It seems that the new “Outsourced” series on NBC is a TV version of the movie Outsourced (2006). At such a difficult economic time in the US – hackneyed stereotypes of Americans and Indians do not foster global understanding and are certainly not funny if the US viewer is unemployed. Just see the comments onContinue reading ““Outsourced” at NBC is so yesterday”
Category Archives: Careers/Jobs Strategy
Recession is over,stockmarket is up – when will jobs and housing turn around?
Apparently,the recession is over since June of 2009 – it was announced today, stocks went up in the US and em pathetically-worldwide. But this does not go well with lots of Americans. As President Obama mentioned today, all talk of the recession ending is useless if you do not have a job. And currently theContinue reading “Recession is over,stockmarket is up – when will jobs and housing turn around?”
Re-thinking Medical Insurance Business as an Electricity Business- executing healthcare reform
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Poverty report – the mobility of skills and IBM’s Project Match
Public policy should actively encourage moves to wherever work is, by covering moving and relocation costs and setting off the public expense of trying to support the skilled person at a location where the skill may take time to deploy. Depending on economic recovery, or may never get a chance to flourish again.
“If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it ” does not apply to Infrastructure renewal policy for gas pipes, bridges
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How’s the Internet changing your business? USA Today sheds 9% workforce and Telecom shake-up with Google VOIP
The Internet is truly the global life changer.If you can answer just how the Internet is changing your business and act on it – you’ll do great. Consider two recent events: USA Today has shed 9% of the workforce as it tries to go digital. A Communication Professor once told me that Communication and JournalismContinue reading “How’s the Internet changing your business? USA Today sheds 9% workforce and Telecom shake-up with Google VOIP”
Housing market woes reflect slow jobs and underlyng slow income as US home based call center outsourcing takes off
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Public Works give work to machines and not “shovel ready” men in the 21st century
This post was published on August 2, 2010 during the recovery process from the Great Recession of 2007-2009. We believe that the core idea idea that you need advanced computer and knowledge skills in large scale shovelling still holds in 2021. Just as Governments worldwide try to dig out of the Coronavirus pandemic – Updated January 10, 2021.
Understanding the business and running the software- are these some new jobs coming up?
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Jeff Immelt: Small Business tends to hang out with Big Business in the supply chain and jobs get created
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