According to a survey conducted by Union Bank, small business owners produced some forlorn news for 2011. Of the nearly 3,000 small business owners surveyed in California, only 14% reported they would be hiring this year. While there won’t be…
Spring is right around the corner and it cannot come too soon for me. With all of this day long fog we have been having, I’m certain most of you feel the same as I do. Thinking of spring creates…
Sadly Fresno has taken the unlucky position of champion in UCubed’s Marching Madness: the unemployment brackets. With unemployment at 17.2% Fresno won by a margin of 2.3% to Las Vegas, Nevada. 64 of the country’s largest markets fill the Marching…
On March 30th Hire Up hosted a “Spring Cleaning” luncheon in North Fresno. At the luncheon Steven Hrdlicka, Attorney at Law discussed new HR laws that came into effect in 2011. Those who attended feasted on gourmet sandwiches and sides…
More reasons why I love living in the bountiful, San Joaquin Valley This is the time of year in the Central Valley that our beautiful land comes alive. We really grow all the products to make a complete and nutritious…
Although the accounting field hasn’t seen a huge increase in job opportunities, experts predict the industry will see an increase in the next seven years. Although increases in specific fields such as tax preparation or payroll services firms are unknown,…
Are you ready for the 2012 deadline of the Produce Traceability Initiative (PTI)? This has been a topic of controversy in the food processing and agricultural industry for some time now. The PTI deadline is looming and I thought it…
It can be hard to know how much is enough! Negotiating wages and benefits depend on several factors, experience, education, cost of living, job performance, and the financial strength of your practice. So….How do you know how much to pay…
Current shifts in the insurance industry show an increasing amount of companies switching from fully insured plans, to self-funded health plans. Fully funded insurance plans contract a third party insurance provider to cover both employees and their dependents while self-funded…
That question is brought up more often than you know and the answer is ‘what you do for one, you must do for all’. There is no right or wrong to run background checks on potential employees or even to…