Small Business

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3 Tips for Hiring and Retaining Small Business Employees

January 20, 2023

Here are some ideas for small businesses (whether a franchise, a home-based or mostly online business) to hire and retain the best employees that will help take the business to the next level.

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Employee Retention Strategies

September 7, 2018

These days, it’s only getting harder to find quality candidates. The unemployment rate is low (3.40 %) and sinking.Your job-market competitors are getting desperate too, and they will stop at…

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3 Ways to Expand Your Job Applicant Pool

September 6, 2018

The term “war for talent” was coined by McKinsey’s Steven Hankin in 1997 and popularized by a book of the same name in 2001. It refers to the rise of…

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The Business of Creating Jobs

December 13, 2017

Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., was elected to the U.S. Senate in 1978. He is chairman of the influential Senate Finance Committee, a panel on which he has served for 26…

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Alliance Form 1099 Survey

December 13, 2017

As a result of a new law signed this year, beginning with payments made in 2012, every business will be required to issue to any vendor of services OR property…

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Alliance Participates in CA Healthcare Panel

December 12, 2017

On October 28, the Alliance was invited to participate in a health care panel during the Valley Industry and Commerce Association (VICA) 22nd Annual Business Forecast Conference. The panel, titled…

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Congressman Jim Cooper Meets with Association Members in Nashville

December 12, 2017

WASHINGTON, D.C., October 26, 2010 — Congressman Jim Cooper (TN-05) met with members of the Alliance for Affordable Services on October 22 in Nashville. More than 30 Alliance members and…

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Alliance for Affordable Services Achieves Legislative Victory for its Members with Passage of Small Business Bill

December 12, 2017

WASHINGTON, D.C., September 27, 2010 — Alliance for Affordable Services is celebrating the passage of H.R. 5297, the Small Business Jobs and Credit Act of 2010, as a legislative victory…

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CA Senator Tony Strickland Answers Questions From Alliance Members

December 12, 2017

On August 13, CA Senator Tony Strickland met with Alliance Members and guests to discuss small business and health care reform issues. “I’m so pleased to have had the opportunity…

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Alliance for Affordable Services Participates in Roundtable Discussion with U.S. Representative Sam Graves (R-MO)

December 12, 2017

On April 14, 2010, Alliance participated in a roundtable discussion with U.S. Representative Sam Graves (R-MO), ranking member of the U.S. House Small Business Committee. The discussion focused on job…

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