by Leif Jensen | Jul 7, 2015 | General |
It seems that the US had more open jobs in April than at any time in the past 15 years, according to the most recent data from the US Bureau of Labor Statistics. The shortage of talent appears to be most evident at midsize US companies, according to a Deloitte news...
by Leif Jensen | Jul 6, 2015 | General |
A survey conducted last month by Bankrate, found that in addition to the 29 percent of Americans who have no savings, another 21 percent have less than three months worth of expenses saved. Based upon my experience, there are a large percentage of the top 10% of...
by Leif Jensen | Jul 1, 2015 | General |
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced a new round of steps to better protect against identity theft and fraud before the 2016 tax-filing season. The measures are an effort to reassure taxpayers following a data breach that exposed 100,000 taxpayers’ data....
by Leif Jensen | Jun 29, 2015 | General |
I was listening to “Under the Influence” again, and the podcast was discussing branding. Since I had a couple of appointments last week, I thought I would see if they were following the recommendations from the podcast. What was stressed was the need for a consistent...
by Leif Jensen | Jun 24, 2015 | General |
There is always the question in the back of job seekers minds as to what they can do to make themselves standout from the crowd. Especially if you are a new grad and are looking for that first job, standing out is more difficult. One suggestion of what not to do is...
by Leif Jensen | Jun 23, 2015 | General |
We recently had a situation where the client misunderstood the concept behind estimated payments. With this situation the client thought that they were retroactive payments and not prospective payments. We explained that there had been a tax liability due for 2014...
