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Brookfield-based QPS Employment Group, a staffing and recruiting firm, has conducted a survey that indicates more than 27 percent of Midwestern companies plan to increase wages in the third quarter.

If you've never been to the Guggenheim Museum in New York City you're missing an exceptional experience and an incredible lesson in sales.

Companies are increasingly hiring outside problem solvers to supplement their internal expertise.

You hear a lot of commentary about a lack of leadership, but hardly any about the other side of leadership, “followership.”

Have you ever wondered why you see yourself one way, while others don't see you like that at all? Do we underestimate or overestimate our skills and abilities or are we unaware how others see us? Is it a lack of feedback or do we just ignore or don't recognize the feedback?

Ask the average person whether she is creative. She will tell you that she's not an Einstein, a Mozart or an Edison.

Milwaukee Area Technical College will get $2.6 million in Wisconsin Fast Forward grant funds from the state to train up to 546 workers for in-demand fields, Gov. Scott Walker announced.

Waukesha coating systems and coating product solutions distributor ICAFe Inc. has agreed to acquire Dove Equipment of East Peoria, Ill.

Wauwatosa-based real estate development firm Wangard Partners Inc. plans to build a two-building, $14 million industrial space development on the former Yellow Freight Truck terminal sites at 11525 and 11406 W. Rogers St. in West Allis.