Business Hiring – Large and Small Firms

by TheBusinessProfessor | Feb 23, 2025 | Professionalism & Career Development

Business Recruiting and HiringJob recruiting can be broken down into three categories, Fortune 1000, Mid-sized firms, and small employers. The hiring in these organizations can be broken down into the following groups: Hiring from Company Internship Programs Hiring...

Understanding Business – The Start of Career Development

by TheBusinessProfessor | Feb 23, 2025 | Professionalism & Career Development

Understanding Business for Career DevelopmentBusiness is the delivery of a value proposition to a customer, client, or end-user. In return, the business will receive the type and amount of value required to sustain the business. Notice that I use the words, amount and...

LinkedIn for Career Development – Explained

by TheBusinessProfessor | Feb 23, 2025 | Professionalism & Career Development

What is LinkedIn?LinkedIn is the single most important and powerful career tool today. And it is more (much, much more) than simply a professional Facebook. It is a comprehensive career platform. If you are not using it to its fullest extent – youre missing out....

Monetize – Explained

by TheBusinessProfessor | Feb 23, 2025 | Strategy, Entrepreneurship, & Innovation

What Does it Mean to Monetize an Idea?Monetization is about making an asset or a product eligible as legal tender. Generally, it involves the conversion of a non-revenue creating product into cash or cash-generating. Monetizing an idea is commonly used in...

Bleeding Edge – Explained

by TheBusinessProfessor | Feb 23, 2025 | Strategy, Entrepreneurship, & Innovation

What is the Bleeding Edge?Bleeding edge, also referred to as cutting edge, refers to a product, service, idea, or undertaking that is the newest in the market. Often it is used to describe the latest version of some technology or scientific undertaking. Related Topics...

Return of Capital – Explained

by TheBusinessProfessor | Feb 23, 2025 | Business Taxation

What is Return of Capital?Return of capital refers to a return that an investor receives of the amount invested, and is excluded from the taxable income category. It takes place when an investor gets a percentage of his or her actual investment, and such proceeds are...

Qualified Dividend – Explained

by TheBusinessProfessor | Feb 23, 2025 | Business Taxation

What is a Qualified Dividend?A qualified dividend refers to a dividend covered under capital gains tax rates that are less as compared to the income tax rates on dividends. In order to be eligible for the highest tax rates of 0%, 15%, or 20% that are applicable for...

Pro Bono – Explained

by TheBusinessProfessor | Feb 23, 2025 | Business Ethics & Social Responsibility

What is Pro Bono?Pro Bono is coined from the Latin phrase pro bono publico. Pro bono means working for the public, and its popularly utilized in the legal profession. Generally, it refers to professional services offered voluntarily at no cost to the recipient. The...

Intrapreneur – Explained

by TheBusinessProfessor | Feb 23, 2025 | Strategy, Entrepreneurship, & Innovation

What is Intrapreneurship?Intrapreneurship concerns entrepreneurship that occurs within an existing, established company.  Who is an Intrapreneur? An intrapreneur refers to an employee whose orientation or responsibility is to develop an innovative project or idea...

Expatriate – Explained

by TheBusinessProfessor | Feb 23, 2025 | Global Business, International Law & Relations

What is an Expatriate?An expatriate, or Ex-Pat, refers to an individual residing in a country different from his or her country of citizenship, usually temporarily and for the purpose of work. An expatriate can also be someone who relinquished citizenship in their...