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• Evaluating Soft Skills

  More and more emphasis is being put on soft skills, but how do you test for them in an interview?  One company has come up with three questions they believe reveal the necessary talents.
  

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• Gathering Email Addresses

  Some of us are reluctant to share our email address with just anyone who asks – even if we have a business relationship with the asker.  Asking for opinions and offering prizes are just a few ways companies are able to collect the all-important email.
  

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• Make Better Decisions

  Managers make about three billion decisions each year, and almost all of them can be made better. Most successful decision-making can be boiled down to a simple checklist.  Just remember, you have to use the checklist for it to work.

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• Renting Office Space

  If it’s time to move out of your home-based business, or if your two-office location now houses six people, consider these five points before you sign the final lease.
  

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• Workforce Worry Sources

  Following are the sources used in the story “Workforce Worries:”
   
  Workforce Worries
  Businesses need to implement best practices now as they face massive retirements and a shrinking employee pool.”  By Mary MacDonell Belisle, mary macdonell belisle – wording for you
   
   
  Sources:
  1. “Millennials surpass Gen Xers as the largest generation in U.S. labor force,” by Richard Fry, Pew Research Center, May 11, 2015. <http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2015/05/11/millennials-surpass-gen-xers-as-the-largest-generation-in-u-s-labor-force/>
   
  2. “Are We in a Baby Boomer Retirement Crisis?,” by Barbara A. Friedberg, Investopedia, Updated March 8, 2017, <http://www.investopedia.com/articles/personal-finance/032216/are-we-baby-boomer-retirement-crisis.asp>
   
  3. “Baby Boomers and the Nursing Shortage: What You Need to Know,” Loyola University, 2017, <http://elearning.loyno.edu/dnp-programs/resource/baby-boomers-and-the-nursing-shortage>
   
  4. “Boeing’s Retiring Boomers Underscore U.S. Manufacturing Plight,” by Julie Johnsson, Nov. 7, 2016. <https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-11-07/boeing-s-retiring-boomers-underscore-u-s-manufacturing-plight>

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• Business vs. Hobby

  There are special rules and limits for deductions you can claim for a hobby. Here are five basic tax tips you should know if you get income from your hobby.
  

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• The Workforce Myth

  The Workforce Myth
  Despite what many of us have been told, most employment opportunities in Central Minnesota don’t require post-secondary education.
   
  The Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED) recently updated and modified their list of typical education requirements for all occupations in Minnesota.
   
  Knowing the true skill and educational needs for jobs in the region is critical to understanding how to address a labor force that will be growing much more slowly in the future. If they decide to take the postsecondary path, students would benefit from learning "What to Know Before They Owe."

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• Retaining Talent

  Retaining Talent
  If you haven’t reviewed your benefit package lately, you may be surprised to learn what employees really want. By Julie Fisk
   
  The Society of Human Resource Management’s 2016 Benefit Survey is a useful tool to shed statistical light on benefit trends over the last 20 years.  For the survey highlights, read the 2016 SHRM Employee Benefits Executive Summary.
  

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