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Seasonality & Hiring Part 3: Retail

Read part 1 of our report on Accounting, Law, Finance, and Healthcare industries.Read part 2 of our report on the Technology industry.Small business job growth in the Brick and Mortar Retail

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Seasonality & Hiring Part 2: Technology

Across technology-centric industries, small business job growth follows a similar pattern of seasonality with the strongest job growth of the year happening in May, according to new data from Guideline.

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Seasonality & Hiring, Part 1: Accounting, Law, Finance, and Healthcare

While small business hiring in some industries proceeds at a steady clip throughout the year, others have pronounced seasonality, according to new data from Guideline.

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401(k)

Job Growth Among Guideline Clients Is Strongest in Finance, Real Estate, and Technology

Among companies offering a Guideline 401(k), those in finance, real estate, and technology showed the strongest growth in jobs in the twelve months leading up to September 1, 2019.The most robust

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The Bay Area and Other Places with High Housing Costs See the Strongest Small Business Job Growth

The San Francisco Bay Area, New York, Boston, and Los Angeles, four places with sky-high housing costs, also saw the strongest small business job growth over the past year, according to our analysis

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401(k)

Guideline Clients See Robust Job Growth, Far Outpacing Small Business Job Gains Nationwide

Job growth is strong at small businesses that offer a Guideline 401(k) plan, despite softening economic indicators nationwide, new data from Guideline shows. Guideline’s clients are adding jobs at about ten

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401(k)

The Small Business Gender Pay Gap By Industry

Last month, we released two studies to illustrate what the gender pay gap looks like at small businesses—those that employ between 0-100 people. More than 7,500 small businesses—that collectively employ

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The Geography of The Small Business Gender Pay Gap

Earlier this month, we released the findings from a Guideline study that revealed the small business gender pay gap. By looking at the anonymized compensation data of Guideline 401(k) plan participants, we

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401(k)

70 Cents on the Dollar: The Small Business Gender Pay Gap

It’s no secret that gender inequity in compensation is plaguing every corner of the economy. As we were all reminded on Equal Pay Day last month, things don’t seem to be

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Future Focus

Millennial Money: Beyond Avocado Toast

Anyone with access to the Internet knows that over the last couple of years, interest in millennial behavior patterns has skyrocketed. Between being scolded for loving avocado toast and being blamed for the

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