No doubt money is a helluva motivator, but there are plenty of other ways to inspire your staffers to perform better.
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Tags: Job security, Motivation, Reductions in Force (RIFs), security, Small-time budget, Top motivators, Work/life balance
Putting off some IT upgrades and purchases is OK. But regardless of how tight your budget is, certain things just can’t wait.
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Tags: Desktops, e-mail, Firewalls, IT upgrade, Laptops, security
For some rogue staffers, lifting office supplies or seeking reimbursement on a few minor “non-business related” charges is mere child’s play.
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Tags: Company property, Embezzlement, Employee fraud, security, Stealing, Theft, United States Postal Service
With the money your company pumps into IT salaries, those techies had better be on top of their game.
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Tags: IT salaries, NetworkWorld, security, Skills, Tech Support, Wireless
Fraud on resumes and applications is increasing, so it’s becoming even more important to do background checks on potential hires. Not only is it a security issue, a background check could save the company money in the long run.
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Tags: Background check, fraud, security, Turnover
So by now you’ve probably trained finance staffers to delete anything that even looks like spam in their inbox. May not be enough anymore.
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It’s a tough call for many companies to make, but new benchmarks from the American Management Association can give you an idea how far your peers are going to keep on eye on employees’ online activity.
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Tags: AMA, Big Brother, Monitoring, security, Surveillance
When gas prices and traffic levels are up, employee morale and productivity are down. It’s time for Finance to ask: “Do we all really need to be in the office every day?”
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Tags: Implementation, Productivity, security, telecommuting
For nearly a decade, companies have been devoting a lot of attention — and dollars — to the security of their systems and data. But how much is too much? Or not enough?
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Tags: Budgets, IT spending, metrics, security
When employees move it, they’re healthier and more productive. Employers then start to lose the burden of ever-increasing healthcare costs. Download the Virgin HealthMiles White paper, “Moving Toward Health” to better understand physical activity’s impact on employee health and associated medical and productivity costs.
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