Five Lies Government Has Told Us About The Economy
The economy affects everyone. It's easy to point fingers one way or another but it is difficult to know who is at fault. This is NOT an article blaming Republicans or Democrats. It is just a way - in simplified terms - to look at some of the lies being told to the Middle Class in America. Economics can be a tricky topic and very hard to understand. We're told that by giving money to this group or another will be the reason the United States prospers or fails. It's never the case. Here's a look at what we're being told and how it probably will affect you. Read more...
Five Best News Stories Of 2010
With 2010 almost over, it is good to look at the top news stories that preoccupied us over the last twelve months. The news was filled these stories not for one day or one week, but for months at a time. The world is a pretty screwed up place right now and the news kept us aware of these important events night after night. No matter if you got your information from MSNBC, Fox News, CNN, NPR, or AOL, you were being informed about the headlines. So what mattered most this past year? Here's a look at the Five Best news items I could think of. Did these items make your list? Read more...
Categories: Politics, Technology Tags: barack obama, BP Oil Spill, Chilean Miners, Combat troops, democrats, Depression, economy, EU Collapse, Gulf Oil Spill, healthcare, house of representatives, iraq, news, Republicans, tea party, vuzuvela, Wikileaks, World Cup
Five Ways To Save Our Screwed Economy
If you haven’t heard; the economy is screwed. People are shouting that we need more jobs. Others state we need to quit spending money. While others state we have to protect the rich and give them better tax breaks. Who is right? The main reason why the economy is shrinking and unemployment is rising is a sharp drop in demand for goods and services. The quickest, most efficient way to bolster demand is to put money in the hands of people who will spend it quickly — namely, people who need it to cover basic expenses such as housing, food, and transportation. Helping struggling families thus isn’t an alternative to preserving and creating jobs; it’s one of the most effective ways to preserve and create jobs. The idea comes down to if you get money and save it - you don’t help the economy. If you get money and spend it immediately - you DO help the economy. Here are five things we can do to actually get people spending money. Note: If these ideas don’t specifically explain your needs, congratulations! You just realized you aren’t the only person in the country! Read more...
Five Best High Demand Jobs
With the economy in it's current condition, it may be more important to find a career where there's a higher demand than a higher salary. Money is great, but steady work is even better. A lot of high paid executives are wearing lay-off targets and they're at the mercy of economic pressures. If you have a degree or certification in a high demand field, you will find it much easier to find new employment should you be affected by lay-offs or cut-backs. If you are currently unemployed, or your trying to decide on a college major or career path, here's a list of the 5 highest demand jobs: Read more...
Categories: People's Choice Tags: Accountant, Associates Degree, Average salary, college major, cut-backs, Database Administrator, economy, employment, High Demand Jobs, highest demand jobs, lay-offs, managing databases, Master's Degree, Network Administrators, NP's, Nurse Anesthetists, Nurse Practitioner, Registered Nurses, RN
How to Keep Your Job in a Down Economy
Let’s face it, we are in a terrible economy and who knows if you’ll have your job tomorrow? Well, it really isn’t that desperate, but it doesn’t hurt to pad your chances of keeping your job. Here are five ways that you can insulate yourself and increase your chances of keeping your job in this economy.
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Categories: Business, Home and Living Tags: bad economy, down economy, downsizing, economy, employees, job, job security, job success, jobs down, keeping your job, work habits, working, workplace
Five Ways to Hiring the Right Employee the First Time
Hiring the right person for the job at hand is really crucial in today’s economy. How can you ensure that you aren’t going to place an ad in the papers or online, get a ton of resumes, go through hours of interviews and then find out that you hired the wrong person for the job? Most people don’t even realize how much money is spent on getting a new employee to come to work for you. This doesn’t count the training that you have to give that person, the “ramping up” time lost while they are learning their job, and extra stress you are putting on your other employees while this person is trying to figure out everything they have to do. Here are five ways that you can cut the odds of losing the person you hire within the first ninety days of their employment with you.
Categories: Business Tags: economy, employee testing, employers, employment, hiring process, interview process, interviewing, interviews, job, job interview, job training, new employee, position, pre-hiring, references, resumes, skill-set, work
