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Monthly Archives: June 2008

Opportunity Alert: Wal-Mart Wants to Sell Your Stuff

June 12, 2008 – 7:25 pm

Wal-Mart’s shelf space is money in the bank!  For many inventors, manufacturers and distributors getting their stuff on the shelves at Wal-Mart is the dream.  Millionaires are made at Wally World, if only you can get your stuff on the shelves.
Good luck with that.  Ask anyone who’s tried and they’ll tell you that it’s very [...]

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Fast Fact

June 11, 2008 – 11:38 pm

There were 3,795,400 jobs posted online last month.  That’s 2.5 jobs posted for every 100 persons in the labor force.
(Source: The Conference Board Help-Wanted OnLine Data Seriesâ„¢)

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Twenty-Six Percent of Employers Will Increase Hiring

June 10, 2008 – 7:25 pm

That’s right! Twenty-six percent (26%) of employers expect to increase hiring activity this quarter (July-September). That’s what Manpower’s Q3/200 Employment Outlook Survey revealed. Released today, the report also revealed that fifty-eight percent (58%) of employers expect no change in hiring activity, while only 10% expect a decrease in hiring activity.
But all sectors [...]

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Career Question: What Can You Do Now?

June 9, 2008 – 8:00 pm

With growing unemployment, skyrocketing fuel and food costs, plummeting homes sales and scores of folks ditching worthless homes, and a stock market that reacts like a 12 year-old girl to every “OMG!” moment, what can you do to find a new job, keep from being laid off or keep your business going?
More than any question [...]

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Whoa! (aka the May Jobs Report)

June 6, 2008 – 11:52 am

Whoa! That’s all I had to say when I saw today’s May Job Report. Scary! According to the Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics, the unemployment rate barreled to a startling 5.5%, the highest month-over-month gain we’ve seen since 1986.
Just last month the unemployment rate was 5% and we were trying to [...]

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Job Alert: This Week’s Hot Jobs

June 5, 2008 – 8:12 pm

Whether we are in a recession is apparently debatable. Being an economics major, I know the definition of recession, but, in spite of it, beg to differ with analysts who’ve argued that we are not in the midst of a recession.
But, I digress. My goal today was not to get into a discussion [...]

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Another Big Gift From Big Oil: The 4-Day Work Week

June 3, 2008 – 6:53 pm

I hate to look a gift recession in the mouth, so I prefer to spend my time appreciating the little nuggets it leaves in its wake. While many of those nuggets stink, there are a few worth picking up–like the 4-day work week.
The Fed’s had a flexible work week schedule for over 8 years, [...]

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