If only I could move... Our seventh annual ranking of Best Places for Business and Careers relies again on Economy.com, the West Chester, Pa. research firm, which helped us weigh business costs (labor, energy, tax and office space expenses) and living costs (housing, transportation, food and other household expenditures). Economy.com also helped assess the education levels of the work force, as well as job and income growth and migration patterns over the past five years.Start investing w...

CBS seemed to have learned that after a reporter cursed out some annouying purposely put in place spectators by the Opie and Anthony radio show (yes, the same people who dared New yorkers to have sex in a church) CBS fired the reporter, but people from all over the city wrote letters acking for his return. Here is a quote: Mr. Chi'en, acting human, lost his cool. After finishing his report, he turned to his harassers and yelled something on the order of, "What is your problem, man?"...

Here is a quote: The cities that topped our list have all been regarded as "Renaissance" or "revitalized" cities, perhaps as a result of the influx of large corporations and federal defense spending. Chart-topper New London, CT is the new research and development headquarters of pharmaceutical giant Pfizer, as well as home to a US Naval and Coast Guard base (slated to be closed). Huntsville, AL, which landed second on the list of cities with the best "Salary Value", has seen a substant...

I am hopeing that one day people will be able to do this with Knowledge net. Until then, there are plenty of places to search for a specific company to try to get into. If I wasn't in my current situation, I would try to spend most of my job search time looking at companies I want to work in. Then again, the company I am in now is a Fortune 100 company with a very large internal hiring scheme. I might not be doing that bad afterall, but it sure feel like it. I got the cuts and briuses to p...

Women do what when employed??? Working women are spending about an hour more doing housework and taking care of family members each day than working men do, according to a new report released by the Department of Labor. At the same time, men are putting in more hours at work. The recently released "American Time Use Survey", based on U.S. Census Bureau interviews with 21,000 people on their activities during one 24-hour period last year, is the government's first comprehensive study re...

As with anyone who works, your working for a reason; to have money to spend on things you want and need presently or in the future. So obviously, knowing how to make more (other than getting an education and making crude career moves) is important. Career Builder has a list of 6 ways to do this. All at the link. 1. Do your research. 2. Outline a case for yourself. 3. Know what's going on in your neighborhood. Work, rent, investment, telecommunting, education, retirement,...

Here are some job hunter stories that will rattle your chain!!! Spooky! Just i time for... Holloween??? Horror Story No. 1: Always confirm a new job offer before you resign from the old one. -D'uh Horror Story No. 2: When scheduling an interview, inquire about the format and location. -Ok I messed up there a few times. Horror Story No. 3: Prepare for a rainy day and bring an umbrella. -Say what? There is, of course, more at the link giving some details to the horror stories...

Unemployment, under employment, over employment... just hate your job... What do you do when you become unemployed and send out a few hundered resumes then nothing happenes? Richard Sheridan spent 18 years at Interface Systems, an Ann Arbor, Mich. company that translated documents to the Web. As vice president of software development, managing 36 software engineers, he was bringing home a six-figure salary. "It was a very comfortable existence with great vacation and benefits and loads...

If you or someone you know is a victim of work harrassment, take a look at the link below. As a victim myself, and as someone apparelty fired for it, you should know your rights. There are things you can AND can not go to court for if it goes to that level. Also keep in mind that "I'll sue" is not always an option. You have to try to work out the situation with your employer and then take the case to relevent govermental parties. If that does not solve the situation, then make court your f...

Talking about entry level work and actually being entry level work (rather than just a job) should be debated. As much as I deride the place I work now, they actually hve interior advancement that works and works often. People have moved from workin in the trucks (with the dirt and dust moving packages at an unbelieveble amount per hour) to workin as a floor manager. This, I find, makes me try my best to come in everyday and on time no matter how much I am still hurting from the previou...

SOURCE: BBC News Home workers 'pose security risk' Working from home could pose a security threat to British businesses, costing an estimated £8.5bn a year, an IT security company has warned. A study by Novell found 80% of Britons admit to not taking computer security precautions when working from home. The research shows home workers are "ambivalent" to security issues, making them easy targets for hackers. Novell says there will be an increase in security breaches if emp...

SOURCE: Times Of India BPO staffers hack bank A/Cs PUNE: Cyber crime has moved to the next level in Pune. Close on the heels of the Webcam Kulkarni scandal, in which a tenant secretly filmed girl students staying in his hostel using hidden cameras, the Pune police have unearthed a major siphoning racket involving former and serving callcentre employees. They allegedly transferred a total of Rs 1.5 crore (US $3.5 lakh) from a multinational bank into their own accounts, opened u...

SOURCE: Baseline Outsourcing: What Ratio Is Right? By Paul A. Strassmann What a company purchases from suppliers of goods or services defines the amount that firm outsources. Innovations in global commerce have lowered the costs and expanded the reach of purchasing transactions. This has made it possible to search for the lowest costs of materials, components and assemblies anywhere. Companies find profit in divesting work whenever pay and overhead can be replaced by more e...

I say cover response because sometimes the cover 'letter' sent to the employeer isn't actually a cover letter in the traditional sense. Wehn you sending by email, more likely than not, it will be in text format only. So the top formal parts about your name and such and the name of the person your sending your resume to isn't needed. So sending that cover responce that is just "I am a proven great whatever..." More examples on the way. SOURCE: YAHOO! Hotobs.com How to Find a...

SOURCE: YAHOO! HotJobs.com It's Your Turn: What to Ask an Interviewer By Erin Hovanec The interviewer asks you, "Do you have any questions for me?" You say ... "Yes!" This is the easiest interview question out there. Always say yes. Asking questions shows that you're interested in the job. It also gives you a chance to show how knowledgeable you are about the position and the industry. Most important, it lets you highlight why you're the perfect candidate. You have to c...