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• Best Business Tips

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• Space Savers

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• Job Changers

  There's a belief that employees are changing jobs more frequently than in the past, but does the data support the perception?  By Lynn MacDonald, associate professor of economics, St. Cloud State University
   
  This article appeared in the March-April 2020 issue of Business Central Magazine.  Following are the sources used in the article.
   
  

  • Molloy, R., Smith, C., Trezzi, R. and A. Wozniak, “Understanding Declining Fluidity in the U.S. Labor Market.” Brookings Papers on Economic Activity, Spring 2016.
  • Molloy, R., Smith, C., and A. Wozniak, “Job Changing and the Decline in Long Distance Migration in the US.” Demography, April 2017, n54 pp. 631-653.
  • Wozniak, Abigail, Conversations with the Fed, “Changing Job Security in the U.S.: A View from the OIGI.” Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, November 14, 2019. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJcSCTtt7q8

  
  

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• Home Office Deduction

  Small business owners may qualify for a home office deduction that will help them save money on their taxes, and benefit their bottom line. 
  
  

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• 2020 Office Design Trends

  Architectural Digest brought together staff, friends, and designers to talk about the hottest trends in office design. 
  
  

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• "ISS 2020 Vision: New Ways of Working"

  This report on the workplace of the future provides research and strategies to support the needs of an increasingly global, mobile and diverse workforce.

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• Space Age

  Workplace design can impact employee perceptions about business. With a bit of effort, companies can create a space that is collaborative, welcoming, and a hiring tool.  By Mary MacDonell Belisle,  www.wordingforyou.com
   
  This story first appeared in the March-April 2020 issue of Business Central Magazine.  Following are the sources used for the story.
   
  Cury, Zahira, “Top 10 Interior Design Trends 2020,” January 4, 2020, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9DY-Zz7HB-w, accessed 12/27/19.
   
  ISS ServiceFutures, “A business manager view: These trends will influence office design in 2020,” https://www.servicefutures.com/business-manager-view-trends-will-influence-office-design-2020 , accessed 12/28/19.
   
  Lashbrooke, Barnaby, “This Is the Hottest Trend In Office Design Right Now,” Forbes Magazine, August 27, 2019, 
  
  https://www.forbes.com/sites/barnabylashbrooke/2019/08/27/this-is-the-hottest-trend-in-office-design-right-now/#1e61cfda7787, accessed 1/5/20.
   
  “Our 2020 Design Trend Predictions Are In,” Architectural Digest, December 27, 2019, https://www.architecturaldigest.com/story/design-trends-2020, accessed 1/4/20.
   
  Rap Interiors, “7 Office Design Trends for 2019,” December 13, 2018, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C4Xjdxg2vTg, accessed 12/28/19. 
   
  Ryan, Kevin J., “5 Hottest Office Design Trends of 2019,” Inc. Magazine, https://www.inc.com/kevin-j-ryan/worlds-coolest-offices-design-trends-2019.html. accessed 1/5/20.
  
  

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