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Judge race looks to be locked up even without a final tally (Bakersfield Californian)More than a week after Election Day 2008, it appears the private attorney, Charles "Chip" Brehmer, can claim victory in the race to become a Kern County Superior Court judge.City freezes most hiring (Bakersfield

Judge race looks to be locked up even without a final tally (Bakersfield Californian) More than a week after Election Day 2008, it appears the private attorney, Charles "Chip" Brehmer, can claim victory in the race to become a Kern County Superior Court judge.

Many business executives focus their search for sales management candidates from within their industry. They are restricting their ability to find the right person for the role. read more

Title: The Complete Idiot’s Guide To Starting Your Own Business Author: Edward Paulson and Marcia Layton Publisher: Alpha Books ISBN 10: 1592575846 If you’re thinking about starting a business, there’s no shortage of books available on the subject.

Weekend WTF: From the Franklin-based creators of the not-so-borderline racist Obama Waffles, we bring you Sarah Palin’s Kickin’ MOOSEBURGER HELPER–featuring some moose and snowflake shaped mac ‘n’ cheese. Best we can tell they’re not nearly as offensive, but then again, we can’t actually see the box.

Down markets provide an excellent opportunity to survey your business practices and evaluate them for maximum efficiency. After all, if you're seeing fewer customer opportunities, two options for growth are to spend more money on advertising to attract more prospects or to do a better job selling current prospects.

News Commentary. A month ago, I would have bet Microsoft could push past the U.S. economic crisis unscathed. But as the bears bite overseas bulls, Microsoft won't avoid being mauled.

Oftentimes, employers build compensation plans to incent their employees to sell their product or service to obtain better sales results. What they often omit is ensuring that there is a balance between new sales and retention, both of which we will discuss.

After a lengthy screening process, the hiring committee feels they have found the right sales candidate for the company. Now comes the tricky part, how do you design an offer and go through the offer stage of the process without damaging the relationship with the candidate? Damaging? read more

I had an interesting discussion yesterday with a couple of managers for a large automobile dealership about what type of personality a great salesperson should have. As I had expected, both mangers said they wanted to hire salespeople who were ‘enthusiastic,’ ‘passionate,’ ‘vocal,’ and ‘outgoing.’