According to a 2014 poll by Canadian employment website Workopolis, almost 50% of all workers have changed career paths at least three times, with a huge portion of these workers changing industries completely; only about 30% of workers have stated that they’ve remained in the same job position for at least four years, and 51%…
The Road to Success is Paved with Acronyms IT Edition
“Sometimes when I ask my IT guy a question, he Googles how to solve the problem. I mean, look dude, all I want to do is put up an out-of-office message,” exclaimed one employee about her experience with IT at her company. If your IT guys primary source of education is Google, you might have…
Four Easy Tips to Help You Prepare for Your Business’s Relocation
Is your business moving to a new location? Will you be upgrading your space or downsizing to something more economical? If you’ve answered yes to these questions, you have a lot of planning to do as you move to a different office or other facility. Moving, whether it’s a home or an office, can be…
Three Easy Ways to Cut Costs in Your Shipping Department
For many businesses and retailers, one of the biggest expenses is shipping. With the growing preference for online shopping and the necessity of shipping goods from place to place, it’s no wonder that a shipping department can be cutting into your bottom line. Here are a few easy ways to cut costs in your shipping…
Is Your Warehouse Battery Room as Safe for Personnel as it Should Be?
Because the lift truck battery room is such a crucial part of upholding everyday warehouse efficiency, it’s important to make sure your battery room’s battery changing system is operating at its full potential. However, when striving toward better efficiency and productivity, it can be easy to neglect safety standards in an attempt to get work…
Why it’s Important to Recycle During the Holidays
You survived the holidays. Congratulations! Unfortunately, chances are that you’re drowning in crumpled wrapping paper, plastic packaging and cardboard shipping boxes. It can be tempting just to toss all of your holiday wrapping trash in a garbage bag and haul it out to the curb, but it’s important to remember that all of that waste…
