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Brush Up on Your Job Skills and Performance So That You Can Keep Your Job or Get a Raise

Now is Not the Time to be Complacent in the Workplace
When you sit down and look at your finances you’re probably mostly focused on expenses and spending. How much money do you spend on housing, groceries, insurance, and even taxes? What is often overlooked is income. Without income none of the aforementioned items will [...]

The Zurich Mantra on Beating the Recession

This is a guest post by Nicholas Bate, author of the new book Beat the Recession: A Blueprint for Business Survival. He is author, designer and facilitator for the ground-breaking ‘Personal Excellence’ seminar, a program used as the basis for cultural change in many organizations, in addition to many pioneering development concepts in leadership, [...]

How to Keep Your Job While Unemployment is on the Rise

5 Tips to Help You Increase the Chances of Keeping Your Job
Unemployment continues to rise, and jobs are getting harder to come by. The national average is approaching 7% while many areas are being hit with unemployment rates of about 10% already. Think about that for a minute. One out of every ten people [...]

Two-Thirds of Corporations Don’t Pay Taxes – Nothing More Than Political Hogwash

Are Businesses Getting Out of Paying Taxes or is it Just a Good Story for the Media and Politicians?
One of the big stories last week was from the Government Accountability Office study that reported that two-thirds of American corporations didn’t pay any taxes in 2005. Of course, a statement like this is sure to [...]