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The single most important factor in reviving our economy is job creation.
Here is an idea: what if every American works four days a week, instead of five days?
The results:

each of us works a little bit less, and get a 20% pay reduction.
better quality of life: one extra day a week, which translate to [...]

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Note: I changed the text a little bit to protect confidentiality.

“I got laid off from Long Lines on 1-20-09 and they are hurting for money planning on 100 more cuts and 25 more in customer care.”
“Boeing in Seattle is laying off PMs that they hired less than a year ago.  Not sure how many, but [...]

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Costco: I was at Costco over the weekend – what recession? It was crowed! Someone I knew who worked at Costco told me that their store was doing more business. I’m not surprised at all. Given its low price and high quality, I think Costco will do better than most retailers. Instead of going to [...]

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Looking back on his first stint in the White House, Emanuel says, "If I knew in the first year of the first term what we knew by the first year of the second term, history would have been different." Yet no one knows better than Emanuel that he will have to retool himself in some [...]

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I’m not making this up.
An Australian state is offering “the best job in the world”:
The Island Caretaker position pays 150,000 Australian dollars (105,000 US Dollars), and include free airfare from the winner’s home country to Hamilton Island on the Great Barrier Reef.
The job responsibilities include

stroll the white sands
snorkel the reel
take care of “a [...]

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On January 16, 2009, I posted GeekMBA360 Fitness Goals for Q1, 2009 and Call to Action.
Today, I’m pleased to report that reader rGal09 has joined my challenge. Today, we have both reported our progress for the week of 1/19/2009.
I’ve created a “GeekMBA360 Corporate Athlete Fitness Challenge” page for weekly update.
Want to find out [...]

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Note: I use the word "Actions" instead of "idea, initiative, etc.". It doesn’t help to sit there and worry about recession and job market. It’s up to each of us to Take Actions to improve ourselves, and take control control our own destiny.

Improve your interpersonal skills by taking a class such as Dale Carnegie’s "Effective [...]

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Regardless of your party affiliation and political views, I think we could all learn a few things about how to manage and grow career from President Obama.

Pursue passion, instead of chasing money. Fresh out of Columbia University, Obama took a 20K-a-year job as a  community organizer at Chicago. With his Ivy pedigree, I wonder if [...]

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Today I’m pleased to announce that GeekMBA360.com has officially launched Depression 2.0 "Layoff Satisfaction" Survey.
Layoff is painful. We hope that our survey will

keep employers more accountable for their actions, and treat employees fairly during this difficult economic time
provide an outlet for laid-off employees to tell the true stories behind layoffs and set [...]

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I don’t enjoy small talk. I know many people who think "networking" is more painful than having a root canal.
But, we all know that networking is very important for getting a job or running a business.
The funny thing is that the most effective way to socialize and network has nothing to do with [...]

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