Escaping The American Job Trap

Author : Ruby L. Ward,Ward
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 181 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2001-11
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780738836959

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Escaping the American Job Trap by Ruby L. Ward,Ward Pdf

This book illuminates ideas for new ventures in the changing job market. The author urges the readers to rethink the commonly accepted conventions of wage-earning and boldly embrace the new entrepreneurial opportunities opening up in the new technological age. She offers exciting ideas for finding a career that puts your money in circulation to work for you, instead of you working for your money. Never before has the concept of business networking been more practical as the Internet puts the marketplace in your home and at your fingertips. "Escaping the American Job Trap" offers a practical plan and proven strategies for establishing a home-based direct marketing business that will free you from the constraints, insecurities and limitations of a traditional job. By creating network communities, it has been a proven way to obtain financial freedom the trend of the 21st century. This book is well-researched, informational and communicated in a friendly, accessible voice. The author has written another book that offers creative financial opportunities for Christians, "Breaking the Financial Curse of Poverty Over Your Life. - Entrepreneurship: A Divine Calling From God."

Author : Ruby L. Ward Ph.D.
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 179 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2001-11-27
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1465332502

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Escaping the American Job Trap by Ruby L. Ward Ph.D. Pdf

This book illuminates ideas for new ventures in the changing job market. The author urges the readers to rethink the commonly accepted conventions of wage-earning and boldly embrace the new entrepreneurial opportunities opening up in the new technological age. She offers exciting ideas for finding a career that puts your money in circulation to work for you, instead of you working for your money. Never before has the concept of business networking been more practical as the Internet puts the marketplace in your home and at your fingertips. Escaping the American Job Trap offers a practical plan and proven strategies for establishing a home-based direct marketing business that will free you from the constraints, insecurities and limitations of a traditional job. By creating network communities, it has been a proven way to obtain financial freedom the trend of the 21st century. This book is well-researched, informational and communicated in a friendly, accessible voice. The author has written another book that offers creative financial opportunities for Christians, Breaking the Financial Curse of Poverty Over Your Life. - Entrepreneurship: A Divine Calling From God.

Author : Daniel Lacalle
Publisher : Business Expert Press
Page : 197 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2017-04-11
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781631577840

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Escape from the Central Bank Trap by Daniel Lacalle Pdf

Central banks do not print growth. The financial crisis was much more than the result of an excess of risk. The same policies that created each subsequent bust are the ones that have been implemented in recent years. This book is about realistic solutions for the threat of zero-interest rates and excessive liquidity. The United States needs to take the first step, defending sound money and a balanced budget, recovering the middle-class by focusing on increasing disposable income. The rest will follow. Our future should not be low growth and high debt. Cheap money becomes very expensive in the long run. There is an escape from the Central Bank Trap.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Random House Digital, Inc.
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9780345499745

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Escape from Corporate America: A Practical Guide to Creating the Career of Your Dreams by Anonim Pdf

Author : Melissa Perri
Publisher : O'Reilly Media
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2018-11-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781491973769

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Escaping the Build Trap by Melissa Perri Pdf

To stay competitive in today’s market, organizations need to adopt a culture of customer-centric practices that focus on outcomes rather than outputs. Companies that live and die by outputs often fall into the "build trap," cranking out features to meet their schedule rather than the customer’s needs. In this book, Melissa Perri explains how laying the foundation for great product management can help companies solve real customer problems while achieving business goals. By understanding how to communicate and collaborate within a company structure, you can create a product culture that benefits both the business and the customer. You’ll learn product management principles that can be applied to any organization, big or small. In five parts, this book explores: Why organizations ship features rather than cultivate the value those features represent How to set up a product organization that scales How product strategy connects a company’s vision and economic outcomes back to the product activities How to identify and pursue the right opportunities for producing value through an iterative product framework How to build a culture focused on successful outcomes over outputs

Author : Amelia Horgan
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2021
Category : Electronic books
ISBN : 1786806991

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Lost in Work by Amelia Horgan Pdf

How work stole our lives and what we can do about it.

Author : Paul Osterman,Beth Shulman
Publisher : Russell Sage Foundation
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2011-09-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781610447560

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Good Jobs America by Paul Osterman,Beth Shulman Pdf

America confronts a jobs crisis that has two faces. The first is obvious when we read the newspapers or talk with our friends and neighbors: there are simply not enough jobs to go around. The second jobs crisis is more subtle but no less serious: far too many jobs fall below the standard that most Americans would consider decent work. A quarter of working adults are trapped in jobs that do not provide living wages, health insurance, or much hope of upward mobility. The problem spans all races and ethnic groups and includes both native-born Americans and immigrants. But Good Jobs America provides examples from industries ranging from food services and retail to manufacturing and hospitals to demonstrate that bad jobs can be made into good ones. Paul Osterman and Beth Shulman make a rigorous argument that by enacting policies to help employers improve job quality we can create better jobs, and futures, for all workers. Good Jobs America dispels several myths about low-wage work and job quality. The book demonstrates that mobility out of the low-wage market is a chimera—far too many adults remain trapped in poor-quality jobs. Osterman and Shulman show that while education and training are important, policies aimed at improving earnings equality are essential to lifting workers out of poverty. The book also demolishes the myth that such policies would slow economic growth. The experiences of countries such as France, Germany, and the Netherlands, show that it is possible to mandate higher job standards while remaining competitive in international markets. Good Jobs America shows that both government and the firms that hire low-wage workers have important roles to play in improving the quality of low-wage jobs. Enforcement agencies might bolster the effectiveness of existing regulations by exerting pressure on parent companies, enabling effects to trickle down to the subsidiaries and sub-contractors where low-wage jobs are located. States like New York have already demonstrated that involving community and advocacy groups—such as immigrant rights organizations, social services agencies, and unions—in the enforcement process helps decrease workplace violations. And since better jobs reduce turnover and improve performance, career ladder programs within firms help create positions employees can aspire to. But in order for ladder programs to work, firms must also provide higher rungs—the career advancement opportunities workers need to get ahead. Low-wage employment occupies a significant share of the American labor market, but most of these jobs offer little and lead nowhere. Good Jobs America reappraises what we know about job quality and low-wage employment and makes a powerful argument for our obligation to help the most vulnerable workers. A core principle of U.S. society is that good jobs be made accessible to all. This book proposes that such a goal is possible if we are committed to realizing it.

Author : Pamela Skillings
Publisher : Ballantine Books
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2008-05-13
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780345507372

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Escape from Corporate America by Pamela Skillings Pdf

Does your corporate career leave you stressed out, burned out, or just plain bummed out? You’re not alone. The good news is that there’s a way out–and you’re holding it. Written by career expert and corporate escapee Pamela Skillings, Escape from Corporate America inspires the cubicle-bound and the corner-office-cornered to break free and create the career of their dreams–without going broke. With no-nonsense advice and unflagging humor, Skillings shows you how to • assess your job’s “suck” factor–from terminal boredom to boss from hell • identify your true calling–brainstorm fantasy careers and test-drive your dream jobs • develop your Escape Plan–set goals, figure out your timing, and evaluate your finances and health insurance options • find jobs that don’t bite–entrepreneurial corporate environments, energetic start-ups, the nonprofit sector, and flexible work options • be your own boss–explore entrepreneurship and freelancing, assemble an advisory team, and start a business while you collect a paycheck • follow your creative dreams–learn how to make time for your artistic passion and develop a plan to quit your day job • overcome any obstacle–deal with fear, doubt, negative people, and other bumps along the road Plus, Skillings shares success stories from dozens of corporate escape artists, including celebrity TV chef Andrea Beaman, Cranium CEO Richard Tait, and many others. Full of practical strategies and fun-to-follow exercises, Escape from Corporate America will help disgruntled office workers everywhere find more meaningful, fulfilling careers.

Author : Paul Kellogg
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2015-10-06
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781442617063

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Escape from the Staple Trap by Paul Kellogg Pdf

From fur and fish to oil and minerals, Canadian development has often been understood through its relationship to export staples. This understanding, argues Paul Kellogg, has led many political economists to assume that Canadian economic development has followed a path similar to those of staple-exporting economies in the Global South, ignoring a more fundamental fact: as an advanced capitalist economy, Canada sits in the core of the world system, not on the periphery or semi-periphery. In Escape from the Staple Trap, Kellogg challenges statistical and historical analyses that present Canada as weak and disempowered, lacking sovereignty and economic independence. A powerful critique of the dominant trend in Canadian political economy since the 1970s, Escape from the Staple Trap offers an important new framework for understanding the distinctive features of Canadian political economy.

Author : Graham Allison
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2017-05-30
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780544935334

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Destined For War by Graham Allison Pdf

NATIONAL BESTSELLER | NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR. From an eminent international security scholar, an urgent examination of the conditions that could produce a catastrophic conflict between the United States and China—and how it might be prevented. China and the United States are heading toward a war neither wants. The reason is Thucydides’s Trap: when a rising power threatens to displace a ruling one, violence is the likeliest result. Over the past five hundred years, these conditions have occurred sixteen times; war broke out in twelve. At the time of publication, an unstoppable China approached an immovable America, and both Xi Jinping and Donald Trump promised to make their countries “great again,” the seventeenth case was looking grim—it still is. A trade conflict, cyberattack, Korean crisis, or accident at sea could easily spark a major war. In Destined for War, eminent Harvard scholar Graham Allison masterfully blends history and current events to explain the timeless machinery of Thucydides’s Trap—and to explore the painful steps that might prevent disaster today. SHORT-LISTED FOR THE 2018 LIONEL GELBER PRIZE NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY: FINANCIAL TIMES * THE TIMES (LONDON)* AMAZON “Allison is one of the keenest observers of international affairs around.” — President Joe Biden “[A] must-read book in both Washington and Beijing.” — Boston Globe “[Full of] wide-ranging, erudite case studies that span human history . . . [A] fine book.”— New York Times Book Review

Author : Ofer Sharone
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 209 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2024
Category : College graduates
ISBN : 9780190239244

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The Stigma Trap by Ofer Sharone Pdf

"After receiving a PhD in mathematics from MIT, Larry spent three decades working in the tech industry, most recently in the area of speech recognition. And today, in his late-fifties and after a prolonged bout of unemployment, Larry is a cashier at a department store, earning just above the minimum wage. Are you wondering how, with a degree from MIT and all that experience, Larry couldn't find a job-any job-in tech?"--

Author : Gerda Lerner
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 674 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 1992-11-17
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780679743149

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Black Women in White America by Gerda Lerner Pdf

Recipient of the 2002 Bruce Catton Prize for Lifetime Achievement in Historical Writing. In this “stunning collection of documents” (Washington Post Book World), African-American women speak of themselves, their lives, ambitions, and struggles from the colonial period to the present day. Theirs are stories of oppression and survival, of family and community self-help, of inspiring heroism and grass-roots organizational continuity in the face of racism, economic hardship, and, far too often, violence. Their vivid accounts, their strong and insistent voices, make for inspiring reading, enriching our understanding of the American past. “A very timely and powerful collection which gives emphasis to the magnificent role of Black women in the struggle of Black people to survive in this, the United States,”—Nathan Irvin Huggins “Gerda Lerner has collected . . . material which can change images that whites have had of Blacks, and possibly even those which we, as Blacks, have of ourselves,”—Maya Angelou

Author : Carl Mosk
Publisher : World Scientific
Page : 277 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9789814287524

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Traps Embraced Or Escaped by Carl Mosk Pdf

This book explores economic development in East Asia between 1870 and 1953 in terms of escaping or succumbing to four interrelated traps: demographic; political; economic; and cultural. Demographic traps include Malthusian traps and poor health and longevity (measured by anthropometric indicators and life expectancy). Political traps include both domestic traps — corruption, internal conflict — and external traps, namely geopolitical traps involving foreign powers. Economic traps include poor infrastructure (banks, harbors, roads, railroads, steam shipping, hydroelectric power) or raw materials, or glaring regional variation in per capita income – all significant barriers to industrialization. Cultural traps include restrictions on “permissible knowledge”, and linguistic barriers to the culture of discourse in science and engineering which restrained the absorbing and diffusion of knowledge from foreign sources. Using Japan and China as examples, this book demonstrates how the four types of traps dynamically interact with one another, and how one of the two countries — Japan — was able to escape from the traps earlier than the other country, China. The book also explores the implications of the argument for post-1950 economic development in East Asia.

Author : Alec Mackenzie,Pat Nickerson
Publisher : HarperChristian + ORM
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2009-06-30
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780814413395

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The Time Trap by Alec Mackenzie,Pat Nickerson Pdf

The international bestseller—now revised to include technology-based solutions to the challenges and opportunities we all face in the virtual world. The Time Trap has shown countless readers how to squeeze the optimal efficiency—and satisfaction—out of their work day. This much-needed guide provides the quick solutions you need be more effective with your time and avoid and escape the so-called “time savers” that don’t really work. Backed by decades of research with businesspeople around the world, authors Pat Nickerson and Alec Mackenzie explain how to: Set realistic goals and make commitments you can keep Juggle multiple demands Estimate time needed on new tasks Pinpoint and combat the most tenacious time wasters Protect priorities And upgrade personal productivity for professional success Filled with smart tactics, revealing interviews, and handy time management tools, The Time Trap is your go-to resource for leveraging twenty-first century opportunities and overcoming challenges to maximizing your work time. “Alec Mackenzie provides an invaluable tool to anyone who wants to become more efficient. Here is a concise guide to the causes of poor time management, with both clear and creative methods for eliminating them.” —Eleanor Brantley Schwartz, former chancellor, University of Missouri-Kansas City

Author : OECD,United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean,CAF Development Bank of Latin America,European Union
Publisher : OECD Publishing
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2019-09-27
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9789264313767

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Latin American Economic Outlook 2019 Development in Transition by OECD,United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean,CAF Development Bank of Latin America,European Union Pdf

The Latin American Economic Outlook 2019: Development in Transition (LEO 2019) presents a fresh analytical approach in the region. It assesses four development traps relating to productivity, social vulnerability, institutions and the environment.