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Article by the Young Entrepreneur Council (YEC)Mistakes – especially those that leave us cringing long after they've happened – can make us feel as if we've taken one step forward only to take 20 steps back. It's easy to cripple yourself analyzing why you made the mistake, your mind tricking you into thinking it's irreversible, that you can't move past this.But here's the good news: You can.

According to a recent survey conducted by Survata, more than 70 percent of employees want their companies to improve how they communicate information."Companies are investing substantial resources to create great corporate cultures and employee experiences, yet they are using outdated and ineffective methods to communicate with their employees," Keith Kitani, cofounder and CEO of workplace communications platform GuideSpark, said in a press release about the study.Employees expect communications from their employers regarding a wide variety of subjects, including healthcare enrollment details and Department of Labor regulations.

More than 2.5 billion people in the world use email today, and more than 2.5 million emails are sent every single second.

"Hope is definitely not the same thing as optimism.

As you've likely heard by now, a new overtime rule was set to go into effect on December 1st, 2016, that would have expanded the number of people eligible for overtime pay by millions.

This could be the year you decide to stop working for someone else and start your own business.

When Rafael Romis started his website design company five years ago, he kept enough cash on hand to last about two weeks.

Flexible work isn't just for hip, young startups anymore.

You have many talents!

It's the beginning of a new year, a time traditionally reserved for reflection and self-analysis – not only for individuals, but for businesses as well.

It seems pretty clear that the recruitment industry has reached a major tipping point.

Recruiters claim to spend five minutes reviewing each resume they receive, but they actually only average six seconds per resume, according to MightyRecruiter (full infographic below).

Welcome to Top 10, Recruiter.com's weekly rundown of the best of the best in recruiting!

If President Barack Obama is looking for a new job after Jan. 20, Spotify has a position that seems made just for him.

January – the time of year when we push the restart button and do all of the things that we promised we'd do last year but didn't! It's a little bit cliché, isn't it?Have you ever written down your goals in January and then reviewed them later in the year to see how many of them you actually achieved?

Welcome to Recruiter QA, where we pose employment-related questions to the experts and share their answers!

The interview stage of the hiring process can be stressful for both the interviewee and the interviewer.

The military is teaming up with Uber to give jobs to veterans and soldiers on active duty.

According to the Society for Human Resource Management, three percent of companies in the United States offer to help employees pay off their student loans. Now that millennials make up the largest group in the American workforce, companies are trying to respond to the needs of the generation according to George Davis, CEO of hiring firm Egon Zehnder.