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What are purple squirrels and unicorns?

HR Digest

It will, however, take the right recruitment strategy to get them on board with your proposal. Purple squirrels and unicorns are aware that they are as rare as the bluest moon and will often make demands such as housing and travel expenses. Work closely with human resources to track training and development.

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Smart Ways To Enhance the Efficiency of Your Business

Strategy Driven

For instance, a creative and extroverted person who thinks out of the box will probably be the best at pitching proposals to potential clients. For instance, you can find a company specializing in human resource management and payroll or outsource for QuickBooks bookkeeping services if no one in your team is savvy with accounting.

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Change Reboot: How to Recover When Your Project Gets Off to a False Start

Change Starts Here

A college within a large public university had moved the processing of its fiscal and human resources transactions from dozens of individual departments to a centralized Business Service Center. The teams shared the proposed changes with each of the departments for feedback.

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10 Creative Ways to Write ‘Sorry for the Late Reply’ Email

HR Digest

I wanted to take some time to think over your proposal. Example: Hi Adam, My sincere apologies for the slow reply; I wanted to reach out sooner, but I’m traveling at the moment and will come back to office on November 24. How do you explain that you needed more time to write a thoughtful response? Thank you for your patience.

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No Toby’s Allowed – SLR Article

LDRLB

Dave Ulrich proposed four areas of focus that HR Executives must change within their organizations, in order to focus on outcomes, rather than activities. Can HR Departments remain relevant and useful in global organizations? Download Article ].

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There's Still Time

Women on Business

If your mind is full of things you keep meaning to get done, your head won’t be in the game Do the hard stuff first: outbound sales calls, proposals, etc.

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How to Handle Work When Your Child Is Sick

Harvard Business Review

How will you get the client proposal finished if you’re spending the morning at the pediatrician’s? How can you be certain that the last-minute babysitter you found gave the twins the right amount of Tylenol? Remember: the doctor and office staff are probably working parents, too.

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