Sure, there’s nothing wrong with reciting famous lines from "A Christmas Story" at holiday parties. Or declaring that you’ve just tasted the world’s best Eggnog. But, don’t forget to add a little business talk to the mix by networking.A...
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Mary Idstein and Rocky Schiralli celebrate Idstein’s 20 years of service award. On Friday, December 4, 2009, Porter-Starke Services held its annual Employee Recognition Night at Duneland Falls Banquet Center. Over 160 employees and their guests...
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If you are connected with the media in any way, whether you just happen to pass by a magazine stand, you are bound to notice news about celebrity marriages. Every day we are bombarded with these stories of rocky celebrity marriages, stories of...
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So you’ve heard about this Best Places to Work in Indiana thing, but you’re not sure your company should register to participate. The deadline for the 2010 program is Friday (that’s just to apply, the questionnaire and surveys come later, so...
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Time is running out for companies to apply for the annual competition naming the "Best Places to Work in Indiana." Registrations will be accepted until Friday, December 4, for the Indiana Chamber of Commerce program honoring the top companies in the...
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Now available from the Indiana Chamber of Commerce is a new human resources publication, Managing Employee Leaves of Absence. The book, written by attorneys from Ogletree Deakins, is designed to be a thorough, yet concise reference at under 100...
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Talk about scary. Having been a journalist for more than 40 years, working my way up from reporter to editor at various larger and larger newspapers, the thought of changing careers put fear throughout my entire body and soul. As the newspaper...
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The Valparaiso Rotary Club held their 11th Annual Veterans Day Program, “A Tribute to Tuskegee Airmen,” on Monday, November 9. George Carberry was the Program Chairman for the event. The ceremony started off with a patriotic musical selection...
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Chief executives in 35 of the top Fortune 500 companies were overpaid by about 129 times their "ideal salaries" in 2008, according to a new type of theoretical analysis proposed by a Purdue University researcher to determine fair CEO compensation....
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As trick-or-treaters descend upon neighborhoods this weekend, there likely will be a fair share of miniature vampires, witches and werewolves ringing your doorbell. Sure, those costumes don’t scare us like they did when we were kids, but there is...
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