they are interested in the job, why they left their last job or are…
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