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Five ways managers sabotage the hiring processĀ 

Nearly every hiring manager has a blind spot that, if left unidentified, can lead to them missing out on high-quality employees or hiring people that are not a good fit with their company’s goals.Ā 

Demand for Baton Rouge office leases returns

Demand for office leases have picked up in the Baton Rouge market in recent months as companies become more comfortable making deals.

Lawmakers prepare for veto override session on congressional mapĀ 

As the Legislature prepares to go into a special session Wednesday to decide whether...

Employers cutting length of background checks in bid to fight labor shortage

Larger employers are revamping the way they conduct background checks on potential employees as a way to fight the tight labor market, Axios reports.Ā 

GOP lawmakers face thin margins to override Gov. Edwards’ congressional map veto

The Louisiana Legislature is all but certain to have a veto override session starting Wednesday. What Republican leaders don’t know is whether they have enough votes to overturn Gov. John Bel Edwards’ rejection and put their version of Louisiana’s congressional map into place.

Louisiana employment highest since March 2020

Two years after the pandemic began and despite inflation and the war in Ukraine driving prices up, Louisiana’s employment numbers are at their highest since March 2020, with Baton Rouge adding the second most jobs of any Louisiana metro from January to February.
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Challenges faced by disc golf industry mirror those of businesses everywhereĀ 

To understand the state of American business, look no further than disc golf, a...

Downtown’s Blues CafĆ© wants to be a hub for live musicĀ 

In the heart of downtown Baton Rouge, the new Blues CafƩ will combine jazz and blues music, Southern cuisine and specialty brunch cocktails when it opens later this spring.

Small businesses face tax headaches on top of pandemic woesĀ 

Small businesses that have been buffeted by the pandemic, inflation and shipping woes have another challenge to add to their plate: taxes.

PSC Group acquires Thermoplastics Services

Baton Rouge-based PSC Group has acquired DeQuincy-based Thermoplastics Services Inc., a plastics custom compounding and pelletizing business.Ā