small business

13 Interesting Facts about Why Small Business Hiring Is Critical to Our Recovery

Here’s a small business fact: collectively they produce $6 trillion worth of annual products and services and employ nearly half of the American private sector work force.  For the…

Small Business Hiring Slow – Time to Worry?

It’s well known that job growth has been lacking in this economic recovery. One reason for the disappointment is that small businesses aren’t adding workers like…

Small Business Knows Best When It Comes to Job Creation

And small business is the center of the jobs universe when it comes to creating new customers. Of the 7 billion people on Earth in 2012, 5 billion are over…

Shouldn’t job applicants be treated as valued assets too?

Based on a quick survey of career pages on company websites, management and HR apparently haven’t gotten the message that qualified workers and quality hires are difficult to find…

Small Businesses Struggle to Find Skilled Workers

The unemployment rate is nearly 10 percent. But small business owner Dave Hatter is having trouble finding skilled workers…

Why Employers Aren’t Hiring

There is a growing disconnect in the labor markets. Unemployment remains high and hiring is slow, even when they have openings. As of June, job openings were up 26% from…