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Midwest Stairs has hand in big projects

Milwaukee-based Midwest Stairs and Iron Inc. only had a couple of jobs under its belt before the Great Recession hit. But that adversity has helped the company learn to roll with the punches.

Interview with Dale Boehm

What was the smartest thing your company did in the past year?

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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.
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“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.

‘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.



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