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Entrepreneur March 2006 Jackie Larson |
After the Storm For beleaguered businesses left swamped by Hurricane Katrina, survival was a matter of fight or flight. These entrepreneurs demonstrate how some accepted the challenges and opportunities that came in with the floodwater. |
Job Journal July 1, 2007 Rich Heintz |
Temp Agencies If you aren't including staffing agencies in your job search, you may be overlooking one of the quickest ways to get yourself hired. |
Job Journal January 14, 2007 Rich Heintz |
Where the Jobs Are Here's a rundown on some of the professions offering top prospects for the new year. |
Job Journal January 17, 2010 |
2010 Job Market Outlook: Job Growth Begins to Take Hold as Employers Gain Confidence 2009 began with the largest downsizing the American job market has received in over a decade. With all future forecasts predicting job growth, the question remains, when will job creation finally begin to outpace job elimination? |
National Real Estate Investor October 1, 2005 Margaret Leonard |
Rebuilding After Katrina Investors and operators of more than 10,000 businesses in New Orleans have lost uncounted millions. The same storm also brought opportunities worth billions in redevelopment and restoration of a city. |
Popular Mechanics December 2005 Benjamin Chertoff |
Katrina Images Pictures of New Orleans, southern Louisiana and the Mississippi Gulf Coast during an intensive examination of Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath. |
CIO November 15, 2005 Susannah Patton |
Medical Records Gone with the Wind To help Hurricane Katrina victims get appropriate medical treatment, the federal government, with help from other public and private groups, has established a website where health-care workers can retrieve prescription histories and related information on evacuees. |
IEEE Spectrum January 2008 Wilson & Keliger |
Flood or Hurricane Protection?: The New Orleans Levee System and Hurricane Katrina Why was the New Orleans levee system so vulnerable to failure in Hurricane Katrina? |
Foundation News & Commentary Nov/Dec 2005 Paula J. Kelly |
Meeting the Needs When two devastating hurricanes struck the Gulf Coast in less than a month, it was clear that the response from the philanthropic community would need to be as unprecedented as the disaster. |
Job Journal September 4, 2005 |
Jobwire for the Week of September 4, 2005 Katrina casts cloud over jobs report... Shop early for holiday job... Who's hiring and who's firing... |
Job Journal July 6, 2008 |
Jobwire More Job Losses in June... Unemployment Benefits Extended... Supreme Court Sides with Older Workers... On the Job Front... Hirings & Firings... |
National Real Estate Investor November 1, 2005 Jennifer Popovec |
When the Chips Are Down Many commercial real estate professionals are working to help the Gulf Coast recover from Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. Here are a few of their stories: Building and Owners Management Association (BOMA)... Jerry Wallace Interests... etc. |
Foundation News & Commentary Nov/Dec 2005 Allan R. Clyde |
A Conversation with Ben Johnson An interview with the Greater New Orleans Foundation President and CEO on the status of the foundation, race and class issues, and the opportunities facing philanthropy in the rebuilding of this community. |
Financial Advisor October 2005 Evan Simonoff |
Editor's Note - When It Rains, It Pours The New Orleans debacle spawned a natural but unseemly wave of recriminations from a public that was suddenly ashamed of what happened, and divided the country. |
Finance & Development September 2010 Ceyda Oner |
Back to Basics: What Constitutes Unemployment? Earlier this year, the International Labor Office announced that global unemployment last year reached the highest level on record. More than 200 million people, 7 percent of the global workforce, were looking for jobs in 2009. |
Searcher June 2006 Piper & Ramos |
A Failure to Communicate: Politics, Scams, and Information Flow During Hurricane Katrina The Katrina disaster was exacerbated by poor communications. Some help was provided by the Internet, but it was also a breeding round for Katrina-related scams. |
Job Journal July 30, 2006 Mark Edward Nero |
Temporary Agencies Becoming a Permanent Solution More and more, temporary employment agencies are asked to supply companies with employees beyond the typical fill-in secretary or clerical worker. |
Job Journal October 9, 2005 |
Jobwire for the Week of October 9, 2005 U.S. payrolls survive Katrina's punch... America's top jobs... On the job front... The latest hirings & firings... |
Geotimes August 2005 Naomi Lubick |
Hurricane Katrina Hits Hard One of the largest hurricanes to make landfall in the U.S. Gulf Coast region since Hurricane Camille in 1969, Hurricane Katrina left a trail of devastation behind it as it touched down in Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama. |
The Motley Fool September 7, 2005 Stephen D. Simpson |
In the Wake of Katrina: A Broader View The effects of Hurricane Katrina will ripple throughout the entire U.S. economy. |
The Motley Fool January 9, 2012 Morgan Housel |
A Big Upgrade for America's Jobs Market Finally, good news. |
Job Journal September 18, 2005 |
Jobwire for the Week of September 18, 2005 California job harvest continues... Sacramento the hiring capital... On the job front... 'Thank you' makes you noteworthy... Pick references with care... Healthcare funds gain longer shelf life... Do your homework on telecommuting... Personal surfing on the job... |
Information Today Miguel Ramos |
Katrina Relief and Outreach Developments A roundup of links to relief and outreach responses from library groups and information industry organizations. |
Job Journal April 11, 2010 |
Jobwire Employers Gaining Confidence to Start Hiring... Long-Term Unemployment Reaches Epic Proportions... On the Job Front... Hirings and Firings... |
HRO Today Mar/Apr 2008 Michael Beygelman |
Employment Edges toward "R" Regional numbers vary sharply as Charlotte and Texas post job gains in spite of a broader weakening of the economy. |
Job Journal October 12, 2008 |
Jobwire California's Unemployment Fund Overdrawn... On the Job Front... Hirings & Firings... |
Job Journal May 23, 2010 John Challenger |
Career Pros: Oldest Workers Remain Competitive In a labor market full of competition, the elders are holding their own. |
National Real Estate Investor October 1, 2006 Steve McLinden |
Space Crunch In a city facing one of the most profound real estate challenges in modern history, the opportunities and impasses seem to square off against one another in almost every neighborhood, and the New Orleans-area multifamily sector is no exception. |
PC Magazine July 4, 2008 Lisa Zyga |
A Safety Net for Disaster Relief The Web can be an invaluable resource for aiding others and finding help in the big storm. |
InternetNews August 31, 2005 Jim Wagner |
Tech Community Rallies For Katrina Relief As with previous natural disasters, tech companies are doing their part to help with relief operations after hurricane Katrina devastated the gulf region. |
The Motley Fool August 31, 2005 Nathan Slaughter |
Against Katrina, Casinos Lose Big Casino operators were battered by Hurricane Katrina, but they'll recover in time. Investors, take note. |
Job Journal March 10, 2013 |
Overcome the Stigma of Unemployment As if an extended period of joblessness weren't tough enough, the long-term unemployed must make an extra effort to show they're making good use of their `time off.' You may have lost your job, but you can't afford to lose your professional edge. |
Geotimes September 2005 Naomi Lubick |
Water Covers New Orleans As Hurricane Katrina dissipated on its way toward the northeastern United States on Tuesday, the threat only grew for this and other Gulf towns. Monday afternoon's seeming reprieve in New Orleans evaporated as two breached levees flooded the city. |
Energize September 2005 Susan J. Ellis |
The Silver Lining of Disaster Despite all the mismanagement in the Gulf Coast rescue and relief effort, the bright spots of news reporting are what people are doing to help one another. In the long term, volunteer work in response to this crisis may bring our country together in ways we can't imagine. |
Information Today September 12, 2005 Miguel Ramos |
Katrina Relief and Outreach Developments Here is a roundup of relief and outreach responses from library groups and information industry organizations. |
Information Today September 6, 2005 Miguel Ramos |
Blogs and Information Community Respond to Hurricane Katrina Blogs help keep Katrina victims informed on the latest developments within their community and also provide the rest of the world with an in depth account of their experiences. |
Foundation News & Commentary Mar/Apr 2006 Jody Curtis |
Trying to [Re]build a Better South Rebuilding after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita is going to take a lot more than putting houses back up. Letting residents have a say in their own future, and supporting self-help efforts are top priorities, too. Grantmakers will have to get creative. |
The Motley Fool September 22, 2006 Dan Caplinger |
Know Your Numbers: Jobless Claims Basic knowledge can help you comprehend releases of economic data. Jobless claims data can give you a quick snapshot of the overall economy through its workforce. |
BusinessWeek April 30, 2009 Jack Ewing |
Learning Labor Market Lessons from Germany By reforming benefits and other programs, unemployment in Germany has increased only slightly. The U.S. could learn a thing or two. |
Real Estate Portfolio May/Jun 2006 Lorna Pappas |
Opportunity & Optimism After last years devastating hurricanes, the Gulf Coast rebuilds. With rebuilding comes tremendous investment opportunities for those with vision and patience, and the first to act may be getting the best deals. |
Finance & Development December 2009 Hyun-Sung Khang |
Surviving the Third Wave After the financial and economic crises, a "third wave" is engulfing the labor market, leaving millions without work and changing the course of their lives. |
The Motley Fool September 6, 2005 W.D. Crotty |
Katrina Sending Sterling Higher? Sterling Construction soars after a strong second quarter; then Hurricane Katrina adds fuel to rise. Investors chasing this stock today will probably see little long-term lift, as investors consider tax angles and the actual profitability of any signed contracts. |
Popular Mechanics March 2006 |
Now What? The lessons of Katrina |
BusinessWeek September 12, 2005 Cooper & Madigan |
U.S.: Why Growth Could Still Stay On Track Strong profits and cash from faster job gains will help the economy cope. |
Foundation News & Commentary Nov/Dec 2005 Emmett D. Carson |
Beyond Relief and Recovery Philanthropy's biggest challenge in the wake of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita is to move past just doing the familiar. |
The Motley Fool October 1, 2010 Ilan Moscovitz |
What You Can Blame for This Insane Unemployment It's quite simple, actually. |