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The second annual Dream Employers survey was launched by RedBalloon and Insync Surveys this week, giving the public an opportunity to again cast their vote for the most desirable employers in Australia and New Zealand.
Frequent flyers have singled out the American Express Velocity Platinum Card as the most rewarding co-brand card for high-spending flyers.
Cashflow is currently the biggest challenge facing small business, recent research has shown, with delinquent accounts – where payments were over 90 days late – increasing by 20 percent in the March quarter.
Expanding globally can be a great way to grow your franchise business, but its no easy ride.
Just 26% of Australian businesses expect to increase hiring in the next three months, according to the Manpower Employment Outlook Survey, which found the Retail and Manufacturing sectors are holding back the rest of the employment market.
Julian Smith blogs about the importance of looking beyond the end of the financial year.
“Yep, I know time is scarce – you’re already flat out trying to wrap up this financial year and time to plan ahead looks hard to find – but do try to set the time aside, as it will give you the opportunity to set your business up to start the new financial year on the right foot.”
Organisations without clearly defined mobile phone usage policies and monitoring systems leave themselves open to financial, reputation, legal and security risks, a Stratatel leadership paper has found.
SMBs have just a couple of weeks left to ensure they’re prepared for changes to rules regarding paid parental leave and sex discrimination, according to Truman Hoyle partner and employment law expert Fiona Inverarity.
Over the past few years the biggest hurdles I can see for any business to succeed online is their ability to be able to measure the traffic to their website. It seems alien to me that a company would spend hundreds, thousands if not more on building a website but fail to add the basic features of a web analytics like Google Analytics to track the ROI of their website.
Rural and regional SMBs are gearing up for the arrival of an educational road show designed to give them the tools and knowledge to achieve success online.
Optus has launched a range of cloud services, designed to assist small and medium businesses in managing their communications, collaboration and marketing.
When you consider the percentages of the 3E Model—education (10%), experience (70%) and exposure (20%)—organisations should be viewing informal learning as important.
Part of the study of using LinkedIn (LinkedInology) is being a responsible user. Being such, I feel compelled to clear up some misinformation on the proper usage of LinkedIn.
Telstra Business Awards finalists for the Australian Capital Territory, Tasmania and Victoria have been named.
Women taking a career break need to contribute $70 a week to superannuation to have enough, according to Lynette Argent, CEO of Million Dollar Woman.
While many would consider the art of planking as a bit of harmless fun, its competitive nature means the more daring the location, the better. It’s the daring side of it that has the potential to create big health and safety issues at work.
I’ve been rereading Seth Godin’s The Dip, which if you haven’t read it is about when you should quit—and quit fast.
Poor customer service is losing Australian businesses customers, particularly to the online space, according to Timothy Millett, director of training and development for i perform.
When we talk about ‘leadership’ we often confine our thinking to the workplace, or philanthropic boards, or structured team-based activities like clubs, sport, or community groups.
The NAB National Small Business Summit 2011 will see the launch of a new segment, The FIX IT Forum, where small businesses can highlight issues most important to them.
