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No business can grow without the honest, constructive feedback from its employees — but how can employers ensure they feel comfortable giving it? Forbes Coaches Council experts share their advice for putting your employees at ease. via 10 Ways To Make Your Employees Comfortable With Bringing Up Their Concerns — Forbes – Leadership

via 10 Ways To Make Your Employees Comfortable With Bringing Up Their Concerns — Forbes – Leadership — BCS Overland Park / Leawood Kansas

The House Ways and Means Committee is holding a full committee hearing Wednesday to discuss ways to better help workers and families, including ideas for better paid family and medical leave policies. We all have an opportunity to share our stories and advocate for better paid family leave. via In The Fight For Paid Leave, Congress […]

via In The Fight For Paid Leave, Congress Is Making Progress This Week — Forbes – Leadership — BCS Overland Park / Leawood Kansas

There are problem coworkers in every office. Here’s how to deal with a problem coworker—whether she’s negative, doesn’t do her work, or is passive-aggressive. via 5 Types of Problem Coworkers and How to (Almost) Deal With Them — Career Contessa

via 5 Types of Problem Coworkers and How to (Almost) Deal With Them — Career Contessa — BCS Overland Park / Leawood Kansas

The best way to build persuasion is to use the related soft skills of awareness, empathy, kindness, and service.

via The One In-Demand Soft Skill That Many Leaders (Still) Get Wrong — Forbes Real Time

On Monday, more than 4,000 teachers in Denver went on strike for the first time in 25 years, after failing to reach a satisfactory pay deal with administrators. The average salary for a public school teacher nationwide was $59,850 during the 2016-2017 academic year, the most recent for which data is available. Here’s a look…

via Here’s how much money teachers make in every state — Business Insider

Hedge funds and asset managers scraping the web for investment purposes represented 5% of all Internet traffic in 2018, and is expected to increase rapidly. As investors look for new ways to beat the market, total spending on web scraping for investment purposes is expected to exceed $1.8 billion by 2020. Despite information pouring in…

via Hedge funds will spend $2 billion on web-scraping software to gain an edge, and it’s part of an investing gold rush — Business Insider

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BCS to upgrade to the new Avention product by November 2014.  This database software will enable BCS clients to more rapidly expand their business networks and increase leads for new opportunities.

More to come later.

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BCS Leawood Kansas Reports on the Brookings Institute’s Study on Aging Businesses

According to a recent economic study by the Brookings Institute, larger companies are aging, while newer companies are living shorter lives, or are not starting up at all. The main cause of this is considered to be a decline in entrepreneurship in the U.S.

BCS in Leawood Kansas (near Overland Park) says that for the job seeker this means that paying attention to the longevity of the hiring company is as important as its offering. In other words, in addition to the compensation, the prospective employee must also consider the long term prospects of the firm.

BCS cautions that this does not mean that younger firms do not have a great deal to offer. On the contrary, the Leawood Kansas firm says that some of the best opportunities are found in smaller and mid-size companies.

While the Brookings study points out how aging firms (those that are 16 years or more) are gaining a larger share of the market, new companies are still emerging offering opportunities for executives and professionals.

See the full Brookings study here: http://www.brookings.edu/~/media/research/files/papers/2014/07/aging%20america%20increasing%20dominance%20older%20firms%20litan/other_aging_america_dominance_older_firms_hathaway_litan.pdf

BCS is a career services organization often cited for their views on jobs and the job related economy. BCS is in Leawood Kansas (near Overland Park Kansas) and has been providing career related search assistance to executives and professionals.

To learn more about BCS in Leawood visit their website at www.bcskansas.com.

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BCS Overland Park Reports on the July 2014 Jobs Report

The July 2014 Jobs Report fell short of expectations, but BCS in Leawood Kansas, near Overland Park Kansas says that there is still plenty of opportunity for career professionals who know how to look for a job in today’s market.

The new jobs report shows a weaker than expected gain in new jobs for the nation. According to the executive career professionals at BCS in Leawood Kansas the outlook is not so much down, as it is stagnant.

“The economy is showing signs of strengthening,” says BCS, “but the job market has been slow to respond.

Part of the economic growth reports are due to the quantitative easing that is bolstering the stock market, but the housing market and other economic indicators are showing promise as well. In a down market the job seeker must incorporate different methods, outside of the traditional job boards and trade journals.

Finding a job is not the same today as it was 20 years ago, with one big exception; the ability to cultivate a properly developed network. This is a more critical part of a job search than ever. So where are the jobs? According to BCS, “job seekers that follow a well-designed, aggressive marketing plan that includes multiple avenues of search works best.” They find that their clients are landing jobs by demonstrating a skills match through their marketing efforts; and by increasing the job seekers network of potential employers.

“Finding a management position through the traditional channels of online job boards is very difficult for top talent, as the best jobs are often not advertised, or are created for the job seeker before they are ever made available through any traditional channels,” according to BCS Overland Park spokesperson.

To learn more about BCS Overland Park Kansas, go to their website www.BCSKansas.com.

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