Despite the economic downturn, the Confederation of British Industry has reported that some businesses are flourishing against the odds and, as corporations reduce the graduate intake for 2009, many entrepreneurs are deciding to set up their own businesses as opposed to searching for jobs that simply aren't there. Conversely, those businesses not doing so well are streamlining their workforces in order to cope with the effects of the recession....more
India, with a healthcare market standing nearly at US$ 38 Billion in 2007, represents one of the most emerging healthcare products and services market in the world. Out report "Indian Healthcare - New Avenues for Growth" expects the potential of this market to increase several fold in next five years. India represents the world's second largest populated country. With a rapidly expanding economy and increasing urbanization, the prevalence of a...more
Answering interview questions can be a tricky business at the best of times, but how should you react if the question is not only tricky, but technically illegal?In order to protect jobseekers from a variety of types of discrimination, employers are not permitted to make enquiries about the personal lives of candidates which have no bearing on the position that they are interviewing for. This includes questions such as those concerning:· Your age· Your race· Your religion· Your sexual orientation· Your height and/or weight· Your marital or relationship status· Whether you have children, how many, their ages and so on· Your political beliefs and affiliations· Any affiliations to non-professional clubs, societies or organizations· Your country of origin· Whether you have US citizenship· Whether you own or rent your home· Any question related to pregnancy, including your medical history during pregnancy and your plans for having more children· Health-related questions - although something like 'Do you need any special accommodations to perform the job that you are applying for?' would be lawful because it relates specifically to the job· Questions concerning a partner...more
The very fact that you are reading this article indicates that you may be crazy enough to be thinking how to invest real estate, even in this upside down market. Why is it that some people can succeed, even prosper, in this down real estate market while so many others are struggling? Even more importantly, are you one of the ones that can prosper?...more
Looking for the right courier philippines company that could offer you the best kind of delivery service? Well you're in luck, because currently there are three courier companies in the Philippines that could offer you the best service of delivery in the Philippines. First off, let's look at the new comer of the delivery service industry in the...more
Author: Steve HochmanOne of my fitness business coaching clients recently asked me to compile a list of the 10 most memorable fitness busienss marketing tips I'd learned since I started in the fitness business over 10 years ago. Here they are:1) Set clearly-defined, ambitious, yet realistic goals for yourself IN WRITING. Make these goals things you focus on each and every day.2) Remember that when you don't have a class or personal training session going on, you can offer free sessions - the people who attend will pay you in the form of referrals to friends.3) If you have a website for your business (and if you don't, stop reading this, build a site and come back when you're done!), make sure that each page is optimized for the right keywords, using them in your meta tags and working them into your content wherever you can do so naturally.4) Start building as many links as you can to your site from other sites that are focused on fitness; and the more relevant they are to your own site, the better. For instance, suppose you offer personal training in Seal Beach, CA. You'd want to seek out other sites about fitness and health as well as sites related to yours from the Long Beach and...more
Managing Generation Y StaffWeekend papers regularly feature stories about "Generation Y" - the group of people born between about 1977 and 1999. Once a group attains a label, it follows that writers compile the quirkiest features of that group and...more
Are you looking for a bookkeeper and don't know where to start and don't know what the options are? As a small or medium sized business owner, finding a competent bookkeeper can present significant challenges because: You will most likely only...more
There are only two ways to go about searching for a job in an over saturated market, the wrong way and the right way. Are you Sending your resume to every job on the planet? Are you letting employers know that you will take any job? I hate to break...more
Whenever you make use of Bank credit, you are creating a liability and by doing this you lose our financial freedom until it is gone. There is nothing called good credit - all credit is bad. We realise this fact only when we are faced with a change...more
The current financial crisis has been the result of a nervousness of the banks to lend to each other and to the public. This has been a response to the relaxed lending that took place, partially to a new demographic of borrowers, known as 'NINJAs':...more
Ocean cargo shipping is one of the most often chosen ways to send large, commercial shipments of goods overseas. Via its subsidiary I.T.N. Consolidators, Amerijet can provide ocean cargo shipping services to your company no matter which types of...more