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Blog Post: The Generous Generation: Millennials Are Most Charitable: It’s important now more than ever for us to focus on our mental health and wellbeing and how we can help ourselves as well as others. Did you know that when we do things that make us feel good,…; Added by Caitlin Purvis at 9:35am on November 27, 2020

Blog Post: How Shopping Local Can Create Jobs And Benefit Communities: During the course of the COVID-19 pandemic, attitudes of…; Added by Alicia Walker at 8:46am on July 2, 2021

Topic: "The economy is getting better." REALLY??: weekend to offer me a deal. 52 weeks of 3 days a week delivery for $13. That works out to be $.08 a paper. What? Are you kidding me? This was the paper with which I grew up, where I read the Dodgers' scores and the funnies I loved so well. My brothers delivered this paper on their Schwinns: their first jobs. I love walking out to the driveway and picking up the paper, reading a catchy headline, returning to my cozy kitchen to catch up on the news and whether or not the local High School made it to the playoffs. Small town papers are disappearing and so are big town papers. Recent stories abound of stalwart newspapers closing down or minimizing services and increasing rates. I was recently told, "The economy is getting better." Really? Are you sure? My neighborhood has six foreclosed homes in it, how many more do I not know about? My local newspaper is selling for $.08 an issue. People are stealing dogs and children. Families are breaking apart. More programs are being cut from public schools. Layoffs are continuing. Nike just cut 500 jobs in Oregon, just the first of 1,750 scheduled layoffs in a worldwide restructuring. Recent conversations circle around media's input to the woes of the economy. Does the media help or hinder? Record-breaking numbers of voters texted in for American Idol. Standard text messaging rates apply. We can't buy milk but can spend a buck or two to vote for our favorite idol. Viewership of the recent Survivor Finale was incredibly high. Not only do we love to hate the antagonists but we crave the simplicity of the isolation represented. Getting back to the roots of humanness. Primordal networking. Strategy in its most primitive form. Absorbed in fantasy, the new Star Trek, a return to Land of the Lost or a midnight tour at the Museum. Take me away. We haven't quite reached the dust bowls of The Grapes of Wrath or four block-long bread lines but we may be close. Ghost towns are being created. I know people who are walking away from their houses not because they have to but because they can. 67% of all mortgages in Las Vegas are upside down - homes are worth considerably less then the money owed on them. What can we do? Keep working. Diversify: your portfolio, your skill set, your life. Step outside of your comfort zone and recognize that what used to be no longer is. Work harder. "Unless you are willing to drench yourself in your work beyond the capacity of the average man, you are just not cut out for positions at the top. " ~James Cash Penney, aka J.C. Penney in 1928 by rayannethorn…; Added by Rayanne at 2:21am on May 19, 2009

Blog Post: Online Training Programs: The Pros and Cons

Added by Sean Pomeroy at 3:07pm on July 6, 2015

Blog Post: Why job boards will never replace good recruiters: I have seen many articles written about how companies are using job boards and direct hire methods to cut out the recruiter, and true there are roles that can be hired with little or no interview…; Added by Chris Bailey at 3:28pm on February 23, 2012

Blog Post: How "Everyone Gets a Trophy" Has Impacted Us: I was born in 1967. From my earliest of days, I remember being competitive. I…; Added by Doug Douglas at 4:11pm on August 9, 2013

Blog Post: Ways to Engage Your Remote Workforce

The pandemic has compelled many businesses to opt for…

Added by Lucia Adams at 12:47am on December 23, 2020

Blog Post: A Year of Lockdown… and Great Marketing Campaigns

The past year might have dragged. But equally, it feels almost unbelievable that it’s been one year since Boris Johnson first asked us to stay at home!

The mood of the country changed when…

Added by Caitlin Purvis at 4:39am on March 12, 2021

Blog Post: Reimagining The Future Of Work

COVID-19 has brought with it enormous changes to our…