Career Unpredictability Meets Adaptability Careers in the new economy have taken a turn. They are becoming a workforce of consultants vs. employees. Even as the world recovers financially things are still unpredictable. Because of this employers are looking for a more adaptable type of worker vs. an in-house employee. Instead, employers are using contract labor [...]
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What New Economy Freedom Fighters Must Know Today I was looking at pictures from my time in Boston. I stayed in a corporate apartment there for about four months on business, right on the Freedom Trail. I went to the grave sites of our forefathers, walked by the Boston tea party area, the North Church and [...]
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Economic Globalization in the New Economy In the new economy, globalization is moving jobs and careers to markets all over the world where labor is cheaper and tax free. Countries that have inexpensive labor like the Philippines, China and India are central areas of outsourcing and have become a place to move middle income jobs [...]
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How Much Are Your Skill Sets Worth in a Global Market? What are your skill sets worth in today’s new economy global job market? If you don’t know then who does? Many people do not know how to value their skill sets in this new global market. Skill sets are NOT the way that we [...]
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