Small Business Solutions
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- Top 10 Recruiting Myths - Busted
Millions of interviews take place every year and with that comes a number of myths about the recruiting process. For one reason or another, these myths have become commonplace and dispelling them becomes a prominent issue. This list summarizes the ten most common recruiting myths. - Identifying and Leveraging Your Star Players
When looking to overhaul your small business, you need to rely on the strongest members of your organization. Every company has a few people who provide substantially greater value. Leveraging these people's ideas and insights will help you build a stronger small business. - 5 Things You Need To Do To Conduct A Better Interview
Your business depends on your ability to make a good hire. But making a good hire is not exactly an easy task. After sorting through resumes and selecting the few choice candidates considered worth your time is only half the battle.
Manage Your Business Credit
SelfMonitor 2.0
Introducing the most comprehensive way to monitor your D&B listing and your business credit file. SelfMonitor 2.0 provides you with access to the most up-to-date and complete credit information on your business for one full year. You'll also receive alerts when your credit file changes.
Benefits and uses
- Keep tabs on the latest information that your vendors, banks, suppliers, and customers see when they make critical decisions regarding your business.
- Use SelfMonitor 2.0 in conjunction with eUpdate (a self-service tool from D&B you can use to maintain and update your record) to ensure that your business credit information is always complete and up-to-date.
- Learn how to "read your company's credit report" and analyze the information it contains with D&B's SelfMonitor 2.0 Instruction Guide.
Information and data
- Detailed credit information and payment history.
- Key business ratios that measure financial strength.
- Summary information on profitability, debts, assets, and corporate relationships.
- Credit Limit Recommendation -- D&B's assessment of how much credit should be extended to a company like yours.
- Payment Trends Profile -- Your company's payment patterns compared to industry norms.
- D&B Rating -- A composite score of your firm's financial strength and creditworthiness.
- D&B Paydex Score -- An overview of how your company has paid its bills.
- Risk of Late Payment Dial -- A graphical representation of whether your company is in the high-risk category for late payments.
- Payment Trend Arrow -- A graphical indicator of how your company has been paying bills over the past 90 days.
- E-mail alerts on any changes to your D&B listing.
- SelfMonitor 2.0 Instruction Guide -- A guide to the details of your report, how to analyze the information, and how to improve or fix "red flags."
