As a result, and as a business owner, I LOVE networking events and social mixers. Most of the people who attend are in business for themselves, [...]
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I’m a social butterfly. One of those people who loves any sort of opportunity to chat with new people, experience exciting new things, see new sights. Very socially oriented.
I subscribe to the newsletter put out by Weddle’s (a career consulting, research, and publishing firm), and today, a very good article caught my eye. This one is all about micro-careers. I’ve referred to the shiftin the past as “career-chunking”, but I like the term “micro-career” very much. The concept is simple — we will have many [...]
Not since 1941 has California hit such a high unemployment number. If you had money, now would be a great time to buy up properties, stocks, artwork…if you had money. But in addition to the 11.2% on the dole rolls, there are another few percentage points of the unemployed who don’t show up on [...]
The fact that I’m old enough to remember watching my friends lose homes in the mid-eighties is scary enough. But I wasn’t old enough then to understand global economic impact as I do now. There are currently about 25 million Americans out of work and looking for work. That is almost the population of [...]
In case you haven’t yet heard, Circuit City is officially bankrupt and all 567 stores are being prepped for liquidation. That’s about another 34,000 employees who have been given the pink slip. Some staff will be asked to stay on as the stores shut down and most associates will be given a small cushion [...]
#1 — Login to your Gen Plus account http://genplususa.com/login.aspx#2 — Search for jobs and look for keyword “NASA”#3 — Apply to the coolest job opportunity for all — INCLUDING Boomers, 50 Plussers and retirees…
Huh? That’s right. Our good friends at Kelly Services have passed along a spectacular opportunity and I’m spreading [...] Kelly Services has been listing a few jobs on the Gen Plus career board in order to bring some of their postings to the 50 plus jobseeker. This is a pilot program that will only work if you are actively applying for the positions.
As a 50 plusser, there are two big, big challenges [...] An interesting article by CNN writer, Anthony Balderrama, which shares some insights into how Gen Y is affecting employment practices caught my eye today, particularly in light of my post earlier this week on multi-generational workspaces.A significant number of employers are looking at ways to attract and retain the always-on-the-move Gen Yers demanding higher [...]
I love, love, love this time of year. The air is crisp in California, life simultaneously speeds up and slows down over the week between Christmas and New Year’s, and just like “spring clean”, I go through a “year-end clean up.”Going through some old magazines, I pulled out one that had an intriguing article [...]
Amy Z, of A-Z International, and fellow expert blogger on Eons, is hosting a unique phone conference tomorrow, Tuesday, Oct 23, and you are invited! We all have a lot of concerns, issues AND suggestions for career and business. So, a few weeks ago, Amy hosted her first phone conference to members [...]
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