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Be A Leader - Use Environmentally Friendly Products in Your

Sun, 20 May 2012 00:27:45 -0500

Many building service contractors are aware that green cleaningis a hot topic these days due to health and safety concerns bybuilding owners and managers. We see increasing amounts ofrecycling bins in the buildings we clean, which is a sign thatpeople are becoming more environmentally conscious. Steps arealso being taken to reduce or eliminate the use of hazardous andtoxic chemicals in many industries. As a janitorial contractoryou can be a leader in your industry by exploring the manyexcellent environmentally preferable products available on themarket today.If the cleaning products you are using contain any of thefollowing chemicals, you may be putting yourself, youremployees, your customers, and the environment at risk.Nonylphenoxpolyethoxyethanol, Nonylphenols and NPEAPEsurfactants: These provide detergency to remove soil from avariety of surfaces. Although effective, they arepetroleum-based products that may contain traces of ethyleneoxide, which is a suspected ca...

LinkedIn Hints For Building a Great Network

Thu, 17 May 2012 01:24:56 -0500

Many people work wildly, seeking to grow their networks. Besides the largest sites of LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter, you can find many more that are dedicated to the subject, whether they are a smaller social networking site, a blog devoted to the topic, or simple product website that "helps" you network. The great news is that networking, in terms of collecting large groups of folks that you can reach, has never been easier. The bad news is that collecting names and business cards never was effective networking, and the online equivalent won't work, either. Building effective networks is truly the name of the game, regardless of the size of the network.Creating an effective network challenges individuals to build relationships with individuals who make a difference in the quality of their personal, social, or business life. For a career, an effective network has more specific meaning, and the meaning changes based on the context of career development.So what are you...

Proper Vacuuming Puts the Final Touch on Office Cleaning

Wed, 16 May 2012 01:23:29 -0500

After emptying the trash and doing the dusting, it is time forvacuuming, that final step to keep your office buildings lookingclean and your clients happy. Vacuuming properly does more thanjust get up the dust and soil particles that can cause permanentstaining, discoloration and damage to a building's carpets. Italso prolongs the life of carpets by removing gritty particlesthat can cut and scratch carpet fibers and hold microscopicsoils that cause discoloration.Vacuuming regularly will prolong the periods between carpetcleaning. Carpet cleaning can be expensive and it is also roughon carpet fibers. A properly vacuumed carpet removes not onlysoils and dust, but also pollens that can irritate allergies andbreathing problems. By vacuuming regularly you can also quicklyspot areas of the carpet that may need repairs. Repairs can thenbe made before more harm is done or before someone trips andfalls over a frayed edge, bald spot or other damaged area of thecarpet.It is impor...

How Your Phone is Answered Says a Lot About Your Cleaning

Tue, 15 May 2012 01:30:23 -0500

The way you and your employees answer your phone is extremelyimportant to your business. Much of the contact you have withcustomers or potential customers will be through the telephoneso you want them to feel that they're dealing with aprofessional, courteous business. Here are some tips forensuring your phone answering skills are top notch: Answer incoming calls by the third ring. When answering the phone, be warm and courteous. Remember thatyou're representing the company and you want to make a goodimpression by having a pleasant sounding voice. Speak slowly and clearly. Don't talk so fast that the callercan't understand you. Speak with a moderate volume. Don't speak so soft that thecaller can't hear you, and don't speak so loud that they have tohold the phone away from their ear. When answering the phone, have a standard greeting, and thenidentify yourself and your company. For example, "Good morning,ABC Cleaning Company, this is John. How may I help you?" Ha...

Online Degrees and Employee Screening

Mon, 14 May 2012 00:39:38 -0500

The most prominent trend in the employment screening industry has been a proliferation of online databases offering cheap background checks. Any one can access the internet and with a quick search be able to purchase, for example, criminal records for a low fee. While that is very appealing to companies looking to trim the budget on background checks, it may in fact be a dangerous trend.What do the companies say that have been running background checks, back when employment screening industry was just a concept and not an accepted practice?Tom Lawson, the founder of APSCREEN, the oldest screening firm in the country, says The necessity of a background check has been established now, and that's why we are seeing such a proliferation of people getting into the business - particularly because the internet makes it an easy field to enter because of the low start-up costs.Lawson continues, But back in , when we practically invented the concept of...

Advantages of Using Outsourcing Mechanical Drafting Services

Sat, 12 May 2012 00:20:08 -0500

Mechanical drafting can be defined as an expressive way to bring an idea through the use of designs and drawings that show in feature the process of rotating the idea into realism. Mechanical drafting and drawing is the art of creating designs used by engineers, architects, machine shop workers, wood workers and inventors in working out the details of constructive designs. With the help of mechanical design and mechanical drafting you can also make assembly drawings for all types of mechanical assemblies, architectural schematics, and structural design and then change them into completely accurate multi-layer drawings. Mechanical drafting enables the construction work of any kind to be carried on with accuracy, economy of time and material and takes the place of lengthy verbal descriptions which would not be able to express with clarity and exactness the information required by the workman to create whatever they are building.Mechanical drafting systemsare a big imp...