If you look at any job forecast or trend story, one industry reigns supreme in terms of growth and availability of jobs: healthcare. The widespread availability of medical care in the United States, healthcare reform, and our aging population in [...]
We’ve all had the following experience: after encountering a problem with a product or service, whether it’s a laptop or a toaster oven or a credit card or satellite TV, we’ve called the help line and someone with a foreign [...]
Market research is a hot commodity. How well something sells, who it sells to, what demographic it appeals to most…all this information is worth money. And lately, there has been a proliferation of “survey” websites that, in return for your [...]
In the days of old (okay, just 15 years ago), if a local small business owner wanted their business to succeed, they might buy an ad the phone book or spring for space in the local newspaper or penny saver. [...]
The unemployment rate is at 7.4%…Bankruptcies are at an all-time high…The number of homes in foreclosure reached nearly 128,000 last month. With depressing statistics like these the idea of starting a business can seem impossible. But for those entrepreneurs that [...]
The Titanic has hit the iceberg. It’s just a question of lifeboat availability. A widely held perception is that being employed is the low-risk, easy option in life. “Get good grades, go to college, get a steady job with benefits.” [...]
February 8, 2010
Freedom by Friday