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On a recent Southwest Airlines flight from Dallas to Oklahoma City, I happened to meet someone who is called into the situation only if there is a dispute between a labor union and management that cannot be resolved by the parties themselves. Yes, he belongs to an elite group of men and women ...
Following is part three of an interview with Cheryl Benton, owner of 747 Marketing. Their website says, "We've built a consulting business that helps our clients gain unfair competitive advantages by outwitting the other guys." Visit Cheryl Benton’s website simply by Googling 747 Marketing. ...
So, what motivates federal employees and others to move during retirement? While there may be other factors, this list covers a number of the considerations many of our fellow baby boomers and others consider important in making such a decision. First, we may decide to move because a specific ...
There is a tremendous disconnect between what the professionals in the economic development community and the human resources community know about the job situation versus what the typical man or woman in America believes about jobs in our country. The most common misperception, in the United ...
Perhaps not surprisingly, some sales today are rising out of sheer necessity, like buying food, clothing and shelter. In fact, men and women today are in the midst of a significant re-ordering of their priorities back to the basics. For example, the basic necessities of life at "everyday low ...
Following is part two of an interview with Cheryl Benton, owner of 747 Marketing. Their website says, "We've built a consulting business that helps our clients gain unfair competitive advantages by outwitting the other guys." Visit Cheryl Benton’s website simply by Googling 747 Marketing. ...
Following is part one of an interview with Phyllis Slater, owner of Slater Solutions LLC. Ms. Slater has devoted years to providing coaching and concierge services to the working caregiver and aging parent. Visit Phyllis Slater's website at EldercareConcierge.Blogspot.com. Q. Why did you ...
Following is part two of an interview with Phyllis Slater, owner of Slater Solutions LLC. Ms. Slater has devoted years to providing coaching and concierge services to the working caregiver and aging parent. Visit Phyllis Slater's website at EldercareConcierge.Blogspot.com. Q. Is caregiving ...
Following is part one of an interview with Cheryl Benton, owner of 747 Marketing. Their website says, "We've built a consulting business that helps our clients gain unfair competitive advantages by outwitting the other guys." Visit Cheryl Benton’s website simply by Googling 747 Marketing. ...
Today, there is a greater demand for teachers nationwide than there has been in many years. Of course, there is not an equal demand for every teacher in every specialty, but there is a tremendous need for teachers precisely because so many baby boomers are leaving the teaching profession due to ...
From the Heartland of America, economics takes on the familiar face of someone you know, who may have recently lost his/her job. Should we blame the politicians in Washington, DC of this party or that? Probably not. On the other hand, should we blame members of organized labor or union ...
Today, Sheri Tingey, who is age 60, runs a family business called Alpacka Raft, which has created and built a series of ultra light, packable rafts for use in long distance backpacking and wilde ess racing. Sometimes, a "new" business opportunity can begin with a challenge or a question from a ...
To paraphrase a quotation from Patrick Henry, who of course was one of our founding fathers in America, "give me energy independence or death." In our economy, it's time to face this truth: Boone Pickens, the famous Texas oilman, knows a lot more about energy and energy policy in America than ...
Baby boomers are probably disadvantaged by being older. While our society, in both the U.S. and Canada, is largely beyond the point of discrimination by race, gender, nationality or religious preference, for example, I do believe there is an age-based discrimination that has continued among ...
Following is part three of an interview with Phyllis Slater, owner of Slater Solutions LLC. Ms. Slater has devoted years to providing coaching and concierge services to the working caregiver and aging parent. Visit Phyllis Slater's website at EldercareConcierge.Blogspot.com. Q. Why should ...
Men and women have asked me, as the Editor of NowWhatJobs.net, exactly what motivated me to write my book and, subsequently, to start my website? Here's my response. Actually, I went through a rightsizing/downsizing exercise on three separate occasions during the decade of the 1990s. So I ...
On a recent Sunday afte oon, this writer caught up with a successful woman business owner, whose flight instruction and general aviation business is physically located at John Wayne Airport in Orange County, Califo ia. But, how did Evelyn A. Carlson, a Nursing Instructor at St. John College ...
No, it hasn't happened yet. But, the process has begun and it will continue as more and more employers of every possible description in America come to understand about the current and coming labor shortage in the United States. Here are the current facts. There is already a nationwide shortage ...
As you begin to transition into the next chapter of your life, other considerations will begin to emerge on your horizon. Among those factors entering into your new equation may be the consideration of caring for an aging parent or parents. Q: "I can't get more job training because I'm ...