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Stocks, Homes & Your College Degree: Things That Are Losing Value Fast

July 22, 2008 – 8:08 pm

It’s like a bad game show category–Things That Are Losing Value Fast.  Stocks, home values, the U.S. dollar are all becoming big paper weights, worthless.  Now, you can add your college degree to the list.
Don’t get me wrong.  I am not telling you to forget about getting or finishing your college degree; I’m telling you [...]

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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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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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Career Question: Is Your Business Idea Bad or Just Badly Timed?

May 16, 2008 – 12:56 pm

Everyone’s scrambling to find new business ideas.  So much of what’s dependably worked in the past is not working now (It’s a cold day when GE can’t sell a fridge).  And, there’s no money to test and tune even a good business idea.
But what is a good business idea?  How long is it good [...]

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Guerilla Networking

May 13, 2008 – 6:40 pm

Today I engaged in an activity to which I thought I’d never resort.  To the naked eye it might have appeared that I was eavesdropping on someone else’s conversation, and then subsequently inserting myself into their conversation.
OK, that’s exactly what I did.   But, there was a bit more to it.  I was eavesdropping…with a purpose.
You [...]

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A Simple Business Plan for Surviving the Downturn

May 9, 2008 – 5:10 pm

I generally write about my clients’ concerns, but today’s post focuses on my family’s business, a 32 year-old facility management firm. My parent’s business has fared better than expected during the economic downturn. They’ve had a couple of clients request lower rates. They’ve had to ask clients to pay higher rates to [...]

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What It’s Like to Be A Girl: Better Than the Alternative

May 8, 2008 – 6:50 pm

Weirdly enough, in the midst of all the job losses, the business closures and the foreclosures there is a bit of good news about the wage gap.  No, the gap hasn’t closed; women still earn about 70 cents for every one dollar men earn.  They may not have parity, but women are actually getting even.
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