Profits Up. Unemployment Rate? Still Up.
Corporate profits in Q3 of 2010 reached an all-time high at an annually adjusted rate of $1.659 trillion. Try telling that to the unemployed.
The U.S. unemployment rate was at 9.0% ...
Do you know what Skype is? Most likely you do but, just in case you don’t, this is what Skype has to say about itself. Skype is software that enables the world’s conversation. Millions of individuals and businesses use Skype to make free video calls and voice calls , send instant messages and share files with other [...]
Happy belated Thanksgiving! I stayed away from the shopping chaos and relaxed. What was the best deal that you nabbed if you did get out?
20SomethingFinance Highlights:
- 3 Steps to Avoiding the Rat Race & Work ...
Do you know what Skype is? Most likely you do but, just in case you don’t, this is what Skype has to say about itself. Skype is software that enables the world’s conversation. Millions of individuals and businesses use Skype to make free video calls and voice calls , send instant messages and share files with other [...]
Total jobs in the report: 2,893 Jobs revealed ( 2,670 Jobs in U.S.A. / 223 International Jobs ) If a company announces that they are planning to hire hundreds of people, why wait for the roles to hit the want-ads? Why not network with people in the company that are hiring enmasse now. Here are [...]
ABOUT OUR GUEST Lisa D. Grant Harpe, Ph.D. Industrial Psychologist and Senior Consultant Peopleclick Authoria Research Institute She is the author of: Social Networks and Employment Law: Are you putting your Organization at Risk? With the excitement around social networking, it is easy to think of these tools as a natural source of reference during [...]
Last week I talked about how to ask people for advice. This week, I thought it would be helpful to talk about how to thank people for the advice (and any other assistance) you receive. How perfect that it’s Thanksgiving week, too! Here are my top tips: Email thank yous are acceptable. I admit I’ve [...]
Last week, the New York Times launched an interactive puzzle called ‘You Fix the Budget‘. The puzzle looks at the existing budget deficits in 2015 (now projected at $418 billion) and 2030 (projected to be ...
20SomethingFinance Highlights:
- What is Quantitative Easing?: We go through the basics on quantitative easing, how it impacts you, and why you should care.
- Bottle Water Vs. Tap Water: A look at the TRUE cost of ...
Kudos to my pal Karen Mattonen for not only being cited by Inc. Magazine, but also for letting me know about an AWESOME resource that I know will be of interest to employed workers everywhere. What is it? Its called WARN. WARN is an acronym for Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification. Here is some legalese [...]
This time of year, most employers offer ‘open enrollment‘ (aka annual enrollment). It is a period of time where you can change your benefit elections.
And it is usually the only time during the year that ...
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College basketball is back! My Spartans are ranked #2 in the country and have a Dec. 1 showdown vs. #1 Duke, in what should have been last year’s title game (and will likely be this ...
One of the most common recommendations I give to young professionals is to ask more experienced people for advice. After all, there’s no better way to know how to do something than to ask someone who’s “been there, done that.” This is also known as informational interviewing and it’s a great strategy. However, what I’ve [...]
A few years ago I worked with an excellent life coach who helped me deal with, among other issues, stress. She asked me to bring my calendar to one of our sessions and together we looked at the number of meetings, phone calls, networking events, personal events, deadlines and errands I tried to fit into [...]
It’s not easy for twentysomething women these days. Every day there are stories in the media about Generation Y: They have helicopter parents who run their lives! They are a “lost generation” who will never find jobs! They are coddled and entitled and can’t pay attention for more than 140 characters at a time! While [...]
As a spokesperson for LinkedIn, I’m in the midst of a fun tour of college campuses to launch Career Explorer, LinkedIn’s forthcoming new tool for students and recent grads. Universities I’m visiting on the tour include NYU, USC, BYU and University of Illinois. If you’re a student or alum from one of these schools, please [...]
Google patent search allows you to search for patents that are registered with the government. Their advanced search allows you to state several search parameters. You can search by patent number, company or individual who was given the patent, date of getting the patent, date of filing the patent and several other options. When you [...]
Did you know we only are aware of about 1% of careers that exist?? There are about 250,000 different “species” of jobs out there, and most of us only know about 200-300. In this segment, I speak with Matt Mahoney, founder of Daily Endeavor, about how college students and recent grads can explore the 99% [...]
When Lindsey offered me the opportunity to guest post on her blog, I was thrilled. I knew I’d have the opportunity to speak to a savvy career development audience—one composed of people who more than likely know what an informational interview is and are ready to refine their use of the strategy. (Editor’s Note: If [...]
I recently moderated a panel discussion of prominent CEOs from three very different industries — professional services, social media and nonprofit. While they each gave excellent advice to the students in the audience who were interested in their particular fields, the CEOs all came together on one key point: All employers in all industries are [...]