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25 Ways to Get Your Business Unstuck

As a business owner you often find yourself stuck.  Being stuck doesn’t mean you are in a rut.  In the Bakken it can translate to performing daily triage as you navigate a fast pace, demanding operating environment.  In Billings it can translate to trying to recruit and retain quality employees as half your staff has [...]

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60 Second Guide to Hiring the Right People

The demand for a hard working, quality employee in the Bakken oil field is significant and there probably isn’t an employer in western North Dakota, eastern Montana, and Billings that hasn’t lost a good employee or two to the oil patch.  So, whether you are trying to recruit for the oil field or are an employer who has [...]

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How can I find and keep qualified & quality employees?

Two of the greatest challenges for any business are hiring the right people and keeping them. Employees, and more importantly their contributions, are a business’ most important assets. A vibrant economy and low unemployment makes the competition for top performers an imposing challenge. So how do you go about finding, selecting and retaining the best [...]

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Don’t Tap Out, Tap Into SCORE.org

Being in business isn’t for the fainthearted.  Fortunately, there’s an accessible, low cost to no cost source of tips, tools, and business mentoring available through the SCORE Association.  So, before you tap out or get knocked out, tap in to SCORE.org   Whether you are already in business, or just thinking about it; one of your [...]

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How to Keep Hiring Costs in Check

As business owners think about hiring, however, there’s a strong desire to keep costs down. Many have been optimistic about hiring before, only to scrap those plans when the economy failed to improve.  According to the latest Gallup Small Business Index poll, local businesses are more optimistic about hiring now than at any time in [...]