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The number of Wisconsin counties that have part-time county board members is 71. Milwaukee County is the only county in the state that pays board members for full-time work. County Executive Chris Abele wants to see a voter referendum to decide.
Northwestern Mutual targets ‘career changers’
Milwaukee-based Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Co. Inc. announced it will extend its hiring binge into 2013 with plans to add 5,500 financial professionals this year.
Haynor to lead national hospice organization
Mary Haynor, president and chief executive officer of Brown Deer-based Horizon Home Care & Hospice, has been elected secretary of the National Association for Home Care & Hospice (NAHC) for 2013 and 2014.
Signs of hope in Dashboard Survey
Readers responding to the second annual BizTimes Dashboard Survey are roughly just as optimistic about their companies' future for 2013 as they were heading into 2012.
“How to Read a Client from Across the Room: Win More Business with the Proven Character Code System to Decode Verbal and Nonverbal Communication”
You've heard it before: communication is the key to a relationship, friendship or any other type of bond. Author and communications expert Brandy Mychals explains the importance of communication in sales. As a former jewelry saleswoman, Mychals studied behavior profiling systems in relation to networking and marketing and created The Character Code System.
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‘Service is at the heart of every business’
Ron Bast is president of Richfield-based GO Riteway Transportation Group. In October 2010, Riteway purchased GO Airport Connection, providing transportation to Mitchell International and O'Hare airports. The combined company employs more than 900 people in Wisconsin and has a fleet of more than 650 vehicles providing shuttle and commuter transportation services. For Bast, the success of any company starts with its workers, who then in turn treat customers well.
Personnel File
Accounting
Brookfield-based Vrakas/Blum, S.C. has hired Ryan Sneed as a staff accountant in the audit department. In his new role, Sneed will be responsible for audit, review and compilation procedures.
Biz Notes
BloodCenter of Wisconsin BloodCenter of Wisconsin, Wauwatosa, has established a strategic alliance with Aurora, Ill.-based Heartland Blood Centers to...
Faith shaken: American leadership needs to step up
Two of my children have the word “faith” tattooed on their arms. Each individually made this choice and was nicely surprised to find the same “tat” was chosen by a sibling. Just before sitting down to write this column that word “faith” began to swim into and take over my mind.
