Tag Archive for ‘economy’

Times Are Tough…Could You Live off the Groupon for $100k?

With unemployment, the economy and how to cut back on all of our minds – Groupon recently caught our attention.
What is Groupon? Think of coupons, but with collective buying power. Groupon is a website that offers a local “deal of the day” on food, merchandise or services and it can be anywhere from 50 [...]

The Five Steps to Engagement During a Downturn

There are countless studies on the importance of creating highly engaged employees and the levers with which to engage them. We are huge proponents of engaging employees and have been focused on helping companies create more engaged employees for quite sometime. Having said all of that, we believe that this economic crisis has changed the [...]

Useful Tips for Staying Afloat in The Current Economy

Career Columnist Lindsey Pollak offers some very useful self-marketing tips for all generations trying to find employment in this grim job market.
 

Make sure your technical and communication skills are as strong as possible.

Engage a “kind critic” to honestly assess your image as a job candidate.

Become an active user of LinkedIn.com.

Network face-to-face. [...]

Shaky Personal Finances Can Impact Job Performance

 
For the first time since 1993, the percentage of people who say their finances are very or fairly secure falls below 60%, the survey shows – according to Abigail Goldman at the Los Angeles Times.
According to the article, nearly 2 out of 5 people say the state of their personal finances is fairly shaky [...]