Some industries are experiencing worker shortages.
According to CareerBuilder, one-in-five employers (22 percent) reported they still have positions in this economy for which they can’t find qualified candidates. This is certainly surprising given the huge employment numbers – the key is on candidates that are qualified.
Forty-eight percent of HR managers involved in the CareerBuilder 2010 [...]
You’re either at work and want to get a better job (we know what you’re thinking, “in this economy?) or you’re just out of work and need to update the resume you have, or your resume is written on stone tablets and it could definitely use some sprucing up.
You go on line and search for [...]
The jetBlue flight attendant has been given special star status by thousands of America’s lowest level employees and secretly applauded by others. But, he really didn’t quit his job, he just lost it and turned against his customers and stole some beer. What other knucklehead company would hire him and risk the same?
There’s a right [...]
THEY EARN, THEY PAY, THEY SPEND
To rank in the top 5% of earners in the USA, you required an adjusted gross income level of $160,000 or higher (data from 2007 tax returns). This group paid 61% of all federal income tax for the year and is estimated to account for 37% of all spending by [...]
George Carlin on aging!
Do you realize that the only time in our lives when we like to get old is when we’re kids? If you’re less than 10 years old, you’re so excited about aging that you even think in fractions.
‘How old are you?’ ‘I’m four and a half!’ You’re never thirty-six and [...]
We’re trying to report positive information, but most is pretty bad these days. I noticed that the price of gas came down a couple pennies today.
Most vacations may be over, so you may not be driving more, but we should find a way to reduce our use of gas and save – a few pennies.
Use the [...]
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President Obama and the family on vacation is a great thing to see. Except if it’s right after Mrs. Obama gets back from one and right after the president pushes through more stimulus, sending the clear signal that there is more pain on the way.
PRESIDENT OBAMA HANDS A STYROFOAM COOLER TO VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN IN [...]
