The corporate landscape is littered with plans such as business plans, risk management plans, disaster recovery plans and strategic plans. Therefore, when someone tells you it's time to develop a strategic communications plan for your company, it's easy to dismiss the idea as more corporate busywork. What you may not realize, though, is that your strategic communications plan could be the most important plan your business will ever create. Sure, when your network goes down during a power outage, your customers may not be able to access your website for a while. They may grumble, but if you have a good relationship with them, then they'll be back once power is restored. When your company makes major public communication errors, however, those errors have the potential to shatter relationships. … [Read more...] about 6 Questions to Ask When Developing a Strategic Communications Plan
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5 Tips to Get Noticed at a Job Fair
If you’re looking for a new job, one of the best things you can do is to attend a variety of job fairs. These fairs bring together companies that are looking for great employees and those who are searching for the perfect job. However, there is usually a lot of competition at job fairs, which means that you need to stand out from the crowd. Prepare for the Fair One of the first things you need to do to stand out is make sure you are prepared. When you know that there are Fisher Investment Upcoming Events, you can ensure that you get ready specifically for that event. Preparing for a specific event allows you to get clothing together that will work for the event, as well as put together your resume and prepare answers to questions. Ensure that your social media profiles are up to date. If you’re going to a specific event, such as the Fisher Investment events, you can even connect with some of the recruiters for the company ahead of time. … [Read more...] about 5 Tips to Get Noticed at a Job Fair
Getting Your Degree While Keeping Your Job
Consider this scenario: you've got one day left to complete a final project that's worth 30% of your grade. Then, that afternoon, your boss tells you he needs you to stay late and help him with a work emergency. What do you do? Which priority takes place: your full-time job or your online degree? If you're an online student who also works full-time, you know the challenges associated with earning a living while furthering your education. Indeed, working and taking classes, while also maintaining your grades and meeting outside obligations, can be difficult, to say the least. It's the rare online degree student who hasn't had at least one of these conflicting priority scenarios come up, whether it's the boss who asks you to stay late or the online group project that can only meet during working hours. … [Read more...] about Getting Your Degree While Keeping Your Job
Tax Credit System, Employability & Businesses
Companies of any size need to keep in mind certain regulations related to taxation. While it is mostly looked upon as a business expense, there are advantages that companies can reap from taxation as well. In fact, an optimal business strategy is initiated based not only on product/service/market knowledge, but also through the application of tax based incentives. The existence of different tax brackets means financial leverage is be quite diverse in large and small businesses. Tax matters are linked to corporate governance, and there is a need for a set of processes and policies to manage the impact. … [Read more...] about Tax Credit System, Employability & Businesses
How an Online Savings Account Taught Me About Financial Strategy
I got my first salaried job after three years of temping and retail, and was very excited to finally bring in enough money to start planning for the future. I didn't know what that future was going to be -- a wedding? a baby? retirement? a crazy round-the-world adventure? -- but I knew that I needed to start setting money aside to make it happen. I earned $42,000 that first year working as an administrative assistant at an insurance company, and by the end of the year had saved $7,000. This is right on target; finance experts recommend that you should save approximately 20% of your after-tax paycheck, and I had saved just a bit over that key percentage. However, $7,000 didn't seem like all that much. Maybe it was enough for a round-the-world trip, but it certainly wasn't enough for buying a home, or even buying a new car. And I could forget about retirement; if I only saved $7,000 each year, it would take me four years of working to save for one year's worth of retirement expenses, … [Read more...] about How an Online Savings Account Taught Me About Financial Strategy