Business

The job market can be a difficult thing to navigate, especially when you really need a new job. Whether you are looking for a pay increase, to change industries, or to simply move on to something better, it’s important that you do what you can to stand out in your job applications and interviews. If…

Ajay Nahata’s current research interests include terahertz optoelectronics, plasmonics, metamaterials, nanophotonics, nanofabrication, nonlinear optics, and ultrafast optics. Ajay’s education includes a B.S. degree in electrical engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from Columbia University, New York.  His Ph.D. focused on the use of ultrafast near-infrared…

A website is a crucial part of doing business in today’s digital age. Whether you are a blogger, store owner, professional service provider, or anything else, having a website behind you to showcase your work and make finding clients and customers easier is essential. But running a website is about far more than just getting…

Whether caused by an accident, a storm, an electrical surge, or a tripped breaker, a blackout at work is never a good thing. Blackouts can elicit panic, cause accidents, and reduce productivity. It is important to be prepared for a blackout. You will need a backup plan that will allow for employee and customer safety,…

Your business depends on employees who contribute their knowledge and skills to produce quality work. But if some workers are not performing at their best, the entire business can suffer. Although it can be challenging to keep employees motivated and engaged, it can be done. Help Them Set Goals Setting goals can help employees concentrate…

When running a business, there’s already a lot you need to manage. On top of everything, you need to make sure you avoid certain mistakes. Making this a priority can help you to avoid damaging or setting back your business. Not Valuing Clients Your clients are an integral part of your business. While it’s easy…

At first glance, small businesses have a long way to go if they want to have any hopes of competing against their larger counterparts. Certainly they tend to have much smaller budgets to work with, which usually translates to fewer resources and sometimes compromising on quality in some areas. These days, however, the playing field…

Perhaps you are a stay-at-home parent or are confined to your home for health reasons. Or, maybe you just prefer to do things from the comforts of your own home. Whatever your reasons, rest assured that there are plenty of great careers that you can pursue—and you won’t even have to leave the front door!…

Business operations are always complicated, difficult to manage, and stressful to stay on top of. This is often because businesses run with limited room for error, operating with razor thin margins and struggling to make the right moves at every turn. When it comes to running business there are certain functions that require exactness, with…