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12 Pre-Interview Tips by Chattanooga’s HR Experts
End pre-interview jitters by learning how to effectively prepare for an interview. Chattanooga’s top Human Resources (HR) professionals, from Kenco to Ruby Falls, shared their pre-interview best practices to help you land that dream job! Meet our HR experts: Katie
5 Tips to Establish and Enhance Workplace Inclusivity
Inclusive culture is becoming increasingly important to the health, productivity and profit of today’s organizations. An inclusive culture involves the full and successful integration of diverse people into a workplace or industry. A Deloitte survey found that today’s workforce looks
Bringing Out the Best in Organizations Through Diversity and Inclusion
According to Essentials of Organizational Behavior by Stephen Robbins and Timothy Judge, surface-level diversity includes the differences in easily-perceived characteristics such as gender, ethnicity or age. Deep-level diversity includes non-observable differences like values, personality and work preferences. Inclusion at work
Making the Business Case for Diversity: The Impact of Choice
When I was a graduate student, a professor said the department was struggling to recruit competitive Black students. He reasoned that our program’s academic rigors were deterring students from applying. What my professor failed to recognize was the power of
8 Tips to Start a Business in 2022
It’s been two years since the start of COVID-19, and though new variants are causing some concern, many Americans are now gaining the confidence to launch their small businesses once again. There are many uncertainties that come with starting a
8 End of the Year Tax Planning Tips
Tax planning over the past two years has felt like a roller-coaster ride at times — in part due to a series of pandemic-inspired stimulus programs and related legislation. Despite these changes, there are still a few tried-and-true strategies that individuals
5 Tips for Creating Trust Among Remote Teams
Most companies fall into two categories of trust: high trust and low trust. Low trust companies are defined by individuals who live in self-protection mode. In these companies, the most powerful people win rather than the best ideas. There is
Top 3 Ways to Retain Talent Amidst Great Resignation
A recent survey shows that 55% of Americans plan to search for a new job within the next year. This spring, a new phenomenon dubbed ‘The Great Resignation’ arose where employees quit their jobs in tidal wives to pursue new chapters
5 Takeaways From DCI’s 2021 National Talent Research, Talent Wars
If talent is the currency of economic development, every community is in need of a loan. As of August 2021, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that there were upwards of 10 million open jobs in the United States.
The City of Chattanooga and CO.LAB Seek New Ways to Combat Waste
Chloé Morrison The Scenic City is known for its outstanding outdoor scene, and now residents have a chance to contribute to Chattanooga’s reputation for environmental sustainability. “Chattanooga is a city with a strong identity rooted in our great outdoors and
