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Session 3 - Wednesday, Sept 28, 2011

Office Dynamics

She shared how her working career began back in Iowa, working as a temp worker scanning a seemingly endless supply of documents. All the other temps quit, some after only one day! Jasmine urged us not to cheat our organizations out of the quality, talented and engaged employees we could be.

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More Canadians Becoming Freelancers

Small Business Labs

When we reference organizations that have provided us funding in the last year we will note it. 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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Business Insider Feature Story on Former Celebrity Assistant Bonnie Low-Kramen

Bonnie Low Kramen

In January 1986, Bonnie Low-Kramen, who was 27 at the time and temping in Broadway box offices as she tried to carve out a career as an actor, was tipped off to a gig as the public-relations director for the Whole Theatre, a small theater in northern New Jersey. The work came with a lot of perks — like attending awards shows — and burnout.

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Top Ten Small Business Trends for 2012

Small Business Labs

  Being Human:  A trend that has rippled through our research the past couple of years - and especially in 2011 - is the growing dissatisfaction with our de-humanized world.   These tools will enable small businesses to organize, mine and analyze their data to improve their results.    Social Trends.

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The Structural Shift to a Contingent Workforce

Small Business Labs

When we reference organizations that have provided us funding in the last year we will note it.   The CNN article focuses on the growing use of temps.  Cheaper, too, because with flatter organizations, less management is involved.   These are folks who turn to self-employment because they can't find a job. 

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