Human Resources News

Dallas financial planning firm reaches out to small business owners

Carter Financial Management has just launched Corporate Advantage, financial planning aimed at small business owners, though it can benefit companies of any size.

How To: Human Resources

Avoid these pitfalls when using social media to recruit employees

Two main issues arise during the recruitment process that make social media use tempting: Advertising a job on social networks and viewing a job applicant's social media accounts during the screening process.

How To: Growth Strategies

Use these F-words to change your business

I suggest some "F-words" for my fellow entrepreneurs, to give you some serious motivation and assistance in your work.

Texas Association of Business IDs six legislative priorities

More doctors, more road funding and less bureaucracy are called for at the Capitol by the state's most influential business advocacy group.

GovX co-founder Shannon Van Buskirk joined the e-commerce battle — and she's winning

Entrepreneur Shannon Van Buskirk used to get broken glasses and thank-you notes in the mail.

DBJ Confidential

After Hours: A look at the 2014 Technology Ball in Dallas

​The third annual Technology Ball in Dallas drew technology executives, professionals and advocates to the Renaissance Hotel on Nov. 8.

How To: Growth Strategies

You must do these 3 things to sell your business for a big profit

Most business owners don't have an exit strategy, which is often the result of thinking that exit planning is a luxury or simply not that important. That's a value-destroying mindset.

5 things to watch in Virgin America's $320M IPO

From fuel costs to Sir Richard Branson, a close look at the Burlingame-based airline's highly anticipated initial public offering.

How To: Growth Strategies

5 reasons why there aren't more women in politics and business

What can be done to encourage more women to run for political office? The framing of this question is basically the same as the one posed when trying to find out why women don't hold top positions in business.

Morning Edition

BofA: Dallas small businesses set to bring in more money, hire employees

While some large corporations are undergoing major layoffs and tightening their budgets, it may come as a surprise that 64 percent of small business owners expect their revenues to increase in the next year. Some of that money will go toward hiring additional staff, as 46 percent of owners plan to add employees in the coming year.

Morning Edition

Q&A: Marie Diaz, CEO of Pursuit of Excellence HR management company

Dallas-based human resources management company Pursuit of Excellence Inc. plans to add 300 or more employees this year to support its expansion into neighboring states. Here's CEO Marie Diaz's take on what's fueling the company's growth.

Washington Bureau

Has big business hijacked regulatory reviews meant for small business?

A new report from the Center for Effective Government concludes that small business panels that review proposed regulations at EPA, OSHA and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau simply give big businesses another shot at weakening public protections.

Texas gains nearly 30,500 nonfarm jobs in October

Texas' private sector adds 30,450 jobs in October.

6 things you didn’t know about Scholastic, the largest children’s book publisher in the world

Hearing the name Scholastic brings me back to elementary school days when the teacher would hand out catalogues filled with children's books for us to flip through before the upcoming book fair. Deciding what Junie B. Jones or Magic Tree House books I would read next was always the highlight of the day.

BAE to lay off 203 workers after South Korea cancels F-16 upgrade program

The British defense contractor was to do the work at a facility at Fort Worth's Alliance Airport.