Getting the right electrical contractors insurance is one of the most important measures you should be taking to safeguard your employees, customers, and business against a catastrophic event.

Stopping to smell the roses is one thing, but many pet parents find that their dog has to smell just about everything they come across. Is this normal behavior? Absolutely, and there is a completely reasonable explanation for it.

Most of the buzz surrounding 5G so far has focused on consumer benefits, but there are a range of significant workplace implications as well. Greater efficiencies are expected, thanks to increased speeds and more data, and functions as varied as recruiting, collaboration and remote work likely will be affected.

The gig economy may have created new opportunities for people in search of nontraditional employment, but it arguably also has resulted in a devaluation of the human worker. Two speakers at EmTech Next 2019, a conference focused on the future of work, would like to see that change and think employers need to lead the way.

Ruth Muskrat Bronson, class of 1925, belonged to two different worlds. On the one hand, her father was Cherokee, and she was raised in a Cherokee community in the Oklahoma territory. On the other hand, she attended a government-run boarding school and likely was exposed to white culture by her Irish mother, even if only through stories. From a young age, Bronson identified with both cultures, and she didn’t want to choose between the two.

At the SHRM Leadership Development Forum, attendees found out it pays to be thoughtful and intentional about their careers. Don't sit back and wait for good things to happen.

Are you ready for a new challenge in your career? Maybe you want to become more visible in your organization, earn a promotion or gain leadership experience, but you don’t know how to make it happen. We asked your HR peers via social media how they have moved forward in their careers.

"There are people out there who can transform your organization," Regina Hartley, a vice president of HR at UPS, said at the Human Capital Institute's 2017 Strategic Talent Acquisition Conference. "But they're getting filtered out through the recruitment and selection process."

"In today's society, we take certain measures to protect our material possessions," such as installing alarms on our house and car, notes Wayne Ivey, a police officer specializing in identity theft investigations and a victim of identity theft himself. "What we've got to do is start being just as vigilant over our personal identifiers."

Some people are drawn to leadership roles, and Carol Campbell is one of them. Whether serving as president of the PTO or starting her own business, "I like to be involved," says the president of Chicopee Industrial Contractors (CIC), an industrial construction company.