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Health of the Business Landscape in the U.S.

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have tracked closely with the performance of the economy and labor market overall, showing a notable decline following the last recession,” said Matt Ferguson, CEO of CareerBuilder and co-author of The Talent Equation. Net new business establishments in the U.S. Nearly 30,000 more establishments in 2012 than 2009, up 5%.

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Who’s Hiring (and Who Isn’t) in Five Charts

Harvard Business Review

labor market since the Great Depression, we learned Friday that 203,000 new jobs were created in November and the unemployment rate dropped to 7%. This is mostly about health care, which accounts for 70% of the jobs in the category and has been adding them much faster than the educational sector.

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6 Reasons Salespeople Win or Lose a Sale

Harvard Business Review

Over 50% of marketing and IT prefer a salesperson who will listen and match a solution to solve their specific needs. 3: Market Leaders Have an Edge. In most industries a single company controls the market. For salespeople who have to compete against these industry giants, life can be very intimidating indeed. The answer is yes.

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Law Firms’ Grueling Hours Are Turning Defectors into Competitors

Harvard Business Review

In this latest flurry of debate about working long hours , some have intimated that overwork is inevitable in highly competitive industries such as law, finance, and high tech. We’ve all heard by now that productivity decreases with overwork, while attrition and health care costs increase. But that’s just not true.

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The $300 House: A Hands-On Approach to a Wicked Problem

Harvard Business Review

From the start we asked: What are the complexities of financing these homes? And David Smith's entry on the financial challenge shows that flexibility can be born out of financing options as well. Much of the economy consists of hardware shops, carpenters, plumbers, concrete makers, masons, even real-estate agents.

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