Posts belonging to Category State of Economy

Outsourcing College Education (Or Parts Of It). What’s Next?

We have outsourced almost everything. And while the service sector (still) covers about 70-80 percent of the US economy, recent article in The Toronto Star shows that these jobs could disappear as well.

Musical Chairs In Workplace: Music Stopped, Too Many Left Standing

This country has been playing the musical chairs for way too long. Now that the music stopped, you got to fight for your seat, as too many people are standing and chairs are far and few in between.

Accounting Degree Does Not Get You A Dog Kennel Assistant Job

260 job applicants submitted their resumes to fill the position of a dog kennel assistant. Among them a few teachers, accountants, graphic designers, photographers, customer service reps, waiters and construction workers.

Outsourcing – Does It Have Merit?

Since last century we have softened up and opened our pocketbooks to social programs, to political correctness, to not naming things by their real names, to avoiding the truths, to laziness, to entitlement. We pay to be left alone. We have outsourced everything except our own little lives in our own private gated communities.

State Of Economy: Rip Off The Hardworking To Make Ends Meet

Smaller government, voter control, accountability for every penny spent by elected officials, and stiff penalties for those who violate public trust just might help the system. Ripping off the hardworking – in broad daylight – is what is wrong with it in the first place.

State of Economy, Unemployment and Competition

Pople are no longer looking for a career move. They are looking for a job – ANY JOB.

Thoughts on the state of economy

Times are bound to get tough before they get easy again!