Economics
Green Jobs: What They Are and Where to Look for Them, Part I
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This is the first in a series of guest posts on green jobs by Alexia Vernon, a leadership and career speaker, certified coach, trainer, and writer with an expertise in [...]
Black History Month — Remembering Every Black Man and Woman’s Contributions, Part II — Refocusing Our View of History
Note: We began writing this series in time for the February 1 beginning of Black History Month. It has “marinated” as a draft this long because of our desire to tackle what could be controversial issues without causing unnecessary offense.
Refocusing Our Concept of Black History — and U.S. History
Appreciating the Full Breadth of Black American [...]
Black History Month — Remembering Every Black Man and Woman’s Contributions, Part I — The Unpaid Wages of Slavery
Note: We began writing this series in time for the February 1 beginning of Black History Month. It has “marinated” as a draft this long because of our desire to tackle what could be controversial issues without causing unnecessary offense.
Frederick Douglass. Harriett Tubman. Thurgood Marshall. Jackie Robinson. Martin Luther King. Rosa Parks.
As we observe Black [...]
(Taxpayer-Financed) Bankers’ Bonuses Redux
On January 6, we published a guest post by eFinancial Careers writer Jon Jacobs. In it, Jon argued that it is essential to allow financial institutions to continue paying out bonuses and incentive pay to employees, in part to stave off what he called “a Destabilizing Round of ‘Musical Employers’”:
The political spotlight on compensation poses [...]
Recession Prompts More Brown Bag Lunches and Other Employee Spending Cutbacks
Survey: “Vast Majority” of Workers Making Changes Due to Economy
From brown-bagging to (temporarily, we hope) giving up the quest for the job of their dreams, a survey by Vault.com shows that America’s workers are hunkering down and making both minor and major changes to their work lives and workday routines as a result of the [...]
Staying Afloat in a Sea of Sinking Markets: Help for Career Changes During Hard Times
From Wall Street to Main Street – the Ripple Effect
Homeowners who have had to default on subprime mortgages (and Wall Street executives who have had to leave their positions in disgrace hauling away their last millions of loot) are far from the only people being hurt during the current crisis. According to an article in [...]
It’s the Economy, Stupid!
Of course, everyone has opinions about the economy in general, the financial crisis, the bailout bill, and what the next President should do about them — and what the candidates should say about these topics in tonight’s debate. (Actually, it’s a pretty wimpy debate format: I understand there are to be no follow-up questions, [...]
Unemployment Benefits Extension: Effective Counterweight to Slowing Economy?
On June 30, President Bush signed a $162 billion war spending bill that included a 13-week extension of unemployment benefits. Attaching this unemployment extension to entirely unrelated war spending sought by the White House was effective in getting the extension passed despite significant Republican opposition. This post describes the availability of the extended benefits and the economic and political considerations affecting the decision to undertake this significant additional domestic spending.
