My friends at WorldatWork just released a survey indicating that employers are planning an overall salary budget increase of 3.9% next year, following the same increase in 2007.  The article in USA Today that announced the results stated, “The restrained pay increase poses a challenge for employers who must find other ways to retain and recruit employees, […]

I was reading a newspaper a couple of days ago when I came across an article about the difficulty a particular industry was having finding qualified new employees.  It isn’t a growing industry, in fact it’s retreating.  Young kids coming out of college and older adults looking for a career change aren’t turning to this […]

I went to visit my dad in Cincinnati yesterday, I hadn’t seen him in a couple weeks and I don’t like that much time to come between our visits.  As I walked into Cedar Village, the retirement home he has lived in since a year after my mom died, I saw him surrounded by a […]

During a recent Congressional hearing titled, “Balancing Work and Family: What Policies Best Support America’s Families?“, a representative from California indicated that she is proposing legislation that would mandate paid medical leave, benefits for part-time workers and universal voluntary before-and-after school programs, among other things.  My friends at World at Work asked the perspective of readers […]

I’ve been taking 4-6 mile walks with my dog every day for the last five weeks, mostly in the mornings as we are enjoying our August in Indiana, an annual month-long festival of high pollen days, no-zone smog alerts, watering restrictions, the Indiana State Fair (ok, I love the fair), 95 degree weekly temperatures, and rain-forest […]

On July 27, USA Today published an article that said… “Marijuana may increase psychosis risk. A new review suggests that even infrequent use could increase the chance of becoming psychotic later in life.” I’m not sure how much the two brilliant authors of the study got paid to conduct their research, but any of my […]

I’ve waited so long to write this one, I’m just gonna bust…
May 10, 2006:  Circuit City’s stock price hits a five year high.
February 20, 2007:  Circuit City ranked at the bottom of its category of the University of Michigan’s American Customer Satisfaction Index this year with a 69 while Best Buy tallied a 76.  Circuit […]