For as much as telephones and calling have advanced over the last 20 years, the technology still remains frustratingly limited. Businesses have to contend with labyrinth-like phone systems just to handle basic calling and routing. Individuals still face dropped calls, poor reception, and restrictive phone plans. Despite the ubiquity of phones and the continued popularity… Read more »
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Moving Towards a Software Driven Infrastructure
Ask any CIO what their most looming problem is and a number of them will tell you aging legacy infrastructures. The expansion of new data center environments is only placing an additional stress on these infrastructures, and at the same time many emerging markets are building up from a brand new foundation. For those reasons,… Read more »
Accounting Fraud Remains a Persistent Problem
For several years now, instances of accounting fraud have been low and relatively stable. In 2013, for instance, only 47 were reported, and in 2012 there were just 45. Many pointed to these numbers as evidence that new policing measures combined with tracking technologies had created an effective deterrent to the practice. However, a recent… Read more »
The Squires Group, Inc. named in Washington Business Journal’s Largest Staffing list
Annapolis, MD, March 13, 2015 – The Squires Group, Inc. (TSGi) announced that it has been named in Washington Business Journal’s (WBJ) Largest Temp Staffing list. WBJ publishes this list on an annual basis and the ranking is based on prior year revenue. TSGi was ranked #14 on this list published on February 27, 2015.… Read more »
Is Your Management Style Crushing Team Creativity?
Does your business model require innovation in order to succeed? If so, creativity is one of your most important assets. But creativity is hard to find, hard to encourage, and hard to maintain. And it’s possible that despite your best efforts, your management style is actually making it harder for your team to work in… Read more »
Hiring the Modern Employee | What do Employees Want in 2015?
Any company that hopes to fill vacancies quickly, staff according to strategic objectives, and attract the top talent available must understand what the modern employee is looking for. The obvious answer is generous compensation and a fair benefits package, but is this enough to attract the best and brightest? Research suggests that today’s employees are… Read more »
Where Do You Want Your Career to Go?
It’s importance to realize the difference between the job you have currently, and your career as a whole. If you are like most professionals, you will work for at least several companies over the course of your career, move into different positions and accept unexpected responsibilities, and probably finish your working life someplace you never… Read more »
What Does an Employer Want to Hear When They Ask “Tell Me About Yourself”
“Tell me about yourself.” You hear it in almost every job interview, but answering it never gets easier. Do you mention your trip to Italy and love of classic rock, or focus instead on the research project you worked on in college and the software you are developing in your spare time? Unfortunately, answering this… Read more »
How to Successfully Delegate Roles and Responsibilities for Post-Meeting Action
Here’s an experience every manager has faced – You walk out of a meeting feeling confident that your team is ready to meet and exceed your expectations. At your next meeting, you find out that things were done incorrectly, by the wrong people, or not at all. Some of the fault falls on the team,… Read more »
Featured Talent Solution–Vulnerability Management
The goals of this program were to: enable creation and sharing of scientific and business knowledge; enhance business adaptability to respond rapidly to research and business needs; ensure a robust, secure infrastructure; and develop an I&IT capable workforce. Our senior resource team identified the right talent that had strong experience in Vulnerability Management and had the expertise… Read more »