Merrillville, IN – The Northwest Indiana Small Business Development Center will celebrate the success of its Entrepreneurial Excellence Award winners from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Thursday October 29 at the Radisson Hotel at Star Plaza. The 18th...
“Dealing with Diffcult People?” Workshops
Theresa Valade of Success Trek and Joe Ubben of BreakAway Performance Group are teaming up to offer a series of three workshop titled, “Dealing with Difficult People?” “One of the most common complaints Joe and I hear from our clients centers...
“Safety First” a Worthwhile Motto for Indiana Businesses
Safety – it’s a part of everyday life. There are those common sense words from parents like putting on your seatbelt or looking both ways before crossing the street. It seems providing a safe workplace for employees would fall in the same...
Professional Network Advises Local Businesses
Consider this: A new business model based not on businesses offering long-term or permanent employment in which corporate loyalty is rewarded but rather a model in which businesses hire only for short-term needs. According to Sudhir Vankatesh,...
New Initiative Examining Impact of Aging Workforce in Indiana
Indiana, like the rest of the nation, is on the brink of a major demographic shift as Baby Boomers enter their elder years. Even more significant is how a large portion of the aging population will be spending at least a portion of that time -...
Indiana INTERNnet Seeks Award Nominations for Interns and Mentors
Indiana INTERNnet, a free online internship matching program from the Indiana Chamber of Commerce, announces a statewide call for nominations for the fourth annual IMPACT Awards, which honor achievements in internships and mentoring. The IMPACT...
Good News on the Hiring Front?
The results of a newly released survey from Careerbuilder.com seem pretty encouraging, at least in terms of the worst of the recession being over for the business sector. Workforce.com explains: Fifty-three percent of employers plan to hire full-time...
Why Internships are Like Ice Cream
As students enter a new school year, I’ve been reminiscing about what was my impending college graduation in May 2000 and the decision facing me: What was I going to be when I grew up? My desired field was writing. Since childhood, I’ve penned...
PNC Non-Credit Microsoft Excel Classes
Purdue University North Central Office of Continuing Education will offer a three-day non-credit course on Microsoft Excel. "Introduction to MS Excel (Level 1)" will meet at PNC - Porter County, 600 Vale Park Road, Valparaiso, on Thursdays, Sept. 10...
Just Say “No” to Résumé Blunders
Oh, the agony of job searches. There’s the time-consuming process of developing a summary of your many accomplishments and attributes (as hours pass, you begin to wonder if you’ll be finished when Haley’s Comet reappears in 2062). Nail-biting...