We know this is true when we’re trying to get a mortgage. Contact a few different mortgage lenders/brokers and compare their rates and loan packages before deciding on which course to pursue. If you or your company are in the market for health insurance coverage, the same philosophy applies. You would be surprised at the […]

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I read a headline today that noted the unexpected net drop of 4,000 jobs by U.S. employers in the month of August. In this current climate of growing media panic about the collapse of the housing market, mortgage lending, and now credit lending in general, this would seem like another indication that the national […]

So, Mick’s on vacation, and that means I have to write some blog posts. No problem, there’s always something floating around in my head and occasionally that something offers the added bonus of being meaningful. In Mick’s absence, I will toil tirelessly toward blogging excellence; I’ll carry the torch, if you will, for a week […]

To gain an understanding of the career goals of “Generation Y”, that tech-savvy cadre of young adults that are just making their way into the corporate race, you need only to remember your first job. Now, hold that vision in your mind and add these ingredients: a mindset stoked by growing up with the Internet […]

On the surface, a recent law passed in Maryland, the “Living Wage” law, may appear to be a coup for employees and would-be employees in Maryland. The law raises the minimum wage for employees working for state contractors to $11.30 per hour for those in the Baltimore-DC area and to $8.50 per hour for those […]

I’m far from an expert in health insurance coverage and I’m definitely at a loss as to why health insurance costs as much as it does (I’m eventually going to see Sicko, but I haven’t yet), but I have recently been forced to look at a couple insurance options for my family and I learned […]

A little part of me dies every time I have to cite Yahoo!’ HotJobs, but sometimes they have some relevant stuff. Today’s highlight focuses on the need to get your working area organized to increase productivity and efficiency - all based on the whole spring cleaning idea.
This speaks directly to me, as I’m typing this […]

The perception of India in the United States is often one of an infinite well of IT and technical talent, usually willing to work for wages below those of their American counter-parts. All of the talk of outsourcing and the growing demand for H-1B visas for foreign workers to enter the U.S. certainly contributes to […]

According to an article in yesterday’s USA Today, Careerbuilder.com says fewer employers expect to add workers in the second quarter. Note that the numbers are far from staggering – 29% of employers said they planned to hire new employees in the second quarter, which is down from 34% in the first quarter – and could […]

Whether it will actually take effect or not is unknown, but the U.S. Senate has just voted, 94-0, to add to a minimum wage bill a federal contracting ban for businesses in violation of federal immigration laws. The initial bill is intended to raise the federal minimum wage from $5.15 per hour to $7.25 per […]