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3 Key Steps to Building Your Association’s Board
April 11, 2014
It is essential for associations to emphasize the importance of their board, because the board represents association members along with...
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How to Retain Employees Ready to Resign: Part 2
April 8, 2014
In yesterday's blog post, we explored the costs of losing quality employees and 10 signs that employees may be ready to...
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How to Retain Employees Ready to Resign: Part 1
April 7, 2014
If you had to venture a guess, how much do you think it would cost to replace an employee earning...
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Optimizing Job Listings: How Social Media Can Improve Your Talent...
March 31, 2014
Businesses in the U.S. spend about $130 billion annually on recruiting. Further, hiring a replacement can cost an organization double...
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Optimizing Job Listings: How SEO Can Improve Your Talent Pool
March 26, 2014
Recruiting great talent is expensive and time consuming. While it’s rare to find a company that hasn’t turned to the...
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Tips for Finding Top Talent & Avoiding Hiring Mistakes: Part...
March 18, 2014
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, hiring managers are not pleased with two out of every three new hires—that’s...
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Tips for Finding Top Talent & Avoiding Hiring Mistakes: Part...
March 14, 2014
Imagine you’re a hiring manager or business leader who recently lost a key employee. Upon his or her resignation, you...
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Tips for Finding Top Talent & Avoiding Hiring Mistakes: Part...
March 12, 2014
It happens often in organizations—someone resigns and you’re left to find a replacement, sooner rather than later. Whether this worker...
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Keep an Eye on India’s Steel Manufacturing Industry
March 10, 2014
Steel is the world’s most heavily traded commodity by value after oil. The demand for machinery, metals and steel products is on...
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MYTH: Manufacturing Jobs are Low-Skilled
March 5, 2014
There is an assumption that manufacturing jobs are tedious, repetitive and low-skilled, and provide no intellectual stimulation. This is a...
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Lean Principles: How do Manufacturers Recognize Culture?
February 24, 2014
How do manufacturers recognize culture? Culture is invisible; it’s the “way we do things.” However, recognizing work culture in a manufacturing...
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Client Spotlight: Jenner Sales Corporation
February 10, 2014
Jenner Sales an agricultural equipment sales company, discusses how Sikich helps the company with accounting, audit and tax-related challenges, particularly...
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Client Spotlight: T&W Corporation
February 10, 2014
Learn how Sikich provides quality financial financial statement review and advisory to Indianapolis's T & W Corporation.
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Non-Profit Budgeting: Handling Your Cash Flow
February 4, 2014
Most non-profits have recently experienced unpredictable economic trends that could cause those organizations to worry about meeting their financial obligations....
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The Toyota Way: Manufacturing Tools for Continuous Improvement
January 21, 2014
Lean manufacturing gained popularity during the onset of the Toyota Production System (TPS). TPS was established by automobile manufacturer Toyota...
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Is It Clear In Your Manufacturing Cloud?
January 14, 2014
Putting your information system infrastructure and/or data in someone else’s hands via cloud computing offers many advantages as compared to...
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Tax Challenges during C Corporation to S Corporation Conversion
December 10, 2013
Under the right circumstances, S corporations may provide significant tax advantages over C corporations, thus prompting many business owners to convert to...
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Sales Process Expectations
December 7, 2013
As a result, you may find that critical steps or procedures fall through the cracks. In order to ensure a...
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ZS Associates (management consulting firm) | Chris Wright, CEO
November 7, 2013
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Crushing a Behavioral Based Interview
October 2, 2013
How many times have you been in an interview and heard “Tell me about a time when…”? This interviewing technique...
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How to Prepare for an I-9 Audit
September 26, 2013
Recently, there has been considerable government activity surrounding I-9 forms, and many organizations have had these audited. Make sure yours...
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What Must be Included in an Employee Handbook?
September 20, 2013
The employee handbook—it’s a set of expectations that everyone within the organization can follow. It’s a supervisory tool. It’s your...
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Britax Child Safety (manufacturer of car seats and strollers) | K...
September 4, 2013
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Britax Child Safety (manufacturer of car seats and strollers) | K...
September 4, 2013
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3 Characteristics of Manufacturers Planning for the Future
August 26, 2013
The manufacturing industry continues to face “survival of the fittest” challenges. Over the past 15 years, manufacturers have fought through...
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Is Big Data a Big Problem for Manufacturers?
August 19, 2013
Manufacturers of all sizes are confronted with massive amounts of data that is difficult to capture, curate, store, search, share...
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How Can Today’s Manufacturers Find Skilled Workers?
August 15, 2013
About 10 million manufacturing jobs worldwide remain unfilled, because of the skills gap. Attracting and retaining skilled workers is a top...
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6 Ways to Ensure Effective Employee Relations
August 12, 2013
Has anyone ever said, "I want to work in a toxic environment where teamwork and communication are weak, employees have...
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How to Improve Organizational Effectiveness through Training
August 5, 2013
Creating a formal training and development program for your organization not only helps support your compliance efforts, but it also...
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Why You Should Care about Unclaimed Property
July 29, 2013
An item that states have been increasingly looking at is unclaimed property. While not a tax, it is a major...
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Business Owners Can be Personally Liable for Unknown State Taxes ...
July 24, 2013
A few years ago, the 75 percent shareholder and president of a corporation visited the Chicago restaurant owned by the...
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