Parade Magazine released its annual “What People Earn” issue, an annual survey of the salaries of real people in real jobs (and real people in fantasy jobs).
Here are the highlights.
REAL PEOPLE, REAL JOBS
A high school football coach in Oklahoma earned $49,900
A puppeteer in Maryland earned $32,300
A professor/author in New York earned $64,900
A radiology technician in [...]
Several of my coaching clients are in the midst of changing their careers and lifestyles as a result of layoffs, cutbacks and other negative economic impacts. The question that keeps coming up is “Should I go back to school?”
The answer is a complicated one no matter where you are in your career. It [...]
While the whole country and every sector of our economy is being impacted by the recession, not all impacts are equal. Some parts of the country, and some economic sectors, are faring better than others. Some industries are still hiring and creating jobs while others have stagnated.
So, who’s still hiring? What kinds [...]
Not so long ago, we were a hopeful bunch barreling into 2008 with infectious optimism. Then, a big rock rolled down and smashed our parade. Now, everyone is scratching and digging to find those buried-so-deep-I-need-excavation-equipment opportunities. Lucky for you, I’m doing the scratching and digging on your behalf.
Here’s what I found.
There are currently over 3.7 [...]
A new survey by USA Today and Careerbuilder revealed that, of the 2,757 hiring managers and HR managers polled, less than a third (29%) plan to hire new employees this quarter. Neither geography nor company size seems to affect this disappointing stat.
Twenty-two percent of small businesses (1-50 employees) plan to hire new employees. [...]
The Department of Labor released its much anticipated March jobs report today. The news was not good. That’s bad.
Collectively, we all danced a little jig early this week when the market soared (like a phoenix rising) to close up nearly 400 points. We all secretly hoped that the gale-force winds of recession might [...]
If there’s one “not bad” thing that’s come out of the war, it’s the business opportunities that it’s created. Defense contractors and private security firms are making the bulk of the money, but the up-shot on that is that, if you possess the skills required to work for these companies, or to start a [...]
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