Just 11 percent of employers award cost-of-living adjustments (COLAs) to employees, preferring to award promotional and merit increases, according to a WorldatWork study on compensation practices. COLA refers to an across-the-board…
AZNow.Biz is looking for interns. AZNow.Biz is a web companion to Arizona Business Magazine, Arizona’s largest and most reputable bi-monthly business magazine. AZ Big Media, AZNow.Biz’s parent company, is expanding…
This week on AZNow.Biz, we offer six types on starting your own business in this down economy. Also, you’ll meet a man who immigrated to the Valley from Ethiopia and…
Christine French Took Her Expertise In Diversity To Create A Nonprofit And A Successful Entrepreneurial Venture. Even as a young child growing up in Vietnam, Christine French always knew her…
With all the cost cutting employers have had to do during the recent recession to stay afloat, it’s comforting to know that a key employee benefit near and dear to…
The investment services company Charles Schwab announced today that it is expanding its operations in Phoenix, which could result in up to 900 new jobs over the next five years.…
The number of people working in construction is approaching a 14-year low now that the industry lost 21,000 jobs in September, while construction unemployment is at a September high of…
Johnson Bank offices in Phoenix, Mesa Peoria and Rio Verde will close their doors on Jan. 8, 2011, it was announced today. The closings come as a part of the…
Vowing that “today the rubber hits the road,” Gov. Jan Brewer and Jerry Colangelo assembled and introduced 35 state leaders representing diverse backgrounds for the inaugural board meeting of the…
Look in the mirror and ask yourself: What kind of boss are you? Do you resemble Cruella De Vil from “101 Dalmatians” – a heartless, puppy-snatcher who orders her hapless…
Despite some gains in the governmental sector, the state’s unemployment rate for August rose one-tenth of a percent to 9.7 percent as private sector hiring was flat, according to the…
Social media has set up camp in the professional world and is there to stay. Social media sites are no longer just places to reconnect with childhood friends or college…
