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Your GPA was your school’s way of measuring effort and aptitude, but many kids don’t realize that it will follow them all the way through their career when looking for a job. Two-thirds of all employers use GPA as a means of screening applicants. It seems like it’s a convenient way to make a quick determination […]

Building a great company with a great culture has everything to do with hiring the best people possible. David K. Williams wrote in a 2012 Forbes article that a bad hire can cost a company anywhere from $25,000-$50,000+. This doesn’t take into account the ripple effect of low morale and lost productivity. Getting informed on better and best […]

While some companies survive without a focus on culture, they will have to make sacrifices in other areas to do so. As much as culture strategy positively impacts business, a company that ignores it will see many negative repercussions.

Brian Kristofek, President and CEO of Upshot, said, “Being a great place to work is the difference between being a good company and a great company.” If you look up company culture, you will find pages of top companies that are focusing on this important strategy. Here are the four we are most inspired by. […]

The workforce demographic is undergoing a big shift. Millennials are flooding the workforce, and are predicted to make up 75% of the workforce by 2025.

Working from home is a growing trend. In July of 2016, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that 24% of employees did some or all of their work from home in 2015. While telecommuting isn’t always an option, many employees, especially millennials, are demanding that some of their work be done from their homes. With […]