Neurofeedback Follow-up
This is a follow up piece to Donna Troisi's article on Neurofeedback yesterday. After experiencing several session of Neurofeedback with Donna, I must say that it left me wanting more. I have been trying to figure out how to have her hook me up over the phone ... I need a virtual hook-up between Maryland and California.
The future will bring a new industry that provides companies with "Brain Gyms" for their employees. The brain training facilities will be talked about enthusiastically like the gyms of the early 80's and the free elegant cafeteria and coffeeshops of the 90's. (So, if you are ready to start a new business this might be the one.)
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Reveille and Hyperbole: eQuest, the world's leading supplier of domestic and international job-posting delivery services including worldwide job board management representation, announced that Vurv Technology has integrated eQuest's new e-commerce job posting solution – called eQuest Advantage™ into Vurv Express Recruitment, part of Vurv's SMB product line. Vurv Technology (formerly Recruitmax) is a global provider of technology and services for building great workforces.
SurveyGizmo, an online survey and data collection company, announced their 2007 results, showing year-over-year customer growth of more than 500 percent. "We're really pleased at how quickly SurveyGizmo has been embraced by the online survey market," said Scott McDaniel, CEO of SurveyGizmo. "Our customers tell us that our combination of extremely robust features along with tenacious customer service makes us unique in the market."
ExpertPlan, a leading provider of private-label recordkeeping solutions, announced it inked deals with five nationwide payroll companies in December 2007, providing each firm with its own fully branded 401(k) product.
Albany, a worldwide Employer of Record and contingent workforce management company, is making its contractor management and payroll services available to companies caught in the Axium International/Ensemble Chimes Global bankruptcy filed last week.
Pioneering in the field of online recruitment referral technologies, JobTonic.com have just launched a slick and user-friendly new look job website.
Up Coming Events:
The military-to-civilian recruiting firm RecruitMilitary will present a free hiring event for job seekers who have military backgrounds in Austin on Thursday, January 24, 2008. This event, the RecruitMilitary Career Fair, will take place from 11 a.m. until 3 p.m. at Frank Erwin Center, basketball home of the University of Texas Longhorns. RecruitMilitary urges all job seekers with military backgrounds to attend-veterans who already have civilian work experience, men and women who are transitioning from active duty to civilian life, members of the National Guard and reserves, and military spouses.
Some Like To Read: The 2008 Pfeiffer Annual: Consulting
by Elaine Biech
The Annual is a ready-make toolkit of ideas, methods, techniques, and models that assist and support your work as an organizational consultant, with an emphasis in the change management area. The materials provide highly accessible means of interacting with a diverse variety of systems and processes—from collaborative work systems and executive coaching to strategic planning and organization development.
Deep Release: Five Factors That Will Affect Your Career This Year
Digg Despite the fact that no one can truly foretell the future, there are some events visible on the horizon of 2008 that will impact your professional life.
John Challenger, CEO of Challenger, Gray & Christmas, a global outplacement consulting organization, shared his thoughts on the five factors that will positively or negatively affect your job and/or job search during the next year.
1. The Housing Crisis
You can't pick up a newspaper these days without seeing a headline about the sub-prime mortgage crisis and the downturn in real estate -- and that's with good reason.
"The ongoing housing crisis affects not just subprime lenders, but banks, realtors, home retailers, construction and renovation contractors, building materials companies, and others," Challenger says. And, unlike problems in the automotive industry, for example, "This crisis is so geographically dispersed, so very far-reaching. Every region of the country is going to face difficulties."
Even if you don't work in one of the aforementioned fields, the housing crisis will still impact consumer spending. Challenger says, "Because of the fact that consumers can no longer use their homes as piggy banks, they're losing the ability to spend. And consumer spending constitutes two-thirds of our economic growth."
2. The High Price of Fuel
The cost of getting to and from work keeps getting higher as fuel costs skyrocket. Single car commuters aren't the only ones affected, as major metropolitan areas will see public transportation costs increase.
Challenger says, "The cost of getting to a job that's far from home has jumped considerably. People might be spending double what they did just three or four years ago."
The trend is alarming. "A lack of mobility on such a vital part of the workforce is a real drag on the economy, but no one seems to be able to resolve the issue."
3. The U.S. Presidential Election
Much will change with the outcome of the 2008 presidential election -- but not all of it depends on the winner's party affiliation.
"Stem cell research has been on hold for the last several years, but it looks like both parties have an interest in that. Biotech and genome work will also be hot areas, post-election," predicts Challenger.
"If the Democrats win and they do move the country out of Iraq more quickly, defense spending will be affected. That's been a growth area in the economy." But, he counters, "A national health-care plan might be a job creator. If you expand coverage to more people, you'll need more providers. Health care is one of the strongest areas for job creation in the economy."
He also foresees more growth in "green" jobs if a Democrat wins the election.
4. Generation Y
Born between 1977 and 1995, Generation Y is 79.8 million strong. In 2008, millions of these echo boomers, as they're also called, will be looking for work. Challenger predicts that competition for jobs for new graduates will be stiffer than in recent years.
He notes, "Generation Y workers are flooding into the job market, but they might not be flooded with job offers."
He says the class of 2008 shouldn't expect the same robust job market their counterparts enjoyed in previous years. "Since the summer of 2003, the market was very strong for graduates, but job creation has slowed in the second half of 2007. The economy is slowing down, and business owners may be more cautious about adding new staff."
5. The Global Economy
Challenger doesn't believe the nation is headed for a recession. "The housing market is slowing down the U.S. economy, but the positive affects of the global growth engine will offset what is happening domestically."
He also believes that the weak U.S. dollar isn't necessarily bad for business. In fact, the opposite may be true. "It means that U.S. businesses can compete around the world, especially vis-a-vis Europe, because our goods will be cheaper due to the weaker dollar. When businesses in other countries repatriate the dollar across the seas, they'll get even more for their money."
He admits, "The falling dollar is a mixed bag for the economy, but it's good for global business hiring and job growth."
Presentation:
Material from John and Bridget Sumser, Rethinking The Workforce is available for download.
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