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Lessons From Past Recessions

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For anyone who lived through the fear and uncertainty of the 2008 financial crisis, hearing ‘recession’ from news anchors and pundits can bring up anxiety and fear. The most recent recession was in 2020 and only lasted a couple of months, whereas the 2008 recession lasted about 18 months. Beef up your emergency fund.

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Want to Reach Your Potential? Be a Learner

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“In broad terms, millennials get it, get that education is key to a better life and that education doesn’t necessarily stop when you get your first piece of paper, your first degree—you keep going,” says Liz Weston, a nationally syndicated personal-finance columnist. “I Plus, if your industry hits the skids, you’d better have some options.

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Foreign Born in the US Workforce

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  This is little changed from 2008, but up from 14.5%   Again, this is little changed from 2008 but up from 49% in 2004.  .  Foreign born workers comprise about 15.5% of the US civilian labor force, or about 23.9 million workers.    Hispanics make up just over 50.5% of foreign born workers. 

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More on the Growth of Small Farms and Local Food

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  These are stainless steel "industrial facilities" on wheels that bring a butcher and federal meat inspector to small farms.    There are only 1051 licensed slaughterhouses in the U.S.    Mobile slaughterhouses make this easier and more efficient. This prevents automated programs from posting comments.

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An Overview of the Non-Profit Sector

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    Posted by Steve on May 14, 2010 at 01:06 AM in industry structure | Permalink TrackBack TrackBack URL for this entry: [link] Listed below are links to weblogs that reference An Overview of the Non-Profit Sector : Comments You can follow this conversation by subscribing to the comment feed for this post. View an alternate.

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The Structural Shift to a Contingent Workforce

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  It was also a key factor in our 2008 forecast that the number of small businesses would increase during the recession - a forecast that met with a lot of skepticism but proved correct (OK, I admit to patting ourselves on the back on this one).  This prevents automated programs from posting comments. View an alternate.

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Outsourcing Options For Small Business | THE SMALL BUSINESS BLOG

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THE SMALL BUSINESS BLOG » Blog Archive » The Week Ender: 2008 And The Party Is Over Or Is It? Said on January 4th, 2008 at 7:32 am [.] Stefan Töpfer Said on May 31st, 2008 at 8:39 am Hi Judy, Thank you for your comment. Outsourcing Options For Small BusinessFocus on your business, timeshare professionals. [.]

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