Last month we discussed several key questions that an owner must consider when awarding or selling a minority interest in their business. Let’s assume you have agreed to move forward. You probably are wondering, “If the fair market value of 5% of my company is valued at $1,000,000, but I am receiving only a fraction… Read More »
Our friends at The Center for Independent Consulting published an interesting article on how to offer your skills on a consulting basis: Finding a good job often takes a long time, but unfortunately your household bills keep coming every month whether you are employed or not. Earning consulting income while looking for a job can… Read More »
Here’s an interesting article by Brian Wingfield, first published in the Insurance Journal, and reprinted on the Friends of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce website. Over the next 12 months, the Obama administration is due to issue regulations governing everything from e-cigarettes to smoke-stack emissions in what experts predict will be a second-term rush to put… Read More »
Once again, the Business Insider website offers some interesting career advice. You have very little time to impress a recruiter with your resume. So the last thing you want to do is to make an easily avoidable mistake. To find out the worst resume mistakes that are way too common — beyond grammatical errors and typos — we reached… Read More »
Here’s an interesting article, from the Business Insider website, that makes you think about career choices. Prestigious work that requires loads of education doesn’t always land you a fat salary. In fact, some of the most highly respected professions out there — ones that take years of schooling and help create essential medical products, towering skyscrapers,… Read More »
Here’s a revealing article from the Business Insider website Twitter, Instagram, and shopping site Polyvore all have one important quality in common. They do one thing extremely well. Zeroing in on one idea and executing it exceptionally is the key to entrepreneurial success, argues Daniel Roberts in “Zoom: Surprising Ways to Supercharge Your Career.” You… Read More »
Unemployment rises to 7.3%. Not a good month at all when you look at the big picture, according to Zero Hedge, as reported in the Right Scoop. But more importantly, the number of people not in the labor force exploded by nearly 1 million, or 932,000 to be exact, in just the month of October, to a… Read More »
This from the Business Insider website: Today’s Smart Investor tip comes from Darla Mercado at financial publication InvestmentNews. While most workers consider saving for retirement a simple calculation of plan type, contribution rates, and investment allocation, Mercado says the impact of high consumer debt levels is often overlooked. “Credit card balances and mortgages take a significant bite out… Read More »
Here’s an interesting article from the Business Insider website In the aftermath of the financial crisis, finance has lost its luster for many elite MBAs, and a record number of graduates are heading to the white-hot tech sector instead. According to data assembled by The Wall Street Journal, the percentage of graduates who went into finance dropped by 12% from 2011… Read More »
Female Participation Rate Hits New Low, as reported by CNSNews.com American women participating in the nation’s labor force hit a new low at a rate of 56.9 percent in October, according to data released today by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). Additionally, the number of women holding jobs declined by 357,000 from September to October,… Read More »