Archive for June, 2009
Fastest Growing Professions 2009
As more and more people lose jobs, there are a number of us that are planning to go back to school and perhaps change careers. So that got me asking the question – what are the fastest growing careers out there ? The Bureau of Labor Statistics has been kind enough to do the research [...]
$100,000 pay cut = one year guarantee of your job
From the Chicago Tribune:
What do you call a young lawyer working for a premier Chicago law firm who is suddenly asked to take at least a $100,000 pay cut while being shuffled out of the office? The word “lucky” might not come to mind.
Mayer Brown is paying some of its associates to work in-house at [...]
” Stay Hungry Stay Foolish ” – a primer for the new college graduate.
Now that graduation season is just behind us, I thought I would write a few words for the new college graduate. As I deliberated what advise I would give a new college graduate, it dawned on me that Steve Jobs had already done it. Jobs gave a wonderful speech at Stanford University’s 2005 commencement. It [...]
10 Interesting things to do when you are laid off
There are a ton of articles on the internet about what to do right after you are laid off. Negotiate a severance package, be positive, spruce up all your old contacts etc. Most people who are laid off take a two step process. Step one – get a job to pay the bills. Step two [...]
Recession 2009 – How long before we hit bottom ?
The US economy lost 345,000 jobs in May. The unemployment rate rose steeply in May, jumping by half a percentage point to 9.4 percent. Right now, unemployment is at its worst in a quarter century. And you are wondering why there is a rally in the stock market ? Its just that the pace [...]
