Actually you need both to recruit the right employees for the right jobs. This three-part feature first looks at the problem of recruiting in a low-unemployment economy, then focuses on traditional – and still crucial – recruiting tactics, and then…
Paradise Helicopters, a tour company that offers flights over Hawaii Island, Oahu and Lanai, is helping communities affected by the Kilauea eruption. “Paradise is actively working with County of Hawaii regulatory agencies to offer relief assistance in coordination with ongoing…
On Friday May 4, Hawaii Business held the 31st Annual SBA Awards and Editor's Choice Awards luncheon at the Prince Waikiki. The celebration brought together the best of small business from all across the state of Hawaii.
New apprenticeships in tech, healthcare, cooking and business are attracting local applicants with a tried-and-true mix: a paid job plus classes to improve your skills. And tuition is almost entirely covered by federal grants. Guy Shibayama says an apprenticeship saved…
The third generation is taking the family business in new directions while preserving traditional favorites Longtime Customer Sherman Tom enthusiastically sums up Young’s Fish Market in four words: “The great culture of their business; the delicious food; wonderful customer service;…
Our department is great about sharing food with each other. What we hate are colleagues from other departments grabbing our food before everyone on our team has had a bite. Q: I read your advice about the food pushers, those…
Christina Kishimoto, who took the DOE’s helm in August, believes the most important outcome for Hawaii’s 185,000 public school students is that they’re able to turn their passions into concrete ways forward. She talks about her main goals, assessing students,…
NAME: Scot Ling AGE: 56 JOB: Bail bondsman/fugitive recovery agent and owner, 4Freedom Bail Bonds, based in Kailua-Kona, with agents on Oahu and Maui START: Ling was born and raised in Kailua on Oahu but attended UH Hilo. He eventually received his associate…
“When Henry Opukahaia, a Native Hawaiian, was traveling in New England in the 1800s, he was instrumental in inspiring the creation of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions of the United Church of Christ. It was this board…
Thursday, January 1, 1970, 11:00 am - 1:30 pm The inaugural Small Biz Academy Hilo featured an iconic panel of business leaders to a full house on Hawaii Island. Over 200 people packed the Grand Naniloa Hotel's Crown Room to…
The container ship mahimahi is more than two football fields long. It's shown below, cozied up to the dock at Matson’s Sand Island terminal on a sunny Thursday afternoon. The Mahimahi backed in from Aloha Tower the night before, pushed…
Profiles of five local small businesses that are making waves this year.