March, 2023

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Brazil is a world leader in renewable energy job creation

Airswift

Source: AlexLMX/Shutterstock With over 1 million vacancies in the sector, Brazil is one of the largest job creators in renewable energy, and the opportunities in the segment are increasing. According to the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), the country is only behind China in the number of jobs added. These include jobs related to biofuels, hydroelectric, wind and solar energy, as well as biomass and biogas.

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Why Is Cultural Fit a Key Element to Offshoring Success?

AS White Global

Outsourcing to an offshore global team can be a smart decision for many businesses, offering access to a diverse talent pool whilst enjoying the value of efficiently investing resources. Though skills and experience are naturally essential when recruiting, cultural fit can also play a significant role in retaining great talent and achieving offshoring success.

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The ultimate list of outsourcing statistics

Microsourcing

Global markets and improvements in technology have changed the way businesses work. For many, staying competitive means capitalizing on the world being a smaller, more tech-savvy place and enjoying the benefits of outsourcing.

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Outsourcing HR for International Expansion

Global Expansion

Businesses considering expanding into foreign markets are more likely to succeed if they can hire talent in their target countries. To be successful, one of the major factors employers must consider is the extent and complexity of global human resource (HR) management. For many companies, handling international HR in-house isn’t a viable option. It could be because of the increased workload, the regulatory requirements of international recruitment, time zone differences, logistical concerns, or

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HR’s Complete 2025 Calendar of Important Dates

HR leaders can use this calendar from Paycor to track important HR and payroll tax dates. The 2025 calendar includes: Tax filing dates Federal reporting deadlines Bank holidays Links to relevant tax forms …and more! Get your 2025 HR calendar today!

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Bright Ideas Closer Together

The Global Small Business Blog

©2023 Laurel J. Delaney. All rights reserved. "Everyone is a genius at least once a year. The real geniuses simply have their bright ideas closer together." – Georg C.

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Revealing The Finalists For Forrester’s Customer-Obsessed Enterprise Award — APAC

Forrester Digital Transformation

We’re excited to announce the finalists for the inaugural Customer-Obsessed Enterprise Award for APAC. Each finalist impressed us with their clear CX visions, sophisticated measurement architectures, and ability to align their organisations.

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Cloud Takes Center Stage at 2023 Bank Automation Summit

Perficient Digital Transformation

Recently, I attended the 2023 Bank Automation Summit , where one of the significant topics of discussion was how banks navigate their transition to the cloud. The “cloud” refers to a global network of servers, each with a unique function, that works in tandem to enable users to access files stored within from any approved device. The computing and storage of cloud data occur in a data center, rather than on a locally sourced device.

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Meet Harishma Devi: #SheTheFuture

HCL Technologies

Meet Harishma Devi: #SheTheFuture abhinay.khandelwal Tue, 03/07/2023 - 11:34 Harishma Devi, a software engineer who is pursuing her B.Sc. Design & Computing offered by BITS, Pilani for TechBees shares her STEM story in this edition of She the Future : “It was love at first sight. The moment I set my eyes on a computer, I knew my life had changed forever.

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What role can web scraping services play in the finance industry?

Offshore India Data Entry

Web scraping services is the process of extracting website contents or data, instead of manually copying and pasting from the websites, you can do it with a click of a button. The common use of web scraping services Data is the foundation for new advancements and innovations for a better future. Machine learning, AI, and robotics are bringing new aspects and innovations such as space flights, electrical cars, and automated driving into the technological world we live in, even the smallest bit of

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Go Broad, Go Deep, and Go Global

The Global Small Business Blog

©iStock/LinearWorld As countries around the world move forward with strategies to become “crypto hubs,” over the next eight weeks Coinbase is set to accelerate operationalizing its “Go Broad, Go Deep” international strategy in globally recognized markets across six continents.

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We’re Here to Help! How to Navigate Your Top HR Priorities

Are you helping your people proactively plan for retirement? How are you prioritizing the mental health of your HR team? These are a few of the questions that HR professionals are seeking answers to today. Luckily, Gallagher’s consultants came together with four robust articles (and one infographic) that help address these pain points and provide you with proactive planning tips to help you simplify, personalize and create flexibility in your benefits offerings to help ensure your people thrive

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Generative AI Goes Mainstream In Security With Microsoft Security Copilot

Forrester Digital Transformation

Typically, security is late to the game with technology innovation. Before we get to see innovative technology, we have to wait for it to matter to security. This time, however, is different.

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What is design thinking?

McKinsey and Company

Design thinking is a systemic, intuitive, customer-focused problem-solving approach that organizations can use to respond to rapidly changing environments and to create maximum impact.

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Perficient is a Best Place to Work in St. Louis Once Again

Perficient Digital Transformation

The St. Louis Business Journal has officially identified Perficient as a 2023 Best Place to Work in its annual awards program. Earlier in the year, Perficient was named a finalist by the Business Journal. Now, they have announced the full list of winners in a special publication. We’re proud to once again be recognized for our commitment to cultivating an award-winning culture for our Perficient colleagues.

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IBM again recognized as a Leader in the 2023 Gartner® Magic QuadrantTM for Enterprise Conversational AI Platforms

IBM Services

Artificial Intelligence is once again making waves across the tech world. The combination of new approaches to understanding language – foundation models and the generative AI revolution – and powerful, GPU-based compute is driving step function improvements in our ability to process, understand and engage in natural language. Whether enterprises are leveraging these powerful technologies to process and understand unstructured documents or build conversational AI platforms that surfa

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Challenges and Solutions in High-Volume, High-Stakes Hiring

Facing a hiring surge that feels like conducting a complex orchestra? Our guide is your roadmap to harmonious high-volume hiring. In it, you’ll learn: Strategies to maintain quality while hiring at scale The real math behind agency vs. in-house recruiting Secrets to a stellar candidate experience during hiring spikes Resource optimization techniques for stretched TA teams Don't let resource constraints or market pressures derail your hiring goals.

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Uncover the CX and DX Strategy Behind RAYA CX’s High Levels of Customer Happiness

Raya Contact Center

Customer happiness. We all want it but how do we get it, maintain it, and grow it? Customer experience and digital transformation are key differentiators that can make or break a business. As a leading CX provider, we knew that by creating a highly effective CX and DX strategy we would be able to achieve high levels of client and customer happiness.

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Intentionality Is Important For Artists and Collectors In Going Global

The Global Small Business Blog

©iStock/JLco - Julia Amaral Intentionality with artists and collectors they align with is key, and expanding their global presence (whether opening international gallery locations or increasing global exhibitions) is critical—as is obtaining career-changing museum acquisitions for their rostered artists, and continuing to champion Black and POC artists.

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AI In Collaboration Tools Is A Tech Problem In Need Of A Human Solution

Forrester Digital Transformation

Generative AI — where AI generates novel content in response to a user’s natural-language request — is about to get baked into our collaboration tools. On March 16, Microsoft announced Microsoft 365 Copilot, which injects generative AI directly into the company’s productivity suite (including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Teams, and more).

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Space: The missing element of your strategy

McKinsey and Company

The space sector is at an inflection point similar to what commercial air travel experienced after World War II and the internet saw in the 1990s. Is your company ready to capture the opportunity?

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Best Practices to Streamline Compensation Management: A Foundation for Growth

Speaker: Joe Sharpe and James Carlson

Payroll optimization can be one of the most time-consuming and complex factors of small business management. Yet, organizations that crack the code on streamlining employee compensation often discover innovative avenues for growth. With the right strategies in place, outsourcing and streamlining payroll processes can result in substantial time and resource savings.

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People of Perficient: Meet Lorena Garza, Sr. Security and Compliance Analyst

Perficient Digital Transformation

To tell women that they can achieve anything is one thing. However, to actively demonstrate that growth can be accomplished through hard work and dedication is another thing entirely. Women play an integral role in building the path towards gender equality and female empowerment, but it is also up to each one of us to get involved and make a difference in our community.

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6 benefits of outsourcing eCommerce tasks

Microsourcing

In today's competitive eCommerce landscape, businesses are constantly looking for ways to optimize their operations, improve efficiency, and stay ahead of the competition. One strategy that many eCommerce businesses are turning to is outsourcing. Outsourcing can offer a range of benefits , from cost savings and improved efficiency to access to specialized services and a global talent pool.

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Uncover the CX and DX Strategy Behind RAYA CX’s High Levels of Customer Happiness

Raya Contact Center

Customer happiness. We all want it but how do we get it, maintain it, and grow it? Customer experience and digital transformation are key differentiators that can make or break a business. As a leading CX provider, we knew that by creating a highly effective CX and DX strategy we would be able to achieve high levels of client and customer happiness.

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Artificial Intelligence (AI) Act

The Global Small Business Blog

©iStock/gopixa The proposed legislation or legal framework brought forward by the European Union (EU), the Artificial Intelligence (AI) Act, focuses primarily on strengthening rules around data quality, transparency, human oversight and accountability. It also aims to address ethical questions and implementation challenges in various sectors ranging from healthcare and education to finance and energy.

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How to Stay Competitive in the Evolving State of Martech

Marketing technology is essential for B2B marketers to stay competitive in a rapidly changing digital landscape — and with 53% of marketers experiencing legacy technology issues and limitations, they’re researching innovations to expand and refine their technology stacks. To help practitioners keep up with the rapidly evolving martech landscape, this special report will discuss: How practitioners are integrating technologies and systems to encourage information-sharing between departments and pr

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Sales Content Solutions: A Lid for Every Pot

Forrester Digital Transformation

The Forrester Wave™: Sales Content Solutions (SCS), Q4 2022 revealed a market that has radically expanded its capabilities, truly providing a lid for every pot. Modern SCS are multifaceted, highly integrated keystones of the sales/marketing tech stack and are table stakes for most companies past the startup stage.

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What will it take for nuclear power to meet the climate challenge?

McKinsey and Company

Nuclear power can be an important part of the energy transition. Scaling the industry to meet increasing electricity demand will require leaders to mobilize quickly and efficiently.

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It’s Probably My Fault – Always Assume the Problem is Yours

Perficient Digital Transformation

It was 2002 when I landed what I considered to be my first real professional job. I was hired by a small advertising agency as a graphic designer, though I mainly got the offer because I also knew how to build websites. At the time, I had not created any principles and would still often assume that a problem is yours. I was still young and fresh out of college, though I was a realistic and logical person with a desire to learn from my mistakes and create habits to help prevent them from happenin

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Hackett® Redefines Software & Service Market Intelligence By Analyzing What Truly Matters – Value Realization

The Hackett Group

Hackett Excelleration Matrix Concludes that Modern Customer-to-Cash Receivables Platforms Deliver Superior Value Realization MIAMI & LONDON, March 29, 2023 – Modern customer-to-cash (C2C) receivables platforms deliver superior value realization and return on investment when compared to legacy applications, according to new Market Intelligence Service research from The Hackett Group , Inc.

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Global Hiring Guide for Startups

Grow your startup beyond borders and boundaries. Global expansion is the ultimate goal for many startup founders. However, to successfully enter new markets and grow internationally, you need a sound and scalable global recruitment strategy. In this eBook, you’ll discover how you can gain a competitive edge over your business rivals through the latest technology, harnessing global contractors, and using a global employment platform.

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The best startup books you shouldn’t miss

TMS

Books are the key to becoming brighter and successful from all point of view. They can make you a better person, they can give you other perspectives and offer you powerful insight. Whenever you have the chance to read, you should do it. We follow this at TMS Outsource and we’ve grown a lot in the past years. Do you know that most CEOs read around five books per month?

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Globalization Is a Fact

The Global Small Business Blog

©iStock/Shivendu Jauhari "Globalization is a fact, not a policy," says Condoleezza Rice. With growing concerns that globalization is in retreat amid rising geopolitical tensions, former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice told an audience of policymakers, business leaders, and academics at the 2023 SIEPR Economic Summit that there’s no turning back on the interdependence of world economies.

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Introducing The Forrester Model To Defend Against Nation-State Threats

Forrester Digital Transformation

Given years of cyberespionage, attacks on elections, and, more recently, the melding of kinetic and digital warfare in the Russia-Ukraine war, private sector security leaders in all industries must recognize and prepare for more brazen and frequent nation-state cyberattacks.

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What is Gen Z?

McKinsey and Company

Generation Z comprises people born between 1996 and 2010. This generation’s identity has been shaped by the digital age, climate anxiety, a shifting financial landscape, and COVID-19.

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2025 Payroll Calendar Templates (Biweekly, Semi-Monthly, and Monthly)

Use these handy calendar templates to stay on top of payroll in 2025! Download them today to share with your HR team or post for employees. Whether your company has biweekly, semi-monthly, or monthly pay periods, Paycor has you covered. Get your templates today!