Voters approve minimum wage hikes in 4 states Arizona, Colorado, Maine and Washington will all see minimum wage hikes after voters approved ballot initiatives in those states. The largest increase will take place in Maine, where the minimum wage will rise from $7.50 to $12 by 2020. Money magazine (11/9)
Get with the flow. How payment processing affects cash flow. Cash flow is the lubricant of business. Without a healthy cash flow, business dries up. It stops. It can't function. Which is why it is vital to keep the revenues coming in as the expenses go out. But there's one aspect of cash flow that many of us are not aware of. It is how managing credit cards and other such non-cash payments affect cash flow. Turns out it has a huge affect. Download the free guide today.
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Recruiting & Retention
10 toughest tech skills to recruit Technologists skilled in sorting, analyzing and protecting data are among the toughest to find, according to research from Burning Glass. The 10 hardest IT skills to recruit include those related to cloud security, the JBoss app server and metadata design. CIO.com (11/9)
Leadership & Development
Money a top motivator for marketers High salaries, bonuses and job advancement are among top motivators for marketers, according to the State of Marketing Work Report. Marketers work an average of 45.9 hours per week and say unnecessary meetings and excessive emails hurt productivity. MarketingProfs (11/7)
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About 44% of millennials work a second job to make up for low salaries, according to a report from CareerBuilder. A meatball pop-up shop and a lifestyle blog are among ways that millennials make ends meet. Digiday (11/8)
Technology
Technology gives HR more time to focus on human skills Advances in technology are giving HR more time to carry out the job of humanizing the business, writes Gerd Leonhard, author of "Technology vs. Humanity." "[B]ehavioural and tribal differences are going to represent stronger forms of IP than patents and trademarks," Leonhard predicts. CIPD (U.K.) (11/7)
The HR Leader
Unmanaged "people problems" can cost you Dysfunctional workplaces or seemingly good problems such as excessive teamwork or expertise are the primary causes of lost productivity, says Leigh Thompson of the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University. When asked by two researchers, 87 senior executives estimated that wasted time had cost their companies nearly $15.5 million on average. Kellogg Insight (11/2)
