Start Working for Yourself and Live again

I was approached last week from a good friend who just got let go from a very good job. He is another casualty of the “downsizing” trend that companies are doing in answer to their panic from the down economy. I say, take a look at this situation from a positive direction and make your [...]

Harder to find employment

It is no secret, it is very hard to find employment. With the bankruptcy of General Motors and Chrysler here in the USA, we expect another 20,000 people to be unemployed. What is even more of a tragedy, is that many of these employees are going to lose many of the accrued retirement benefits that [...]

What jobs are in demand now?

According to some recent national reports, most jobs that will be in demand (USA) for 2009 will be:
1) Corporate turnaround consultants – These jobs involve developing strategies to save money for the company and start making profit, sooner than later. Pay scale can be tremendous.
2) Bankruptcy attorneys – This is an obvious one. With record [...]

Workaholic and internet marketing

Now before you think that internet marketing is all about con artists and false promises, think about this. Whenever you visit eBay.com, or Amazon.com, or Walmart.com or Nissan.com, you are experiencing internet marketing. Internet marketing has come a long way from home stuffing scams or other unscrupulous cheap oil hucksters of old. Even lesser known [...]

Working at Home

Working at home certainly has its advantages and disadvantages. As we mark the past year with over three quarter of a million people laid off as a result of our down economy. You can bet that many of these displaced workers will have to consider self employment. It would be a good idea to take [...]

work and freelance

When you find that your job is not fulfilling personally or financially, but you still have to bring home a paycheck to live on, what is your options? One great way to supplement your income is through freelancing. It could be a form of part time self employment or just a way to earn side [...]

America in crisis – work smarter

As the news this month of the big banks meltdown, real estate foreclosure crisis, the credit crunch, and investor fear, many more people will probably lose their jobs and many more people will be thinking of an “exit” strategy but looking for some other decent employment may be a challenge.
What you can do now [...]

Working in a down economy

You know, it is strange, working in this down economy. We never thought the USA economy was going to crash as much as it did in many sectors at the same time! The mortgage debacle, the credit crunch, job migration to Asia and other countries, and the gasoline jack up. One has to wonder, even [...]

Workaholic and the Economic Crisis (USA)

Here is my take on how our down economy affects us as workaholics….NADA! I don’t know about you, but I still believe we live and work in the greatest country in the world. While the doomsayers through our national TV, radio and news media tells us that the world is coming to an end….PLEASE!! We [...]

More job Layoffs mean working leaner

The USA Bureau of Labor and Statistics reports that employment is down over 260,000 from last December. Over the past year job unemployment rate has reached 4.5 %. Most of the employment losses are in the construction, retail and manufacturing fields. There are sure a lot of displaced workers out there!
What that means is that, [...]