November, 2020

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How to Adjust Your Legal Practice to the New Normal

Magellan Solutions

The COVID-19 pandemic has swept the world, and continues to affect us all. Now, we are living in a new kind of normal. And everyone, including law firms must adjust accordingly. But any change can fill us with uncertainties. You might ask yourself: what exactly are these changes? And how deep are its effects on me and my business? Most of all, how do you ensure success despite this new predicament?

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Identifying Automation Opportunities for Life Sciences

Automation Anywhere

Life sciences companies began the year 2020 with significant challenges, including COVID-19. The virus created an instant demand to fast-track products without sacrificing quality and profitability and to ensure continuity of medical supplies. Add to that challenge the increasing pressure on life sciences companies from generics. Development and manufacturing costs were increasing, along with customer expectations.

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What is Ecommerce and How Can it Enhance your Business

Jonajo Blog

Did you know that by 2040, 95% of all purchases are expected to be via ecommerce? Ecommerce is one of the fastest growing revenue streams for businesses. As of 2017 China (the world’s fastest-growing ecommerce market) had an estimated value of $672 billion. Sounds like a huge opportunity that you don’t want to miss out on, doesn’t it? But what is it?

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Top Benefits of a Vendor Neutral Managed Services Provider (MSP)

https://www.hcmworks.com/blog

When procurement departments first got involved with managing an increasingly growing contingent workforce , they were often tasked by executive teams to reduce costs. The initial premise was that procuring people, with specific skills and intellectual capital, was not unlike procuring any other needed resource. Procurement traditionally concentrated on cost, risk, and measurement, and this competency was extended to staffing contingent workers.

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Revolutionizing Hiring: Remote-Insourcing That Slashes Turnover & Training Costs!

What is Remote-Insourcing? Sounds like an oxymoron, right? Not anymore. Remote-Insourcing isn’t outsourcing—it’s a revolutionary staffing model that lets our clients fill key entry-level positions with top-tier, loyal, long-term talent, integrated seamlessly into their businesses—just like local employees but without the turnover or W2 HR hassles. With under 3% unwanted attrition, you train once and keep the same team for years.

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Mastering Human and Business Development

RampRate

Join us on LinkedIn - Facebook - Twitter - Google Plus. Intros that Elevate the Universe’s Energy: The Checklist As a kid in Minnesota, I introduced my friends to the best stuff: the 7-Eleven with the slushiest Slurpee, the shiniest guitar picks, and the finest baseball gloves. So I’m not surprised to find that, today, I have considered a walking trusted resource for all kinds of… Read More » Mastering Human and Business Development.

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What really lies in the Future of Risk Management?

Risk Guide

By Horst Simon, The Risk Culture Builder. Maybe the time has come to finally take the people side out of Risk Management—let us change the Basle definition and say Operational Risk is just systems, processes and external events, that is anyway the perception that was followed by most in the world. Even after the publication of the IRM’s Guidance papers on Risk Culture and the later study by the London School of Economics, the whole world is still adjusting to the people thing at a snail’s pace.

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How to Boost your Business with Data Engineers

Automation Anywhere

It’s no secret that businesses search far and wide for ways to gain an edge over the competition. Sometimes, getting that advantage is a matter of making the right hire—namely, in this case, a data engineer. What is data engineering? The role of the data engineer is to mine data. They use their skillset to build architectures such as databases and processing systems to extract value from the data, which can then can be used to add value to a business.

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You Need to Use Social Media for Your Business

Jonajo Blog

Is it just me or does it seem like everyone and their mother is interested in marketing some product or service on social media? From the constant self-promotion of multi-level marketing companies to the viral tweets of fast-food chains, all levels, sizes and types of businesses are taking advantage of social media. But why? How come some businesses thrive on social media while others flop?

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5 Common Contingent Workforce Management Mistakes, and How to Fix Them

https://www.hcmworks.com/blog

Are you responsible for managing your organization's. contingent workforce ? If so, you'll no doubt be continuously trying to maximize efficiencies and cut costs in order to increase profitability. To do this successfully, you need to address some common contingent workforce challenges. In this blog, HCMWorks will take a look at the five most common contingent workforce challenges that are wasting money for your business - and what you can do to fix those issues and become more profitable.

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Is It Time to Move on From GDP? Here’s Why Some Experts Say Yes

Velocity Global

The COVID-19 pandemic disrupts global economies and changes how companies think about everything from remote work to international supply chains. As countries around the world reconsider their business processes, some experts challenge another long-accepted practice: using GDP (gross domestic product) as the primary metric for assessing international economies.

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No Excuses: The Definitive Guide to Managing a Remote Team

Unlock the full potential of your remote team with Hubstaff’s Definitive Guide to Managing a Remote Team. Learn actionable strategies to build, lead, and optimize a high-performing distributed workforce. In it, you’ll learn: Proven strategies for hiring top remote talent and building a cohesive team Best practices for overcoming common remote work challenges, including communication and time management How to foster accountability and productivity with effective systems and tools Techniques for

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Customize Sirion Forms and Workflows: No Code Required

SirionLabs

The average cycle time for building custom software usually ranges between 4-12 months from requirement capture to testing and final deployment. The timeline could stretch either way depending on how complex the build is. But in the era of SaaS, custom software development is quickly becoming a thing of past with developers building, testing, and deploying new enhancements in the cloud every couple of weeks or so.

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Why should software engineers think about product development in 2021?

comeMakeit

2020 has changed the scope and scale of many businesses. To sustain the pandemic, many local and diverse businesses are shifting online. They are looking for new collaborations as they change their traditional working styles. With Software enterprises increasingly productizing their services, software products either become a web platform or a part of a platform.

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Identifying Automation Opportunities for Human Resources

Automation Anywhere

Human resources (HR) departments are fast-rising stars when it comes to successfully deploying Robotic Process Automation ( RPA ). A case in point: RPA deployments for HR shot up by 50 percent between 2019 and 2020, according to the 2019-2020 Sierra-Cedar HR Systems Survey. On the demand side, HR organizations are hungry for automation. HR has many standardized manual processes that are slow and cumbersome to perform and delay providing services for employees.

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16 Essential Things To Consider When Hiring An Outsourced Tech Partner – Kevin S. Parikh Featured in Forbes

Avasant

Digital. The post 16 Essential Things To Consider When Hiring An Outsourced Tech Partner – Kevin S. Parikh Featured in Forbes appeared first on Avasant.

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10 HR Metrics for 2025: HR Data Toolkit

The right HR metrics can illuminate hidden trends, justify decisions to the C-suite, and give you an edge in this unpredictable economy. Download Paycor’s guide and learn how to calculate your: Cost-per-Hire Total Financial Impact of Absences Voluntary Turnover Rate And more!

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Are Financial Services Reaching for the Cloud?

3Pillar Global

Financial services firms have a long-standing reputation for being laggards when it comes to embracing digital technologies. Historically, that hesitation comes from the unique challenges of operating in a tightly-regulated space with a whole host of security risks–and the high cost of failing to meet the demands that come with the territory. However, attitudes are changing, and cloud computing in banking and financial services is the “new normal,” thanks to a few key drivers shaking up th

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The Best Practices to Attract and Retain Legal Clients

Magellan Solutions

Law firms are also businesses. They need to attract and retain clients. But just like in any other business, these tasks are often challenging. Strengthening your legal marketing strategy is an option. But this would need a lot of effort. And it can also affect your focus on core activities. So, how do you remedy this? How can you attract and retain clients without sacrificing your operations?

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Portfolio Company Pitfalls: Common Global Expansion Obstacles that Delay or Inhibit Venture Capital ROI

Velocity Global

For venture capital firms, one of the most effective ways to drive the value of your portfolio companies (portcos) is through international expansion. Doing so compliantly, however, requires extensive due diligence and a strategy to support sustainable growth. As an investor that recognizes the rare potential in entrepreneurs and strives to help them build iconic brands, it’s critical for you to be actively involved in their global growth approach.

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How can you secure your applications with Keycloak

comeMakeit

Information Technology firms use many applications and service providers while developing software products or while providing various software services. An Identity and access management (IAM) Framework is essential in every firm to ensure only authorized users, programs, and devices access critical applications. By using dependable and easy IAM frameworks like Keycloak companies can secure their applications and manage users across the organization.

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Case Study: How Adding an Internship Program Takes Nearshoring to The Next Level

Learn how a publically traded US fintech company elevated its nearshore strategy. By working with a strategic staffing partner in Mexico, they developed targeted internship programs at multiple universities.

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How AI Is Changing the Landscape of Business Process Automation

Automation Anywhere

The complexity of business processes today consumes the valuable time of most business professionals. With the help of Robotic Process Automation (RPA), organizations are automating manual business processes at a record pace to ensure that professionals are spending more time doing value-added tasks and less time on repetitive work. But for RPA bots to truly augment the human workforce, they need to think, read, and act like humans—basically mimicking human behavior.

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Rich Functionality, Expanded Marketplaces, Boosting Adoption of CRM Suites

Avasant

Press Releases. Rich Functionality, Expanded Marketplaces, Boosting Adoption of CRM Suites. LOS ANGELES, NOVEMBER 23, 2020. The CRM market is changing. Today most CRM suite vendors are offering modular sales, customer service, and marketing functions, enabling organizations to pick solutions that are best tailored to meet their needs. They are also expanding their offerings with plug-and-play apps, which enables enterprises to customize and extend the functionality of CRM suites.

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Offshore development partner guide: Everything you should consider

The Scalers

Offshoring is (still) perceived as a risky move by many organisations and tech leaders. Many believe that scaling their engineering team and opening an offshore development centre means giving up control over their operations. But thats not the case when they find the right offshore development partner. Were talking about companies that have built dev teams with elite talent and contributed to businesses’ success in multiple industries.

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How to Improve the Legal Research Quality in Your Firm

Magellan Solutions

When an ordinary person thinks about what law firms do, research is not what they have in mind. And yet, legal research is integral in any legal practice. It’s necessary for litigation support, and strengthening a case. But, it’s not a core activity, so it’s often taken for granted. So, how do you improve the research quality of your legal practice?

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Enterprise Knowledge Assistance Powered by AI for Smarter Decision Making

The Enterprise Knowledge Assistant (EKA) by Intetics is a groundbreaking platform tailored to revolutionize business operations for enterprises, SMBs, and startups. Powered by Generative AI, NLP, and ML, EKA automates tasks like information retrieval, customer support, and content creation. Boost efficiency by 30-50%, cut routine inquiries by 40%, and reduce training time by 30-50%.

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On-Prem to Cloud: Don’t Forget about the People

3Pillar Global

Co-authored by Aaron Rivera, Jeff Powers, and Angel Almada. Cloud computing is here to stay. Fundamental services such as email, single sign-on authentication, and folder / file storage have broadly migrated to the cloud in recent years. Providers of commercial ERP, CRM, and people management solutions are focusing major enhancements within their cloud versions, triggering a migration upon next major upgrades.

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Why Empathetic Care is Vital for Successful Telehealth Interactions

Working Solutions Outsourcing

As client service professionals, we know creating a successful customer journey is imperative to achieving positive business outcomes, yet in a constantly changing world, it’s challenging. As the telehealth industry accelerates change during a worldwide pandemic, interacting with patients in a supportive, empathetic way is key to authentic customer/provider relationships.

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Top 5 Questions Answered About RPA Security and Use for Government

Automation Anywhere

The general benefits of Robotic Process Automation (RPA) are well known at this point. RPA reduces costs, boosts efficiency, shifts repetitive, tedious work to software robots ("bots"), and promotes employees from doing manual, low-value tasks to high-value work. To add to this list, according to Deloitte, global organizations are achieving ROI within 12 short months.

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Establishing your business in the US

UnaTerra

Territory data How to set up payroll in the US. Read more. The post Establishing your business in the US appeared first on UnaTerra.

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Navigating Payroll Compliance: Future-Proofing Payroll in an Evolving Regulatory Landscape

Speaker: Jennifer Hill

Payroll compliance is a cornerstone of business success, yet for small and midsize businesses, it’s becoming increasingly challenging to navigate the ever-evolving landscape of federal, state, and local regulations. Mistakes can lead to costly penalties and operational disruptions, making it essential to adopt advanced solutions that ensure accuracy and efficiency.

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How to Manage Your Independent Contractor Payroll

https://www.hcmworks.com/blog

Today’s businesses need to be more flexible than ever. With increased competition and rapidly changing market conditions, organizations across the world are focusing on creating agile workforces made up of both employee and non-employee workers.

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Avasant is Proud to Sponsor Innovate@UCLA Distinguished Executive Leadership Awards

Avasant

Press Releases. Avasant is Proud to Sponsor Innovate@UCLA Distinguished Executive Leadership Awards. November 10, 2020. Innovate@UCLA , a member-based executive IT leadership organization , announced four honorees today for its annual Executive Leadership Awards in the Public Sector, Community Impact, Corporate Enterprise, and Emerging Tech categories.

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Call Center Vendor Management and Virtual Due Diligence in the Age of COVID-19

Customer Serv Outsource Smarter

The COVID-19 pandemic may have disrupted the business process outsourcing (BPO) industry, but it has not slowed down the need for clients to consider their outsourcing options, select new vendors or evaluate in-house vs. outsourced call centers. In fact, in some sectors, the demand to optimize service delivery has fueled new vendor searches.

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Blended Customer Service Offers More

Working Solutions Outsourcing

In our COVID-19 world, customer service shouldn’t be an either-or proposition—onsite or virtual. Rather, given the circumstances, exceptional service requires blending physical capabilities with virtual resources for optimal outcomes in a hybrid model. That’s the point made by chief executive Kim Houlne of Working Solutions in her Retail Touchpoints viewpoint, “Rethinking Retail Customer Service for […].

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5 Ways You Can Win Faster with Gen AI in Sales

Incorporating generative AI (gen AI) into your sales process can speed up your wins through improved efficiency, personalized customer interactions, and better informed decision- making. Gen AI is a game changer for busy salespeople and can reduce time-consuming tasks, such as customer research, note-taking, and writing emails, and provide insightful data analysis and recommendations.