April 2012 Blog Posts (9)

What is great about a Virtual Office Program is you do not want the expense of actual office space, but you need that professional look for your business. Well with our Virtual Office Programs you can.  You get the use of a conference room to meet clients, if you need and office to do work for the day, do you need a physical address instead of a PO Box and someone to sign for the packages. Then Virtual Office Programs might be for you

Lots of people work in retail. Whether one has chosen it as a career or parked there temporarily as they try to put their career plans together, retail employment occupies the time and energy of millions of employees. Retail is viewed simultaneously as both career lite by some and then again very seriously, particularly for managers and people very passionate about the product they are selling. Trying to determine if long-term work in retail is right for you requires a bit of contemplation…

Now that tax season is upon us, so are the e-mail scammers pretending to be the IRS. Most of these scams fraudulently use the IRS name, logo, and/or website header as a lure to make the communication appear more authentic and enticing. They lead you to believe you had a refund of some sort coming and request personal information. The goal of these scams – known as…

As quoted in the book Six Steps to Small Business Success, small business owners, even before a business opens it's doors, will consult and work with professional advisers to draft agreements, such as buy/sell agreements, partnership agreements, and the like. Advisers will play many…

Over the last week or so the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that job growth slowed significantly in March. In fact, the rate of growth was slowed by a factor of about 50% with March showing approximately 120,000 new jobs added versus an average of 240,000 jobs per month in January and February. Before we begin fortifying the bunker and stock-piling drinking water we have plenty of reasons to sit back and relax a bit as all is far from lost.

It’s important to remember that…

With this, my 100th website blog posting since opening my career development business Ryan Career services LLC in January 2009, I am compelled to stray from my usual pattern of offering career advice to instead summarizing how the business experience has been for me and to reflect on what I've learned from this venture.

Following a 31-year career in public education, which I left in 2008, I was primed to try something completely different—an entrepreneurial enterprise that…

I was talking to one of my clients the other day who wanted to know why I need to charge $50 to file an extension, since it's such a simple form.

37 people were hired at Dyn during the first quarter of 2012 and with the second quarter of 2012 kicking off today, two new employees begin their careers here today.

But their arrival is really the ending to another story and hopefully the beginning to a new, great one.

In 1996, BostonPost Technology was established to help affordable housing management firms reduce costs. In 2011, a Cleveland-based firm acquired the company and…

Beginning with 2011, tax returns now have two new questions that must be answered by anyone who is filing a an income tax return and is operating a business or rental property. This includes sole proprietors who file their taxes on Form 1040, as well as anyone who files a partnership, C , corporation or S corporation tax return

The first question is "Did you make any…