It sounds like the perfect solution for cash-strapped small businesses: Hire an unpaid summer intern to help clear through the to-do list items that have been pending for months - years, even. But there's a fine line between helping a high school or college student and taking advantage of free labor. Fail to follow the proper regulations and you set yourself up for a lawsuit.

Apprenticeships have been a standard business practice for hundreds of years, allowing novice workers to learn a trade from skilled masters. Internships are a modern form of that in which both sides can benefit: Young workers get the chance to try out a potential career and supervisors can test out talent at minimal or no cost

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High Density Filing from Adjustable Shelving

High Density Shelving Systems come in many different shapes and sizes for hundreds of different storage applications. High Density Shelving Systems are composed of tracks anchored into the floor with moveable carriages sitting atop the tracks. On top of the carriages will sit any of dozens of different types of shelving systems or cabinets for your storage needs.

Since 1927, Adjustable Shelving has designed, crafted and installed innovative and economical storage solutions for a diverse clientele, including Fortune 500 companies and prestigious law and accounting firms.

The Adjustable Shelving High Density system is a uniquely designed space saving, mobile storage system that elegantly balances the aesthetic, cost and durability concerns of architects, designers and facility managers with restrictive building codes and conditions. The system is strong, yet lightweight. A heavy gauge aluminum carriage design offers the most intelligent high density system available. Adjustable HD Series systems can be installed in buildings that have floor weight load limitations that would preclude the installation of most steel carriage space saving systems. Adjustable HD Series systems are individually specified to meet the requirements of your client's particular site.

Whether the application is a highly visible library, office or an unimproved back room, Adjustable HD Series space saving systems are an intelligent and effective solution for all of your client's high density mobile storage requirements.

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The Narrative Collection by Patrician Furniture

Designed by Jim Barefoot, the Narrative Collection accommodates a broad range of applications for a variety of markets including healthcare, institutional, government and corporate. In addition to lounge seating, the collection provides multiple seating, patient seating and tables. The collection also features an innovative, anti-bacterial wood finish known as the Pat-Shield finish. Offered exclusively on all Patrician furniture Pat-Shield has been proven to inhibit the growth of bacteria, mold and mildew on wood surfaces. This special feature, coupled with the collection's multiple configurations and easy mobility create an award winning statement. The Narrative Collection is on Federal GSA contact as well as the State of Florida Contract.

Narrative Lounge Seating

Adapting to the environment is just what Narrative lounge seating does. These versatile pieces allow elegance and comfort across many different spaces. The chair, loveseat and sofa can be arranged in many configurations to meet any seating needs or space requirements. The open design of the arms allows for ease of use, or add optional arm panels for a diverse look.

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Bring inspiration and elegance to patient or family waiting areas. With Narrative multiple seating solutions public seating areas can be transformed into comforting spaces that reassure patients and their families. The flexibility of the seating and tables allow each space to be designed to suit the needs of the environment, all while making it stunningly attractive. (Available in Bariatric and Hip chair versions)

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Assist in the healing process with a comforting place to rest. Make the Narrative chair bed a part of the healing process within a patient room or family lounge areas. The chair bed is available with a wide selection of arm options to fit the environment and the needs of the patient and easily transforms into four positions. The generous sleep deck accommodates a wide range of heights, while the back cushion folds down when the chair is in the bed position to be used as a pillow rest.

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Rest is always close at hand with the Narrative sofa bed. This sofa bed is luxurious in comfort and beauty. With numerous arm options the Narrative sofa bed can be relaxing destination for family in any lounge or waiting room setting. The reduced footprint also allows for easy movement within any room. A specially engineered, five-degree pitch in the seat deck not only creates comfort, but a more ergonomical way to sit. When the bed is needed, gently pull with ease and the sofa becomes an inviting sleeping surface.

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Make a significant difference in patient care with the soothing Narrative rocker. The elegant rocker is designed with a spring assisted rocking mechanism to provide a uniform and stable rocking motion. The rocker encourages relaxation for every patient, aiding in the healing process. Our Soft Stop technology ensures the patient moves smoothly, and does not come to an abrupt stop.

Narrative Recliner

Enhance the healing process with the Narrative recliner in every patient's room. The Narrative recliner has two designs to help meet patient's needs. The three-position recliner and the five-position recliner both have a counter-balancing mechanism for ease of patient movement. For extended comfort the three-tiered footrest is able to accommodate a wide range of patient heights, and the standard arm design has an open front panel to allow for easier patient ingress and egress. Select from many other arm options, as well as numerous accessories so each patient can have the right amount of care they need for a healthier tomorrow.

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How to Get Organized When Work Piles Up

Multitasking. It's a practice many workers were familiar with before the recession, but now millions more must do it because they're being asked to do more with less.

Some employees are multitaskers by nature. Others, particularly those who struggle with being organized, are having to learn on the fly how to juggle multiple assignments.

It may seem daunting, but management and human resources consultants say it's easier than you think to become more organized and to multitask:

PRIORITIZE

Scott Stevenson of the accounting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers works with employees to help them deal with changing and expanding job descriptions. His first recommendation: Take 15 minutes at the start of the day to review what you're being asked to do. Jot down everything you need to accomplish that day. Put tasks that can wait on a separate list.

All the best,

Bill Meyer
Contract Specialties, Inc. (CSI)

email: bill@contract-specialties.com

phone: 904-220-0221 or 800-808-8274

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