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		<title>9 Steps Before You Hire</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It was my very first business. What did I know about hiring? I placed an ad, &#8220;Seamstresses wanted, work from home.&#8221;
I met with everyone who applied and asked them questions about their sewing skills. Some were very confident and told me they could sew anything. Others were more modest. I ended up hiring everyone.
Over the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Employees: Assets or Expenses?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[“Our employees are our greatest assets”. Back in the ‘70s, the radio station I woke up to every morning burned that phrase into my brain. They played an Edmonton company’s ad everyday for months and they ended every version of the ad with that statement. It was the first time I recall hearing it, but [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What Kind of Boss are You?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The ideal boss (read: CEO, owner, manager, or supervisor) inspires their staff to achieve and produce exceptional results for the company every day.
Sometimes when we look at the don’ts the do’s become more obvious.
Take an open, honest look at these four less-than-ideal types of bosses and you may find ways to begin to become the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Choose the Best Recruitment Methods for Your Business</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Where and how do you find your new employees? Did you know large fortune 500 companies actually track where every new employee comes from?
Recruitment can cost small companies a lot of money in terms of percentage of company revenue. It’s time to stop throwing your hard earned money down for recruitment advertising that returns little [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is Employee Loyalty Dead?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Employee loyalty may very well be at the heart of the difficulties and challenges managers face. I suspect employee commitment, team effort, and to some extent, reliability and turnover are all related to the loyalty issue.
To get a handle on why we’ve seen an apparent drop in employee loyalty we need to define loyalty. We [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Myths of Motivation</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Myth #1:  I can motivate others.
Truth: Motivation comes from inside each individual. My Mirriam-Webster dictionary defines motivation as: something (a need or desire) that causes a person to act.
None of us have control over the needs or desires of others.
I can provide an environment or situation for others, however, where they are more likely and [...]]]></description>
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