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January, 2009

Giving the Boss a Break

When employees at a pancake house in Muskegon, Mich. noticed that traffic was down a bit, they found a way to give the owner a break: for one day they worked only for ... Continue Reading »

Sprint Nextel to cut 8,000 jobs this quarter

Sprint Nextel plans to eliminate 8,000 positions by the end of March. The move will help the wireless provider save more than $1 billion a year in labor costs. The company also ... Continue Reading »

Love What You Do: Maybe You’ll Do What You Love

I don’t take working from home for granted. Actually, with so many businesses cutting staff, I don’t take working for granted at all. I am grateful, but what I appreciate more is that ... Continue Reading »

Caroline Kennedy: Talk to Us

Everything about Caroline Kennedy going for Hillary Clinton’s New York Senate seat – and then abruptly dropping out via a single sentence in a statement – bothers me. Continue Reading »

Leave it to Mom

I was three months into my job search and it wasn't going well. My mom was secretly becoming as frustrated, but she hadn't said anything -- at least not to me. Then one ... Continue Reading »

A Good Web Resource

I co-own an internet-based T-shirt business, and we often look for publicity and sometimes advertising on other Web sites. Female bloggers have been wonderful to us, so we continue to contact them, ... Continue Reading »

Mom Juggling

Have you ever watched one of those jugglers who juggle a running chain saw, a bowling ball and a machete all at the same time? I always figure that they must actually ... Continue Reading »

President Obama: How and when will you create jobs for us?

As Barack Obama assumes the presidency, one of his greatest challenges is job creation. He must take decisive action to restore confidence in American business to stop the mass layoffs. And ... Continue Reading »

Safety, At What Price?

Next month, a new law called the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act (CPSIA) takes effect. It mandates that all products that are sold to children under the age of 12 must be tested ... Continue Reading »

Do What You Love

I am a member of a career club called CareerWorks Catalyst. You can read all about our club on ABCNews.com at http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/JobClub/comments?type=story&id=6139042. A past meeting included a presentation from Cynthia P. Clark ... Continue Reading »

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