The Saturday immediately following Thanksgiving Day and the shopping frenzy of Black Friday has become known as Small Business Saturday. It is immediately followed by Online Monday as a signal announcing the start of the holiday shopping season. Small Business Saturday has been in existence since 2010 when American Express used the moniker to encourage consumers to get out and...
The business world and workspaces, in general, are evolving right before our eyes. What has traditionally been considered a workspace is currently in a state of flux in response to the pandemic. Remote work and hybrid options are causing some organizations to discover that they need less space or flexibility in regard to meetings, workstations, or conferences. The Enterprise Center...
Just a few years ago remote work was a thing of legend. Not many companies allowed it and even fewer embraced it as their company culture. Fast forward a few years and remote, hybrid and multistate workforce is now the norm. Covid-19 forced many organizations to rethink their workforce needs. While the pandemic may have accelerated the move to remote...
In our last blog, we discuss briefly the programs and services that we offer small and medium-sized business owners across the North Shore. One of those services is a Small Business Technical Assistance Program meant to help small businesses that have been forced to adapt to an ever-changing and uncertain technical environment during the covid pandemic. What are those changes...
If you’ve ever walked past the Enterprise Center on the campus of Salem State University, you may wonder exactly what goes on inside our doors. You may have heard that we are an entrepreneurial hub, a business resource center, or a place for professionals to seek out help for their emerging or growing businesses. In each instance, you would be...
It’s no secret that there has been a massive shift in the work world now that (hopefully) the pandemic is mostly in the rearview window. For the last two years, our global focus has been to manage the day-to-day needs of our workforce as we all faced the realities of a world reeling from a contagious and deadly virus. Some...
According to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, “The most impacted industries facing staffing shortages are the transportation, health care, and social assistance industries, as well as the accommodation and food sectors, which have had the highest numbers of job openings.” For the Massachusetts and New England region, areas filled with first-class medical and healthcare facilities as well as a strong...
Having a business in Massachusetts or the New England area means close proximity to institutions of higher education sitting at your doorstep. The large pool of college and high school interns is a potential boon for your business in both the short and long term. Internships have benefits for both the business hosting the internship program and for the individual...
The coronavirus pandemic exacerbated many issues in our country including inequities in healthcare, access to food and jobs, and connectivity via a computer and the internet. These issues have been evolving over the last few decades only to have a harsh spotlight shown upon them during the last two years. Our goal in this blog is to focus on the...
Navigating the business world can be challenging especially when you are a C-level leader. Too often the ability to access appropriate networking is missing or there isn’t enough time to attend at a certain level. That’s where Salem State University’s CEO Groups as a part of the Enterprise Center becomes a valuable tool that CEOs across the Commonwealth and most...
