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for Business ProfessionalsHackers Find New Target as Americans Work from Home During Outbreak
Experts are warning of a new wave of cyberattacks targeting Americans who are forced to work from home during the coronavirus outbreak. There is increasing evidence that hackers are using the concerns over the virus to prey on individuals and that working outside secure office environments opens...
Get this Free Cybersecurity Tech to Cope with Your Coronavirus Chaos
If you’re hunkered down at home because of the coronavirus pandemic and trying to go about your working day without any distractions, you’ll want to avoid being the victim of any attack on your computer or smartphone. Not only do you put your own personal data at risk by failing to take some extra...
What Can Happen to a Company if Coronavirus Sends Every Employee Home
It’s no secret that the way in which business leaders support and enable their employees can have a profound impact on the productivity of a company. In fact, studies show that when employees are highly engaged, they’re 38% more likely to have above-average productivity. Engaging and enabling...
Experts Share Tips to Identify, Hire Best Job Candidates
Hiring employees in the credit and collection industry today has become a delicate balance of making sure the candidate demonstrates that he or she is hungry for the position while also not taking too long to extend a job offer, or risk the candidate taking a job somewhere else. The days of...
5 Elements of an Effective Elevator Pitch
An elevator pitch is one of the most basic and essential tools in any successful salesperson’s repertoire. A great pitch is short, straight to the point and can be a key factor for landing a sales opportunity. Typically, an elevator pitch is no longer than two minutes. It concisely describes your...
Mobile Device Attacks Outpace Desktop Assaults
For the first time in cybercrime's history, more attacks have been waged against mobile devices than have been hurled at desktops. This seminal shift in attack strategy was recorded by researchers at LexisNexis Risk Solutions during the creation of their latest cybercrime report, "Fraud Without...
Your Sick Policy Could Make the Corona Outbreak Worse. Here’s What It Should Look Like
By not giving your employees the sick days they need, you're part of the problem. "I can't use more than three 'unscheduled absences' in six months, or it's a disciplinary ding. I used up my unscheduled days on sick kids, so when I got sick, I had to wear a mask and come in anyway. I ended up...
Six Questions Sales Leaders Must Ask Themselves
We are only two months or so into the new year…and new decade. Sales leaders everywhere are universally optimistic. Should they be? Is your optimism justified? Fast forward 12 months. What's different? Will you have achieved your sales objectives? The research is clear, an overwhelming majority of...
Understanding What Really Matters to Help Make a Small Business Successful. Eight Guiding Principles
Growing up in a marketing agency working for clients, I added exactly how a business makes money to my knowledge base. I leaned in to really learn how to sell something for above market value, to comprehend product or service gross margin, what business expenses you easily see and those which are...