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Europe’s New Privacy Rules Could Be Coming to Your Country
May 25 marked the deadline for companies to get in compliance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), an EU law that requires...
How Buying a Bigger House Can Actually Save You Money
It might sound counterintuitive, but buying a bigger home than you need or even a multi-family home (like an apartment building, two- or ...
The Secret to Shorter Sales Ramps: Longer Training
An effective sales team is essential to business success, regardless of your industry or the size of your company. But maintaining and ...
How This Startup Is Trying to Automate Work Visa Applications
“The H-1B is the go-to visa because the requirements are so basic,” said Allison Kranz, an immigration solutions partner at Chicago-based...
Forget the Fitness Room, Today’s Renter Wants a Better User Interface
In PropTech, we think of user experience (UX) in terms of how well our software or tool works for our primary users (real estate ...
Philadelphia Begins Digitizing Paper-based Functions
While it may seem that Philadelphia is targeting low-hanging fruit, these processes have eaten up valuable time. The paper-based RFP ...
Cut Data Center Costs Without Sacrificing Performance
If you feel like the budget for your data center is shrinking even as performance expectations are increasing, you’re not imagining ...
Why You Should Consider Brand-Agnostic Data Center Hardware
The difficult reality for many post-recession data center teams is that they’re being asked to support more business-level wins: increase...
Lessons on Midwest Growth from Chicago’s Avail
Avail is a digital platform that helps landlords and renters save time and money through simplifying and automating the entire rental ...
Meet EBN’s 2018 Digital Innovators
From new all-in-one online HR platforms to health management and financial wellness apps, it’s clear that the world of HR and benefits is...
A ‘Green Card’ Crash Course for HR Pros
Sponsoring an employee to become a “lawful permanent resident” of the United States – i.e., to become a green card holder – can be a ...
How to Recruit Soon-to-Be College Grads Before It’s Too Late
It’s graduation season, which always produces a flock of young talent ready to join the workforce. But these graduates aren’t necessarily...
Is It Time to Look to Foreign Workers to Fill the Skills Gap?
The skills gap and low unemployment rates are putting the squeeze on businesses trying to maintain head count. Workflow has been ...
How One Chicago Tech Firm is Out-Recruiting the Big Four
How do you hire 21 really smart coders? Start with 2,400. That's how many students Ocient, Chris Gladwin's Big Data software company, ...
These Are the Three Things to Invest in to Build Employee Loyalty
At a time with exceptionally low unemployment levels, Glassdoor research says that more than one-third of employers expect more employees...