Category: Business

As an employer that hires dozens of people in the course of a year, I have started to perform background checks on potential candidates. In previous years, I never took the extra time to bother with actually doing any research on candidates; it did not seem worthwhile. However, with this country seeing more and more […]

Privacy often seems hard to come by these days. There are times when some of us require a certain working space away from the chaos and clutter of our homes. Not everyone who works out of their home can literally work out of their home. It’s just not a plausible notion. There are things to […]

There are millions of ways to earn a living. Now, I know what you may be thinking. It would be great to not have to do any of them. Well sure, this would be an ideal lifestyle, but the truth is we’re not all independently wealthy. So unless you’re going to rob Paris Hilton, I […]

If you work in the business world, you are bound to run across at least one confidentiality agreement in your career. The longer you work in that field the more often you will see them. They are important for a lot of reasons, and they are legally binding to all who sign them. If these […]

I used to really resent the travelers with business class flights. It didn’t seem fair. All these people pay extra money for business class airfare while I would have to sit in cramped seats. This is no mere  case of envy. It’s not just that I wanted the comfort of a business class flight – […]

I have never really liked working one job for very long. It is not that I don’t have a good work ethic. I love to work hard, because it takes my mind off of other things. It is simply that I get bored with having the same routine day in and day out. Instead, I […]

If you don’t have a business degree, there is probably a lot you don’t understand about what is going on when you see a commercial or a name brand. Did you know that there are people out there who have a job that does nothing more than promote the brand of a certain product? Many […]

Have you ever imagined that a discreet department of your company could actually become a business in its own right? I’m not even talking about any of the core products or services you provide. Remember I said discreet? Well, it would surprise you to know that those silent and often swamped bean counters who reside […]