Podcasts

From decisiveness to a sense of humor, FlexJobs' ranking covers a range of expectations employers will have this recruiting season.

Mike Strakhov is head of professional services lending at Live Oak Bank, the country's No. 1 SBA 7(a) lender (as of 2022). As head of professional service financing at Live Oak, he oversees the accounting and tax, insurance, and law firm lending teams. Reach him at michael.strakhov@liveoak.bank. 

The move will lift the financial burden on borrowers and help the economy, he says.

Charles Lattimer is the Chief Innovation and Growth Officer at FinFit.  He is the former CEO of Cooperative Leadership Institute founded at Virginia Tech and co-author of the college textbook "Management: A Balanced Approach to the 21st Century," published by Wiley in 2012.

Moira Tolan, PhD, is a professor of business at Mount Saint Mary College in Newburgh, New York.

Education-focused benefits will help support employees once the more than three-year moratorium on federal student loan payments and interest ends.

Liberty Mutual offers up to $9,000 per year towards educational costs.

Workplace expert Laura Putnam explains how employees can benefit from "water cooler talk" in the workplace.

Mario H. Lopez is the president of the Hispanic Leadership Fund, a public policy advocacy organization that promotes liberty, opportunity and prosperity for all Americans.

Courtney Kunzig is industry solutions manager for accounting at M-Files.