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Gen Y Forecast To "Fuel Small Business Growth"

When it comes to small firms that'll be created in the next five years, members of Generation Y will be behind more of them than any other demographic, judging from a new report.  Employers (the insurance specialist that takes an all-caps approach to writing its own name) found that a whopping 46 percent of 18-to-25-year-olds mean to follow that path.

Tips for Successful Small Business Social Media Endeavors

A new poll from Employers Holdings found that half of small businesses believe a social media presence is important, but only 16% actually utilize it. The poll revealed that although there are nearly five million small businesses leveraging social media, that figure only accounts for 16% of the 29.7 million small businesses in the United States based on figures from the Small Business Administration.    Some findings from the poll:

Small Businesses Still Waiting to Hire

In the Small Business Opinion Poll from EMPLOYERS, small business decision-makers indicate that it will require over 12 months for their businesses to return to pre-recession levels, in terms of annual sales. In addition, 41% say it will be more than 10 months before they start hiring.

Survey Finds Businesses Ready to Hire

Manpower Inc. has released the results of its latest Manpower Employment Outlook Survey. The results show that US employers anticipate a moderate increase in their hiring plans for the first quarter of 2010.

How Employers Are Controlling Morale

HR firm TriNet released the results of an interesting survey looking at employee morale and what small businesses are doing to keep it high. Is it staying high? Here is how respondents answered:

Why are Employers Hesitant to Take On New Employees?

The UK-based Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) has released data indicating that the smallest businesses are the best employers, but are put off from employing staff by the burden of increased regulation. According to the FSB:

Letting Employees Go is Not Fun

Sometimes the employee works out, sometimes they don't, what happens as a manager when you have to pull the rip cord on the employee's career, and bid them a good day escort out the door?