Nokia to cut 4,000 Workers and Transfer 3,000 Others to Reduce Costs
In a move that has been speculated on for months, Nokia announced today that in order to cut costs by $1.46 billion, it will outsource…
Yearly Archives: 2011
Founders of YouTube Buy Internet Bookmarking Service Delicious from Yahoo!
Although you may have never heard of Chad Hurley and Steve Chen, you’ve certainly heard of the wildly popular site that they founded: YouTube. These…
Corporate Logo Designer Joseph Selame Passes Away at 86
Can you picture the logos for Kodak, CVS, and Goodwill Industries? If, like most of America, these companies' logos stick out in your mind, they've…
600 Employees to be Laid Off by BAE Systems in Texas
Global defense company BAE Systems is laying off 600 employees at its location in Sealy, Texas. The layoffs come as a result of 17 year…
Toyota to be Back at Full Production by the End of 2011
Since the devastating earthquake and tsunami hit Japan on March 11, tens of thousands of lives have been affected and are still being affected by…
5,900 Jobs Cut by AT&T in First Three Months of 2011
AT&T announced on April 20 that it reduced its workforce by 5,900 in the first quarter of 2011. The layoffs came in part because of…
New System Unveiled that Integrates Benefits, HR, and Payroll and Improves Efficiency
HR professionals spend more than half of their time on administrative human resources tasks, and are often stuck with redundant data entry and overloaded with…
North Carolina Getting 1,200 New Call Center Jobs
Charlotte, NC, is going to be receiving a welcome gift this year: 1,200 new jobs. These jobs are coming courtesy of a Florida-based company called…
Self-Esteem and Lunch Room Tables
From ages 13 to 17, I attended six different schools in a variety of cities and countries. I never found attending these new schools all that difficult. What I disliked, though, was penetrating the pecking order of the lunch tables.
Begin with Today
No matter where you are in your career, today is a brand new day. It does not matter how many jobs or gaps you have on your resume. It does not matter if you once led a big project that failed or went nowhere. It does not matter if you tell yourself regularly that you should be somewhere else in your career rather than where you are right now. Today is a brand new day.