If You Are Goofing on FaceBook, You Might Lose the Job

A lot of people love to goof on FaceBook and the other social networks.   For good or for bad, it allows people to project their inner personalities, act out the different aspects of their personas, even when at times it makes them look simple.  But employers also review the social network postings in order to [...]

Maybe It’s Time to Boost American Manufacturing

The trade deficit has just hit a 16 month high.  Despite the boost in exports, we are still importing more than we are shipping abroad.   Job cuts are predicted, and it is expe cted he economy may get worse.
Maybe it is time to think about manufacturing here again.  Perhap when we measure the true cost [...]

Hire Sales People and Not Just Sales Clerks

Retail sales are down again.   People are pulling back on their purchases.  Instead of sales rising .3 percent, they fell by .3 percent.   So much for predictions.
The only venues with brisk sales are the Costco’s and the Wal-Marts.  Stands to reason since people are bargain hunting and these are the places where you find the [...]

There’s a Thief in Every Business Section

There are a lot of true crime buffs.   We all know a few.   Some are fascinated by the more bizarre, the murders with strange sex twists.   Others dwell on the pathos, abducted kids and murdered spouses.   The media is filled with stories and these stories as small in scope as they sometimes are will often [...]

Giving CEO’s Too Much Money?

There is a growing controversy about the hefty salaries and bonus companies are awarding the CEO’s and other C Level Executives.   The controversy may have reached critical mass when the politicians climbed in on the act, decrying the bonuses to be awarded to the chief executives at Freed Mac and Fannie Mae.   It’s the rare [...]

Time to Hire Marketers Whop Know People

AP released a story that was posted on Yahoo, claiming that in July perosnal income dropped by the largest amount, causing consumer spending to slow significantly.  The article goes on with the usual fears and worries that accoompany a downturn in the economy.   The main one being, will the economy drop even further?
For businesses out [...]

Give This Man a Job

There is a man in Israel who says he has at least part of the solution to global warning. According to Haaretz, the Israeli English language newspaper, Max Nadel, has a simple means of creating alternative energy. You would think a guy like this would be working for one of the [...]

Laid Off Airline Employees are Naturals for the Service Industry

The Wall Street Journal reported yesterday that there will be more layoffs n the Airline Industry. The airlines in general expect to part with as much as 8% of their work force. That’s for now. Who knows what will happen in the future? What with the cancellation of flights [...]

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