Human Resources

Mike Hockett takes a deep dive into the new normal of different working environments in distribution and recaps a lively B2BOnline debate session on this topic.

Human Resources

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Are You Hiring Honestly?

Does the messaging in your hiring materials and practices reflect what it’s really like to work at your company? Mike Hockett recaps an ISSA Show session that dove into the nuances of being transparent in...

The unemployment rate (3.5% at the end of 2019) has decreased every year since the height of the 2008 financial crisis, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. With the labor market expected to follow...

Add recruiting to the list of processes that distributors should consider overhauling to successfully compete and engage the increasing numbers of Gen Z prospects perusing social media to find the ideal workplace. Subscribers should log-in...

The Association Education Alliance, a collective of 40+ wholesaler-distributor trade associations, commissioned a report on behalf of its distribution association members to identify challenges and best practices in talent acquisition. The analysis and recommendations provided...

Its common practice at accounting firm Baker Tilly Virchow Krause, LLP, to assist privately held distributors and other corporate clients with what the firm calls walkaway cashflow modeling, where they evaluate how the client would...

Eighty-percent of business owners want to retire in the next 10 years, according to a Business Enterprise Institute survey. Unfortunately, most of those business owners have not actually created a concrete, written plan for their...