Have you ever gone out to dinner and ordered something that the waiter convinces you is just mouth-wateringly delicious? Your stomach is rumbling just thinking about how good it is going to taste. Your dinner partner orders something not nearly as enticing. And you eagerly anticipate the arrival of your meal with a smug sense
Read More...2012 Best and Brightest Companies To Work For In Metropolitan Detroit Aug. 15, 2012, Warren, Mich. — Hundreds of competing companies throughout the Metropolitan Detroit region vie for a 101 Best and Brightest designation, but only companies with the highest quality human resources initiatives can be named Metropolitan Detroit’s 101 Best and Brightest Companies
Read More...MIPRO Promotes Larry Zagata to Partner September 11th, 2012 MIPRO Consulting, a Milford, Michigan-based consultancy specializing in implementations, upgrades and optimizations of Oracle’s PeopleSoft applications, announced today that Larry Zagata has been promoted to partner. MIPRO Managing Partner and CEO Jim Prokes made the announcement. Prior to becoming partner, Zagata served as Vice
Read More...MIPRO Consulting Shines with Talent Having essentially been born out of the PeopleSoft HR platform (now owned and marketed by Oracle), MIPRO’s management team has more than a little bias toward having a Having essentially been born out of the PeopleSoft HR platform (now owned and marketed by Oracle), MIPRO’s management team has more
Read More...Webinar: Preparing PeopleSoft for 2012 Year-End W-2 Processing Do you cringe at the thought of reconciling year-end? Let us help. At this time of the year there’s so much to do – apply your PeopleSoft patches, verify your employee data, test, print your payment summaries and more – it can all be overwhelming!
Read More...Most American schools focus on academic curriculum and preparing students for a collegiate career, so much so that upper-tier schools are often colloquially called prep schools. And it’s not a bad goal. But should it be the only goal? While excelling in academia is important – American standardized test scores are, after all, falling to
Read More...A couple weeks ago I had the opportunity to present at PeopleSoft RECONNECT in Hartford, Connecticut. In the midst of hectic schedules and a vibrant crowd, I had a great time catching up with old clients and friends and meeting new people and sharing ideas. It was a great forum for open discussions and a
Read More...Henry Blodget for Business Insider: Facebook’s stock has dropped by half since the IPO three months ago. And the stock price is now well below the level at which most employees have been granted stock in the past 18 months. This means that most current and former Facebook employees are worth far less than they
Read More...MIPRO Featured in The Oakland Press Survivors of any kind almost always seem to have unique stories and Milford-based MIPRO is something of a survivor, having been created in the aftermath of a corporate takeover that left hundreds of employees marooned. But like survivors, MIPRO founders came up with a way to put their feet
Read More...Lisa Jansen, writing for CNBC.com: Companies with at least one woman on the board over the past six years show better average growth, with an average of 14 percent over the past six years compared to 10 percent for those with no female board representation. They also have a 4 percent higher return on equity,
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