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Top 5 Recession-Proof Jobs
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How to Manage in a Recession
During a downturn, the usual rules of the workplace change dramatically. Here's how to keep your team motivated and productive. Set the Tone Goal: Lower the anxiety level in the office by being candid about...
Tags: Team, Employee, Recession, Zappos, Yahoo Superstar Awards Program, Team Management, Management, Lindsay Blakely, Economy, Downturn, Zappos.com Inc., Best Buy Co. Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Crash Course
Articles 2008-06-23
Do Your Investments Match Your Job?
More financial planners are starting to take their clients' occupations into account when recommending asset allocations. Here's how to tell if you are a stock or a bond — and what you should do about it. ...
Tags: Job, Professor, Occupation, Bond, Stock, Income, Advisor, MoneyWatch, Investment Banker, Investment, Operational Accounting, Recruitment & Selection, Personal Finance, Finance, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Human Capital, Asset Allocation, Financial Planner, Retirement Planning, Tom Idzorek, Moshe Milevsky, John E. Grable, Steady Income, Richard Sine
Articles 2009-09-03
Recession is Only the Beginning | BTalk Australia
(18min 54) Professor Steve Keen says the Aussie economy has a long way to fall yet. The current situation is the work of neoclassical economists who didn’t understand the importance of controlling debt, which is now over $2 trillion. He points to the RBA, whose decision not to lower interest...
Tags: Depression, Recession, Economist, Deflation, Debt, Economy, Level, RBA, Government, Currency & Foreign Exchange, Financial Planning, Vertical Industries, Financial Services, Finance, Phil Dobbie
Blog posts 2009-03-09
Five Strategies for Selling During a Recession
Are these the worst of times? Or are they the best of times — to prove your product's value, snatch up top talent, and make your regular customers feel special? Depends on your perspective. ...
Tags: Strategy, Recession, Stevens, Asher, Employee Training, Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, Sales, Selling, Downturn, Sales Tactics, IBM, Sell Like IBM, Christina Salerno
Articles 2009-06-26
100,000 jobs to go if stimulus cut - Henry
A Senate inquiry will today drill Treasury secretary Ken Henry and his department over stimulus measures. TREASURY Secretary Ken Henry has warned a further 100,000 jobs could be lost if the Federal Government's planned stimulus spending is scrapped. Addressing a Senate inquiry in Canberra today, Dr Henry said withdrawing the...
Tags: U.S. Senate, Stimulus, IMF
News items 2009-10-08
Five Jobs for Lousy Times and No Talent Necessary
CNNMoney recently came out with its list of the "50 Best Jobs in America." The list assemblers ranked jobs based on personal satisfaction, job security, future growth, benefit to society, stress -- and presumably pay, since, after all, it's CNNMoney, not CNNSelf-gratification. The...
Tags: Talent, Job, Recruitment & Selection, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Marlys Harris
Blog posts 2009-10-22
Healthcare Is Still Adding Jobs, Despite Recession
According to a recent survey by the Medical Group Management Association, the top three challenges of medical practice remain in the same in 2009 as they were in 2008: operating costs rising faster than revenues; maintaining physician compensation levels as reimbursement drops; and selecting and implementing an electronic health record....
Tags: Job, Recession, Health Care, MGMA, Wilensky, Vertical Industries, Healthcare, Benefits, Human Resources, Ken Terry
Blog posts 2009-08-11
New Jobs: 8 Lessons from Real-Life Career Switchers
Changing careers is never easy, and it?s all the more challenging in a recession, but reinvention is becoming more and more necessary as the employment landscape shifts so dramatically. Fortunately, there are some time-tested tips for making a successful transition, from looking for on-the-job training to taking advantage of educational...
Tags: Education, Job, Tax, MoneyWatch, Cliff Stevenson, Professional Development, Recruitment & Selection, Career, Human Resources, Workforce Management, New Job, Switching, Career Switch, Career Changing, Career Change, Adult Education, Educational Tax Breaks, Financial Aid, Student Aid, Stafford Loans, Pay Cut, On-the-Job Training, Volunteer Work, Kerry Hannon
Articles 2009-11-11
Jobs and Real Estate Still Tied Together
Last week's unemployment report sent shivers down the spines of traders. And why not? On every level, the jobs report was dreadful. National unemployment rose to 9.5 percent, but in reality, it's much higher. Real unemployment is perhaps even as high as 16 or 17 percent. The numbers include: ...
Tags: Real Estate Agent, Job, Commercial Real Estate, Real Estate, Business Operations, Ilyce Glink
Blog posts 2009-07-07
Sony Cuts 8,000 Jobs as the Company Sees Less Consumer Spending This Holiday Season
TOKYO/HELSINKI (Reuters) - Sony Corp. axed thousands of jobs on Tuesday and bearish comments from Samsung and Texas Instruments added to the gloom in the technology sector as consumers shun the latest gadgets. Demand for consumer electronics has slumped in the run-up to Christmas as the financial crisis has grown...
News items 2009-08-07
Handbags Help Burberry Top Forecasts
By Mark Potter LONDON (Reuters UK) - Luxury goods group Burberry BRBY beat second-quarter revenue forecasts, helped by demand for handbags and leather goods, and signalled an improvement in some second-half revenue trends. The 153-year-old maker of raincoats said on Wednesday it made revenue of 343 million pounds in the...
Tags: Revenue, Burberry Ltd.
News items 2009-10-14
Omnicom's Top Execs Saw Pay Slashed to Save Bonuses for Underlings
Omnicom's top executives took massive pay cuts so that their underlings could continue to receive their bonuses, according to a filing the company made with the SEC today. CEO John Wren's total compensation in 2008 was cut from $10.4 million to $3 million. BBDO CEO Andrew Robertson...
Tags: Aircraft, CEO, Omnicom, Aircraft Hour, Aerospace & Defense, Manufacturing, Jim Edwards
Blog posts 2009-04-09
Aegis Q4: Not Talking to Havas; Deal Price Getting More Expensive; 780 Jobs Cut
Aegis used its 2008 full year results to send a number of messages yesterday, some more confusing than others. Let's start with the financials: Aegis reported revenues for 2008 were up 21 percent to £1.3 billion; net income was down 4 percent to £89.2 billion (not adjusting...
Tags: Job, CEO, Havas, Performance Management, Mergers & Acquisitions, Recruitment & Selection, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Investment, Finance, Jim Edwards
Blog posts 2009-03-20
How to Get a Raise in a Recession
It won?t be easy, but making these adjustments to your strategy and approach will give you a fighting chance. Do Your Research Even if you believe your work ethic and results are the stuff of office legend, you’ll...
Tags: Job, Recession, MoneyWatch, Sales Strategy, Professional Development, Recruitment & Selection, Benefits, Sales Force Management, Sales, Career, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Getting a Raise, Salary Negotiation, Salary Review, Compensation, Mad Men, Peggy Olson, Eilene Zimmerman
Articles 2009-09-22
U.S. Jobless Rate Surges to 10.2 Percent
By Lucia MutikaniWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. jobless rate unexpectedly jumped to 10.2 percent last month, a 26-1/2-year high, adding to pressure on the Obama administration to do more to tackle unemployment even as signs of recovery mount.The Labor Department said on Friday that employers cut 190,000 jobs in October,...
Tags: Job, Interest Rate, Economist, Recruitment & Selection, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Payroll, Us
News items 2009-11-06
U.S. Jobless Highest in More Than 26 Years
By Lucia MutikaniWASHINGTON (Reuters UK) - The U.S. jobless rate unexpectedly jumped to 10.2 percent last month, a 26-1/2-year high, adding to pressure on the Obama administration to do more to tackle unemployment even as signs of recovery mount.The Labour Department said on Friday that employers cut 190,000 jobs in...
Tags: Job, Interest Rate, Recruitment & Selection, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Oukbs, Payroll
News items 2009-11-06
Jobless Rate Surges to 10.2 Percent
By Lucia MutikaniWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. jobless rate unexpectedly jumped to 10.2 percent last month, a 26-1/2-year high, adding to pressure on the Obama administration to do more to tackle unemployment even as signs of recovery mount.The Labor Department said on Friday that employers cut 190,000 jobs in October,...
Tags: Job, Interest Rate, Economist, Payroll, Recruitment & Selection, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Us
News items 2009-11-07
U.S. Jobless Rate at 26 Year Record
By Lucia MutikaniWASHINGTON (Reuters UK) - The U.S. jobless rate unexpectedly jumped to 10.2 percent last month, a 26-1/2-year high, adding to pressure on the Obama administration to do more to tackle unemployment even as signs of recovery mount.The Labour Department said on Friday that employers cut 190,000 jobs in...
Tags: Job, Interest Rate, Payroll, Recruitment & Selection, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Oukbs
News items 2009-11-07
Apple stock seen poised to pop after record setting quarter
By Neil HughesPublished: 09:05 AM EST Wall Street analysts have raised their price targets for Apple stock yet again, after the company posted another recession defying blockbuster quarter with record Mac and iPhone sales.Apple announced Monday that its fourth-quarter profits surged more than 46 percent to $1.67 billion, as the...
Tags: Apple Inc., Apple iPhone, Apple Macintosh
News items 2009-10-20
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