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Finding a home that’s perfect for you is not just about the right timing—it’s also about finding the right style. The popularity of certain house styles depends on various factors, from the region and climate to neighborhood and personal preference.  ...

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Kicking off National Safety Month, and one year after announcing a historic partnership with Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN), the National Safety Council (NSC) unveiled the first-of-its-kind MSD Pledge to reduce the most common workplace injury, musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs). Today, during the inaugural Workplace Safety Summit: Business Action to ...

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Aon reported a 41 percent spike in voluntary employee departures last year amid the “Great Resignation” in the United States, according to data from the firm’s Salary Increase and Turnover Study. Aon reported 21.8 percent of U.S. employees left their ...

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Workers at U.S. small businesses saw the 12th consecutive month of increasing hourly earnings gains, while the pace of job growth slowed in May. These insights are according to the latest Paychex | IHS Markit Small Business Employment Watch. The May report ...

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By Julie Staley, Keller Williams Ballantyne-Area Realtor   Age is a tricky subject. As someone born and raised in the South, I knew it was considered impolite to ask an elder about his or her age. But, when discussing the current ...

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Allego, has announced new research on the state of sales onboarding for companies nationwide. The report, “The State of Sales Onboarding”, provides insights into the onboarding changes and challenges sales teams face as hybrid work becomes the norm.  “Companies are struggling to ...

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Monthly mortgage payments on the typical U.S. home are 19.5% higher than they were three months ago, and 38% higher than a year ago.   Annual home value growth set a record for the 12th month in a row. The ...

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By Melinda Waldrop [email protected]  Twelve defendants from seven construction-related companies have been sentenced for employment tax fraud felonies and crimes related to hiring unauthorized workers in a scheme that saw at least $15 million in bogus checks cashed.  The convictions ...

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MSL U.S. has released a new study titled “Where’s Your Water Cooler?” that shows traditional internal communications efforts are missing the mark for too many employees. This primary research finds 34% of employed people say internal communications have little to ...

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By PJ Kennedy, Keller Williams Ballantyne-Area Agent The key to understanding mindset is really understanding ourselves. We have all heard, “Mind over matter,” “It’s all in your head,” or even, “What the mind believes, the body achieves.” After we roll ...

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