You can’t pick up a newspaper without seeing a headline about balancing screen time for kids.But what about adults’ screen time?You’re often on two screens at once, posting to your company’s Facebook page while monitoring Twitter to jump into customer conversations. Then you toggle over to email to finish a note to a client. At the end of the day, … Read More
4 Tips for Efficient Meetings
We’ve all been there — a meeting that never ends, eyes glazed over and no real takeaways. Chalk it up as another meeting that could have been an email!Meetings are necessary and can be productive when they stay on track. Here are 4 tips to keep meetings efficient and effective: 1. Plan. Take your time to plan out the meeting … Read More
Why Taking the High Road Pays Off
We asked Jason Caras, Co-CEO of IT Authorities to be our guest blogger this month. His business, work ethic and involvement in the community exemplify the Prime Group Insurance values. Here are Jason’s thoughts on taking the high road especially as you become more successful: It’s harder to take the high road It’s easier to let your mind react accordingly … Read More
How to Prove Yourself in the First 90 Days on the Job!
So you finally GOT THE JOB….now what?? First impressions are everything (which is probably why you got the job in the first place!) especially when it comes to proving yourself to your boss and coworkers. Hunker down and be ready to put the work in! 1.Show up early and be prepared! Show up at least 10 minutes early and come … Read More
Subsidy Award Notices Are Here (June 1): Are You Ready?
Beginning June 1, 2016, employers will start receiving notifications from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) when an employee in their organization receives a subsidy to purchase health coverage from the Federal Exchange. These notices, a sample of which is available here, will report employees who have received subsidized Exchange coverage for the 2016 calendar year. Therefore, employers … Read More
Two Steps Toward a Safe, Healthy Workplace
Just because explosive materials don’t surround your business building, doesn’t mean your office has no health and safety risks. Every job has potential hazards.These include communicable disease, transportation accidents, workplace violence, slipping and falling, chemical and gas exposure, getting struck by objects, electrocution, repetitive motion and ergonomic injuries, and hearing loss. Some hazards are unlikely to happen in air-conditioned workspaces … Read More
What is Cyber Risk Management?
What exactly is cyber risk? It’s any risk of financial loss, disruption or damage to the reputation of an organization from some sort of failure of its information technology systems. Cyber risk and cyber security is a hot topic right now and will continue to grow as our business technology systems grow. Here is a great article about: What does … Read More
How to Provide GREAT Customer Service
Each month we have a guest blogger who exemplifies the PGI values. We asked Todd Wolfe this month to contribute to our blog. Todd is someone to know in the community. Here is a little about him: Todd Wolf has been in the building service contracting industry since 1989. “I was living in NYC, and my mom called me up … Read More
6 Tips to Nail Your Job Interview
Making yourself stand out among great candidates can be challenging. After nearly two decades of interviewing candidates for various positions, here are the key (little) things that stand out and the reasons why I hire one deserving candidate over another: 1.Dress for success! Spend the money and buy a nice navy suit whether a man or woman. Also get a … Read More
Why Business Partnerships WORK!
We asked Vick Tipnes to be our guest blogger this month. His business, work ethic and involvement in the community exemplifies the PrimeGroup Insurance values. Vick is someone to know in the community. Here is a little about him: My name is Vick Tipnes and I am the founder and CEO of Blackstone Medical Services, a national home sleep testing … Read More