Business Columns
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Starting a new business? Get the basicsMay 31, 2015 11:00 pm - This might be a good time to start your own business: There's an abundance of pre-start help available, much of which can be pretty valuable. You'll need the help. Even ...
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Career Coach: Why you should ask to meet 'F2F' (face-to-face)May 31, 2015 7:40 am - In today's fast paced technological times, it has gotten really easy to hold almost all of our meetings and conferences via phone or even email. Who's got time for face-...
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Work Advice: Dealing with a cursing in email and a 'rough around the edges' co-workerMay 31, 2015 7:39 am - Q: Recently a colleague was promoted to a managerial role. Her ability to interact professionally with colleagues leaves a lot to be desired. She recently used the term ...
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Aurora chef aims to step backMay 25, 2015 5:00 am - Amaury Rosado of Aurora has had a number of careers, including stints in the Navy, as a reporter, as a social worker and, more recently, as a chef. For the last 12 years...
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Planning can speed business' disaster recoveryMay 25, 2015 5:00 am - The disaster isn't always a tornado that flattens your building or straight line winds that take the roof. The problem could be a fire next door; a hazmat situation; a r...
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Work Advice: Swimming against a workaholic tideMay 24, 2015 7:33 am - Q: I started a new job recently, and noticed right away that everyone in this five-person office, including the owner (my supervisor), works at least nine hours a day. N...
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Career Coach: Yes, it matters what you wear on the jobMay 24, 2015 7:30 am - The weather is getting warmer outside and after a long, cold winter, everyone is ready to put on shorts, T-shirts, and flip-flops. But, are those appropriate clothes for...
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Elk Grove co-owner advocates for businesses in Springfield, D.C.May 18, 2015 5:00 am - Victor Miceli, vice president of Des Plaines Office Equipment, has worked since he was a youngster at the company his father founded 60 years ago. From sweeping the floo...
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Business owner builds success by staying in touchMay 18, 2015 5:00 am - Staying in touch - with prospects and referral sources, of course, but also with former clients - is important: The new business pipeline needs to be fed. Ron Wajer know...
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New restaurant, Woods Creek Tavern, to open in Lake in the HillsMay 17, 2015 11:00 pm - A new restaurant and pub is coming to the Randall Road corridor this summer. Woods Creek Tavern is expected to open in early July in Lake in the Hills, on the east side ...