530 jobs lost in Henry County Virginia
This Wednesday the Stanley Furniture Company announced their decision to shut down their Henry Country manufacturing plant. In a Southern Virginia region already suffering from…
Monthly Archives: May 2010
L.A.U.S.D. Layoff Ruling Praised as Historic
An L.A. Count Superior Court judge ruled Wednesday that the Los Angeles Unified School District (L.A.U.S.D) is restricted from laying off teachers from three under-performing…
MDC Buys IMS
Holding company MDC Partners (NASDAQ: MDCA) has acquired a majority interest in ad-optimization firm Integrated Media Solutions. IMS will become part of MDC's Performance Marketing Services Group, specializing…
Redondo Beach to Eliminate 16 Teachers
The Redondo Beach Unified School District's Board of Education has approved a measure to layoff 16 of the 24 elementary school teachers who were notified…
Costa Mesa City Employees Face Layoffs
Faced with a projected $16.4 million budget gap for next year, Costa Mesa administrators have proposed cutting 51 full-time jobs and 26-part time positions. Alternately,…
Colorado Governor To Track Creation Of Jobs Statewide
In an executive order today, Colorado Governor Bill Ritter directed state agencies to track job creation, writes Bloomberg Businessweek. The order comes after weeks of…
Lack In Jobs Has Not Effected Wages As Much As Expected
Surprisingly, wages have not decreased in proportion to the decrease in available jobs, posts Economix, a blog site of the New York Times. The post…
Southern Virginia Suffers Job Losses, Enjoys Job Gains
A recent Washington Post article covered a joint statement issued by the Governor and Lieutenant Governor of Virginia in which they disclosed that Stanley Furniture,…
Go Beneath the Surface to Find a Job
One of the most interesting theories about life on earth is the fact that it exists and can be found in conditions that conventional wisdom would believe it cannot exist in. Carl Wirson of the Wood's Hole Oceanographic Institution wrote in a 1991 paper:
Staying Motivated at Work
Have you grown tired of your job or career and need a new challenge in your life? Perhaps a career change is necessary for you to feel alive again, but maybe a drastic decision such as a career change is not necessary. If you become very bored at your job then you might need new challenges at your job without having to change it.