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It's 10 am. Do you know what your telecommuter is doing? Does "working from home" mean "hardly working"?

In the three years since

Last month we told you the best options for front office software. This month we asked the experts to weigh in on back office software to improve your business operations. Never have there been more software choices for the small business.

In January, New York mayor Michael Bloomberg tapped Rachel Sterne to be the city's first chief digital officer--and ever since then, the 27-year-old (28 on Monday) has been on a tear, dragging New York into the 21st century.

When it comes to workplace attire, we're no longer restricted to the all-business-all-the-time suits-and-ties of Mad Men-era office culture. Colorful, fun companies like Google have proved success isn't derived from stodgy work outfits but can be achieved even in T-shirts and V-necks

On her wedding day , in the summer of 2002, Kathy Cohen reached into her makeup bag to freshen up and found a red, slimy mess of melted lipstick.

Perry Blacher has a knack for finding talent. His only problem is sometimes the best potential employees aren’t located across the street, but across an ocean or two. As the CEO of Covestor , a global mirrored investment firm, Blacher isn’t about to fly candidates to his London or New York offices for an interview if he can help it

Personality tests – also known as behavioral assessments and predictive tests -- have come a long way since "Miracle on 34th Street." That's the film where a nice old man who maintains he's Santa Claus is fired from Macy's after flunking a dubious applicant quiz given by a self-styled shrink. Good tests today are about more than qualifying a candidate for a slot, says Dr. Todd Harris, director of research at PI Worldwide , Wellesley Hills, Massachusetts, which has furnished testing to organizations of all sizes around the globe since 1955.