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Accounting firm hiresleader for new division
YOUNGSTOWN -- Hill, Barth & amp; King has hired Toni Stefan to lead its newly formed division, HBK Healthcare Business Solutions.
This division focuses on health-care providers such as physicians and pharmacists. Services include analysis, consulting, training, systems design and technology.
Stefan has 13 years' experience in information technology and more than 20 years' experience in health care and medical practice management.
Hill, Barth & amp; King is a locally based accounting firm with 15 offices in Ohio, Florida, Pennsylvania and Virginia.
NATION
Poll shows many bossesnever bother with thanks
NEW YORK -- Does the boss say thanks? No? Well, you've got ample company.
More than half of employees in a recent survey, 55 percent, said they were never or rarely thanked for their efforts. Conversely, 35 percent said they were thanked frequently at work.
The e-mail poll of 1,002 people also revealed that colleagues are much more likely to say thanks than managers -- 84 percent said they express gratitude to a co-worker daily or frequently.
On the other side of the niceties, more than a third of supervisors (34 percent) said they praise at least daily the employees who report directly to them.
Thirty-seven percent said they do it weekly, 8 percent praise monthly, and 6 percent conceded they never praise those who report to them.
From Vindicator staff and wire reports
Too casual for the office
NEW YORK -- Casual attire may have become a little too casual for some employers.
A survey found that "no jeans" topped the list of employee-attire changes bosses would like to see. "No tight or revealing clothing," "wear suit jackets," "dress more formally" and "no sweats, shorts or capri pants" also made the list.
The research was conducted for No Nonsense, a North Carolina-based legwear maker, involving 150 CEOs and 1,003 adults. Workers seemed receptive, with 69 percent saying they wouldn't have a problem if their company adopted a policy on professional attire.