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JUNE 18, 2010

Blog powered by TypePad Member since 01/2005 « The Atlantic Monthly on The End of Men | Main | The Female Economy » June 18, 2010 Tim Berrys Baby Boomer Un-Retirement - Part 2 Several years ago (have I really been blogging that long?) I posted on Tim Berry's un-retirement.    His answer was he was retired.

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MARCH 13, 2017

Recent research by future of work expert Lynda Gratton  suggests due to longer life spans the traditional life stages - education, work and retirement - no longer work.   The chart below, from her MIT Sloan Review article The Corporate Implications of Longer Lives , illustrates this shift. 

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JUNE 19, 2022

When Harry Hecht, an Orlando, Florida-based mentor with SCORE—originally named the Service Corps of Retired Executives—encounters business owners who are reluctant to outsource, he has them track their time. “I VirtualAssistantAssistant.com has reviews and ratings of many virtual assistant companies.

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JUNE 22, 2023

Performance Reviews. When it comes to your annual performance review, you can’t beat the power of a professional portfolio. In a sense, it actually becomes your performance review. When you show up to your review with your portfolio, there’s no need for your executive to ask questions about what you’ve done all year.

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JULY 30, 2014

  Several articles this week provide some insight on some of these changes: 1. The New York Times article The New Instability focuses on declining marriage rates, especially among those with lower incomes. Another recent New York Times article, If Marriage Moves Beyond Our Means , reviews the book Marriage Markets.

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

professor emeritus of human resource management at Rutgers University and editor of Compensation & Benefits Review. Three times a week we received clearly-worded challenges in topics such as “tidy code” and “retired tags to avoid.” This article appears in the January 2016 issue of SUCCESS magazine and has been updated.

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OCTOBER 1, 2010

Blog powered by TypePad Member since 01/2005 « Wealthy Planning on Working in Retirement | Main | Data and Analytics Help Macys Go Local » October 01, 2010 A Detailed Look at U.S.   The article is from The Monthly Labor Review , a U.S.   The article's author is BLS Economist Steve Hipple. 

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MAY 16, 2012

Excellent article in the Harvard Business Review on The Rise of the SuperTemp.  According to the article: "Supertemps are top managers and professionals—from lawyers to CFOs to consultants—who’ve been trained at top schools and companies and choose to pursue project-based careers independent of any major firm."

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NOVEMBER 1, 2010

Blog powered by TypePad Member since 01/2005 « Credit and the Two-Speed Economy | Main | Tablet Sales Forecasted to Explode » November 01, 2010 Self-Employed Using Fewer Employees September's Labor Review Monthly  from the BLS has an excellent article on U.S. self-employment.  View an alternate.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2011

  The qualitative analysis looks OK: " a futurist specializing in workplace issues, says pressure on baby boomers wanting to retire will be so great that they will be pulled back into the labor market.   But the bigger reason boomers are delaying retirement is they want to keep working to stay active and engaged. 

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NOVEMBER 10, 2021

having already walked four miles with our son in the stroller, having shared a coffee and a chocolate chip scone, having imagined what it would be like to live in that house or maybe even that house over there , when I opened my phone to see a work email with a subject line: “Your Review Is Now Available.”. Who wants a BANANA?”

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

Blog powered by TypePad Member since 01/2005 « Our iPad Review | Main | State of Small Business Tweet Chat on Wednesday » September 08, 2010 Wall Street Journal on the Two-Track Economy The Wall Street Journal has an interesting article today on what they call " the two-track economy."  View an alternate.

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MAY 26, 2010

has an interesting package of articles on the best industries for starting a business.    According to article, 90% of the facilities are owned by small businesses.    He retired after selling off the land a decade or so later.    He retired after selling off the land a decade or so later. 

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2010

Good article in Business Week on the growth of rural outscourcing.    According to the article, outsoucing to rural areas is price competitive with sending work overseas once you add in all the administrative and management costs.  Louis who studies outsourcing." Interesting stuff.

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2010

Blog powered by TypePad Member since 01/2005 « The Small Business Recession Not Over | Main | Wealthy Planning on Working in Retirement » September 29, 2010 The Future Job Thats Here Today I've been a regular reader of Popular Science since junior high and have always enjoyed their visions of the future. 

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AUGUST 4, 2010

  From the article: "the uptick in social networks led to the 28% and 15% declines in email and instant messaging, respectively." This articles says how Burger King spent $50k on Facebook and got $400k back. If we mention a product or service that we received for free or other considerations, we will note it.

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JUNE 9, 2010

Main | More Canadians Becoming Freelancers » June 09, 2010 The Rise of Super Angels Several interesting articles this week on the growing role Angel Investors are playing in the funding of tech and Internet related start-ups. If we mention a product or service that we received for free or other considerations, we will note it.

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JUNE 22, 2010

Blog powered by TypePad Member since 01/2005 « Free Webinar: Using Twitter to Grow Your Business | Main | More on the Growth of Small Farms and Local Food » June 22, 2010 Street Food Gets Real     The Hartman Group has a great article on the growing trend of street food in urban environments.  View an alternate.

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JUNE 17, 2010

  Despite lots of coverage of this issue (the American Prospect's article It's Not the End of Men chronicles some of the more recent books and articles), most people are surprised when exposed to these trends.  " The recent Newsweek article - Are we There Yet? "  We certainly agree. 

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JUNE 23, 2010

Blog powered by TypePad Member since 01/2005 « Street Food Gets Real | Main | Please Take "The Organizational Use of Video Storytelling" Survey » June 23, 2010 More on the Growth of Small Farms and Local Food Interesting article in the Washington Post on mobile slaughterhouses.  Having trouble reading this image?

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MAY 28, 2010

  The picture on the right is from the article and does a nice job showing the product.  Also related is the New York Times article City Slickers Take to the Crops , which covers the trend of agricurious urbanites vacationing by volunteering on farms.  " The company installs 1.2 View an alternate.

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JULY 8, 2010

  The article focuses on Fargo, ND, but also talks about the broader upper midwest - which has a very strong economy relative to most of the rest of the U.S.   But as the article points out, it is not just commodity related industries that are doing well in the Heartland.  Having trouble reading this image?

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OCTOBER 21, 2010

The article suggests this industry consolation will lead to "architectural mediocrity" and less innovation. If we mention a product or service that we received for free or other considerations, we will note it. Small Business Blogs Entrepreneur Magazine Blog Entrepreneurship & Education at the Kauffman Foundation Fresh Inc.

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AUGUST 19, 2010

Blog powered by TypePad Member since 01/2005 « Job Creation Confusion | Main | The Growth of Private Company Stock Exchanges » August 19, 2010 Developing Countries: The Engine of Global Economic Growth Good article from Nielsen Wire article on going global.    This is 3x the growth rate of developed countries. 

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MAY 27, 2010

If we mention a product or service that we received for free or other considerations, we will note it. Small Business Blogs Entrepreneur Magazine Blog Entrepreneurship & Education at the Kauffman Foundation Fresh Inc. Blog powered by TypePad Member since 01/2005 « Inc. This prevents automated programs from posting comments. View an alternate.

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2010

Coworking Facilities | Main | Lessons from Turning Academic Research into a Business » September 17, 2010 3D Printing Comes Of Age The New York Times article 3-D Printing Spurs Is Spurring a Manufacturing Revolution covers the growing impact of this technology.    The NY Times article covers a number of examples. .  As

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MAY 19, 2010

If we mention a product or service that we received for free or other considerations, we will note it. Small Business Blogs Entrepreneur Magazine Blog Entrepreneurship & Education at the Kauffman Foundation Fresh Inc. This prevents automated programs from posting comments. Having trouble reading this image? View an alternate.

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MAY 25, 2010

on Choosing the Right Industry » May 25, 2010 Social Networks, Cultural Evolution and Idea Sex Humans:  Why They Triumphed  is a fascinating article from the Wall Street Journal that examines the roles social networks and collaboration plays in cultural evolution.  Having trouble reading this image?

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MAY 18, 2010

    Being a data and trends guy, my favorite article is The Global Consumers: Diverse, Demanding, Connected.  If we mention a product or service that we received for free or other considerations, we will note it.   Point is published by the Direct Marketing Association and this issue is well worth reading. 

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JULY 6, 2010

Blog powered by TypePad Member since 01/2005 « Non-Mortgage Debt and Working in Retirement | Main | Foreign Born in the U.S. Manufacturing The New York Times article Is Manufacturing Coming Back to the U.S.?   These are described in the NY Times article.    These are described in the NY Times article. 

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JUNE 30, 2010

Blog powered by TypePad Member since 01/2005 « Yahoo CEO on Local Content | Main | Non-Mortgage Debt and Working in Retirement » June 30, 2010 Wisconsin, Illinois Companies Feeling the Recovery The QPS Employment Group is a staffing and recruiting firm operating in Wisconsin and Illinois.  Having trouble reading this image?

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2010

» September 22, 2010 Ultralight Startups Ultralight startups:  little capital, just computer is an interesting article by the SF Chronicle's Tom Abate.   A recent WSJ article, Start-ups on a Shoestring , also covers ultralight startups.    Lei's total investment in ooShirts was $2,200. 

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JUNE 10, 2010

  From the article: "The jobs that are coming back are part-time and temporary. If we mention a product or service that we received for free or other considerations, we will note it. Small Business Blogs Entrepreneur Magazine Blog Entrepreneurship & Education at the Kauffman Foundation Fresh Inc. Having trouble reading this image?

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MAY 17, 2010

  Two recent mainstream media articles discuss this: The Perils of Being Small from the Economist reports on small businesses shed jobs at a higher rate than large corporations during the recession and have been slower to recover.  This prevents automated programs from posting comments. Having trouble reading this image?

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MAY 20, 2010

Interesting article from Tom Foremski at Silicon Valley Watcher titled Corporate Social Media Is Not Social -- It's Sales Media.   Key quote from the article: "When most people use Facebook, Twitter, or MySpace, they use it for its social qualities.   Tom's point is pretty straight forward. 

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NOVEMBER 8, 2010

Posted by: twitter.com/jer979 | November 08, 2010 at 07:40 AM The article about Dandelion Marketing is really amazing. Thanks a lot for this informative featured article. If we mention a product or service that we received for free or other considerations, we will note it. Aside from the useful tips it give, this is a real deal.

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JULY 9, 2010

Visit the original article at [link]. You might opt to retire from your current job, but guess what, work does not end with your retirement. Stay away from those so-called complete reviews. In the heart of this concept are the Five Stages Of Mastering Workflow : Collect , Process , Organize , Review , and Do.

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