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How To Hire And Manage Freelancers, According To Experts

Allwork

In a survey published in 2020’s “ Building the On-Demand Workforce ” report from the Harvard Business School and Boston Consulting Group (BCG), 60% of business leaders said they expected to increasingly “rent” “borrow” or “share” talent with other companies. They’re a flexible expense. Who hires freelancers? They’re agile hires.

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Economic Insecurity and the Decline of Babies

Small Business Labs

birth rate flattened out in 2012 relative to 2011 with just under 4 million babies being born in both years.   But they haven't, even though the recession officially ended 4 years ago. We think a key reason birth rates aren't bouncing back is economic insecurity due to increased economic turbulence. 

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More on the Growth of Small Farms and Local Food

Small Business Labs

Blog powered by TypePad Member since 01/2005 « Street Food Gets Real | Main | Please Take "The Organizational Use of Video Storytelling" Survey » June 23, 2010 More on the Growth of Small Farms and Local Food Interesting article in the Washington Post on mobile slaughterhouses. 

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Why Financial Crisis is Good for Entrepreneurship

Men With Pens

It’s all a vicious cycle – out of which we still don’t know how to exit. A recent survey found that online connectivity is one of the last expenses to be cut in Greek households – and I believe it’s because people realize the strength of the online world. Another rockin' post from Men with Pens!

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Of car dealerships and customer service

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Jaguar of North America has just been recognized as a JD Power 2011 Customer Service Champion which means they have excelled in their own industry by delivering superior service to their US customers. Doesn’t that make one wonder why every dealership can’t provide a similar kind of customer experience?

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The Mercedes Benz customer experience shines

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Pied Piper PSI, a California-based dealership for sales and marketing sent 3524 secret shoppers to various dealerships across the country from July 2010 to June 2011 to evaluate different dealerships and how they treat car shoppers. Mercedes-Benz came out on top for customer service followed closely by Jaguar, Lexus, and BMW.

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Service Untitled» Blog Archive » Employee engagement is a force.

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With those thoughts in mind, shouldn’t senior management work on motivating factors to help employees maintain their business loyalty and commitment? Often they are the ones on the front lines, and isn’t that a good indicator of what needs to be heard? Have focus groups; consider an employee survey. Well thought.