Importance of Recognizing Community Volunteers


In every community across the country, there are people who make a difference in the lives of others by volunteering. In fact, each year tens of thousands of volunteer service projects and community initiatives make communities in America a better place to live in.

From the grass root efforts of people who serve their communities in every sector of society, there is an abundance of projects that help lift up people that are in the most need. These projects are the heartbeat of what makes America thrive.

From faith-based organizations to non-profits and community organizations, some of America’s most difficult problems are being addressed by everyday Americans who volunteer. It is a well-recognized fact that America is one of the most generous countries in the world.

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How to Take Control of Your Learning at Work


Where learning is concerned, it is common for professionals to find themselves stagnating at work. This is often a result of when the demands of the job are eating up whatever time they have which is bad news for professional development. Over time, you might find yourself no longer growing into the person you imagined a few years ago, a sad realisation, but the good news is you can take back control of your learning at work.

This is important because what you can learn is more relevant than what you know now, and employers need this dynamism for their employees to flourish. After all, behind every successful business is a successful team and you’re a cog in that wheel.

Taking control of your learning at work if you’re exceptionally busy will be more difficult than if you have some spare time. But it can be done and here is how to do it.

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How Can Business Owners Develop Employee Loyalty


No matter what industry you are in, how large your organization is, your employees are your greatest asset. While you may be head of your business and ultimately be the decision maker, it is your workforce who have the greatest influence on your business’s success. Research has shown that in the average business, 55% of employees are looking for other work opportunities, which means that right now, your business could be at risk.

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5 Ways Positive Work Environment Can Motivate Employees


There is much more to running a business than just maximizing profits. Though it very well may be the end goal, it can be difficult to accomplish if a positive work environment is not also high on the priority list. When employees are satisfied, they can have an innate motivation to perform and be loyal to a company, which can lead to a higher quality of services or products they produce. By understanding strategies, you can use to foster a positive work environment, you can likely look forward to happy employees that are willing to go above and beyond to make your business succeed.

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What Do You Need to Consider Before Getting Business Mobile Plans


The practice of using corporate phones has become popular thanks to soaring workplace demands across various business fields. It is also the result of business owners and managers continuously looking for great ways to boost productivity and efficiency while reducing costs.

Having a central location where staff and management can gather routinely to plan, collaborate, and accomplish different business tasks is the norm. However, your company can also get important things done when you let your key employees work while on the go.

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Pass Marijuana Drug Testing at Work – How Long Does It Take for Weed to Get Out of Your System


Drug testing in American workplaces became more common after 1986 when federal employees become officially forbidden from using illegal drugs. However, as states began changing laws to allow consumption of marijuana for medical use or even recreational use, this federal law that encourages drug testing has become an issue. Particularly for companies that have federal contracts and are based in a state where recreational use of marijuana is completely legal. Over this time, propagation techniques and cultivation has meant that concentration of THC levels has found to have been steadily increasing. This has become a problem for people who are in proximity to others who are smoking the drug, even if they are not imbibing themselves, as workplace drug testing that uses a hair strand drug test may still pick up traces of THC long after the exposure period, creating a false positive result purely from exposure. Questions arise about how long after exposure can trace of the drug still be detected in your system and do different tests produce different results.

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Why Every Small Business Needs to Worry about Employee Well-being


Many Brits fear taking time off work, meaning we are turning up to work ill, the Office for National Statistics has said. In 2017, the average employee took 4.1 days off due to sickness, with members of the public sector said to lose 3.3% of their working hours because of ill health.

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Amazon, Shopify, and Facebook Ad Courses that Can Help You Grow Your Business


Have you heard of how powerful online adverts on Amazon, Shopify and Facebook can be? Have you heard of folks saying how their businesses made thousands of dollars in profit from using these tools? Have you tried using these tools but can’t seem to get the same level of results these folks claim to be getting or are you considering trying them out but don’t know how to get started?

There is surely someone right at this moment who fits into one or more of the categories described above. Let’s start by stating very clearly that these tools are indeed very powerful and can help grow your business. You can find some information here. This does not mean that all the claims you read of are true. They are possible, but they are not all true because some folks make their money from supposedly teaching techniques for using these tools, so they concoct tales to help sell their trainings. These tales are possible but not always true.

This then brings us to our main issue of focus in this article. Since we have established that these tools are indeed powerful and can yield the level of results constantly advertised, how does one go about finding the right way to go about it?

This is what we will be focusing fully on in this article. Just stay with us.

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Workplace Practices and Procedures to Follow for Employee Safety


Did you know that in the United States, a worker is injured on the job once every seven seconds? That adds up to 12,300 injuries each day, or a staggering 4,500,000 every year.

As a small business owner, you owe your employees a safe working environment. Not only will maintaining a safe workplace lower the odds that you will have to pay out workers compensation claims, but it’s just the right thing to do.

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Why You Must Always Do a Background Check Before Hiring any Employee


Finding the right candidate to fill a vacant position is more complicated than you think. After all, a new hire can be a big investment for your company. It will require training, time, and money to see if they are truly a good fit for your organisation. You want to ensure that all these resources you’ll be consuming will be for a suitable applicant and not someone who’ll be a complete waste of effort.

Pre-employment screening can help your business make more well-informed hiring decisions. Through DBS checks and reference verifications, you can mitigate risks better in your recruitment process.

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