(Akiit.com) The Black unemployment rate continued to improve falling from 7.8 percent in December to 7.7 percent in January, according to the latest jobs report from the Labor Department. The labor force participation rate for Blacks, which is the share of workers who are employed or looking for jobs, increased from ...
(Akiit.com) Each year, the Census Bureau recognizes Black History Month by releasing up-to-date statistics that reveal the total Black population, the number of Black-owned businesses and even how many African-American military members are serving the country. Currently, the Black population stands at 46.3 million, up about 1.3 percent from the previous ...
(Akiit.com) Entrepreneurs dread making a bad hire. It’s not just that getting rid of them is difficult. It’s that they can do a lot of damage before you finally extricate them from your organization, causing other people on your team to quit and damaging your reputation as a company. Hiring is ...
(Akiit.com) Starting and successfully running a business is one of the finest accomplishments of life. It, however, is far from easy. If your business is product oriented, you have to pay for inventory. In the early stages of business development it is hard to pay yourself a living wage, but when ...
(Akiit.com) Human resources departments are often one of the smallest within a business. But, in most cases, they’re still doing loads of work. From paying staff to recruiting new ones; the job of an HR representative is never ending. Thankfully, the dawn of computers has had a great impact on the ...
(Akiit.com) Medicine is often considered to be one of the most fulfilling areas of work that there is. After all, you’re often on the front lines, helping people and potentially saving lives. What could possibly be more fulfilling than a career where you’re actually doing a genuine amount of good in ...
(Akiit.com) It’s officially 2017. A new year, full of new beginnings and opportunities. But for taxpayers and the truly vulnerable in ObamaCare expansion states, it’s the continuation (and acceleration) of a nightmare. As of January 1, states are on the hook for 5 percent of the expansion’s costs. And with ...
(Akiit.com) Aside from the money involved, golf is an incredibly accessible sport. You only need a bit of gear, and you can get involved. You don’t have to be good at the game for it to be fun, as long as you play with other people at a similar skill level. ...
(Akiit.com) The internet has never more accessible than is today for people who just want to browse websites such as Facebook to catch up with old friends, watch movies through websites such as Netflix, or use the internet to play games with thousands of other people. Every internet service provider has ...
(Akiit.com) It seems that everyone wants to invest in real estate, but most people don’t know how. Sure, it sounds easy enough: make a bid, renovate, and sell it for a huge profit. It’s easy, right? Well, the truth is that it is a lot harder to make a quality investment ...
(Akiit.com) Businesses start every day but around ninety-seven percent of new companies fail. Why is this? Well, it’s quite simply because business owners make certain mistakes during the setup process. One of the biggest errors that you want to avoid is growing too quickly. You have to remember that a business ...
(Akiit.com) As a new Congress and White House begin their respective governmental roles, a still-growing cadre of supporters and opponents are focusing on the future of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). Ironically, Capitol Hill’s ongoing regulatory tug-of-war is really not a partisan issue for much of the nation. Early consumer ...