The consumer watchdog group Consumer Watchdog issued a warning this week against purchasing heart pacemakers made by Tapson-Wise of Milwaukee. Rather than being equipped with standard pacemaker motors, the group has learned, the Tapson-Wise devices have been fitted with leftover motors purchased from The Clapper! company. They had been stored...

While qualifications, skill sets and core competencies are essential, what you say when you shake the boss's hand can really seal the deal.

Two mechanical engineers at the Mercor-Manx are walking a fine line, according to the company. "They've been apprised of the situation," says HR director Jennie McWillis, who declined to say exactly how fine the line is. "That is between the company and the employees," she says. "It sure doesn't make...

Covering the company’s rear end is rarely mentioned in the mission statement, but it is always the number one priority. US businesses have long assigned staff persons to end meetings by pronouncing disclaimers like, “We’re not making promises,” or “Results will depend on 17 variable factors." For normal talkers, however,...

Insurance giants GEICO, AFLAC and Progressive aggressively defended their animal-advertising practices yesterday amid reports that the GEICO Gecko, the AFLAC Duck, the Progressive Pig and other high profile insurance industry spokes-animals were being held in appalling conditions at a Biloxi Mississippi compound shared by the companies. In a joint statement,...

Q) Is “stepping up to the plate” the same thing as “getting on board?” I’ve asked around. Some of my colleagues say yes and some say no, and since my boss says them both to me a lot I feel I need to know if there's a difference. A)...

Fourteen percent of US businesspeople have stopped talking at work since the start of 2017, due to the fear they might say something offensive to another person or group.  Since not talking severely limits one’s ability to interact with colleagues who speak, hundreds of companies have established separate divisions...

As recently as three years ago, businesses whose data was being held hostage by ransomware attackers could expect to pay upwards of $10 million to retrieve their files unencrypted, the only way to get back to doing business. Last week, PulseTake, the Chicago medical planner, was able to get its...

To help not-so-young employees adjust to all the young people descending on Detroit, a mandatory training program reviews language, celebrities, behaviors, and other trendy topics.

As if the past couple years haven’t already presented their share of challenges, last week the town of Massington, Illinois experienced the worst flooding it has seen in over 150 years.  On February 1, the LaPelle River rose to 40 feet over flood stage - apparently the result of...

Q: I'm new in my department and my boss is very demanding. If I'm working on a project, sometimes he says he's going to "hold me accountable." Other times he tells me he's going to "hold my feet to the fire." What's the difference...

While there are currently 12,342 iPhone apps that allow you to continually update your own resume – anything from a job change to the strategic addition of the latest buzzwords like “petrepreneur” – UpperHand enables you to update the resumes of your competitors. Developed by Babson/Babson – which up until...