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Why You Should Start Your Own Business Today

Success

Now, he was out of a job. Having spent his entire adult life in corporate positions, he knew he could go job hunting. The nation’s 73 million baby boomers (according to data estimates from the 2020 census ) are just starting to reach retirement age, yet they’re realizing that they can’t afford to retire.

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Is Technology Meeting The Needs Of Today’s Workers?

Allwork

Jennifer Kraszewski: Updated technology allows employees to seamlessly manage their payroll, request time off, and take care of their benefits—all aspects of the job from recruitment to retirement. This allows employees to focus on their actual job, increase productivity and be a generally happier employee. . to complete. .

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8 tips to help you find your way in this tough job market

On The Job

He is the director or of AllianceQ , a group of Fortune 500 companies that have collaborated to build a pool of qualified job candidates to match with job openings. As employment rises to more than 10 percent, Haynes says that job seekers need to quit wasting time on strategies that won’t help them find a job.

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Will This Tough Job Market Change Generation Y?

On The Job

Though the job market now is bad, it's been bad for years now. And due to outsourcing, Boomers not retiring, and Gen Yers being told (by older generations mind you) to get degrees in their "passion" or that "any degree" is a path to success.you end up with a lot of overworked, underpaid 20somethings.

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My Boss Has Been Fired. Now what?

Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

My company has now recently started 'cost savings initiatives'. It’s not unheard of that while a CEO is about to retire they start looking about 2-5 years prior to their exit. link] You mention your company is doing a cost savings initiative and you know you are paid more than the other EAs there. Look for a job CONFIDENTIALLY.

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Bored to Tears at Work - Help!

Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

I knew I didn’t want to job hunt for more than 6-9 months if I didn’t have to. And as I was working, job hunting and/or temping, I had to find other sources of happiness. So I read a lot about happiness, job hunting, and a meaningful life. I’m not sure how your job hunting experience was.

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Answering Reader Mail: How Long is it Fair to be a Temp for a Job?

Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

It is known that age only plays a factor because the more years you have worked for a company the more expensive an employee is because of their salary, overtime, and other perks/benefits that are considered in the overall compensation package (401k matching, retirement, etc). This can be taken in one of two ways.

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