Esther Smith Articles
Where Has All The Talent Gone? - Click To Read Article
Even with the best of the best, some companies go down in greed and mismanagement. As they all compete for ‘human resources’ they fight the fiercest battle in the high-tech fields. And a win doesn’t mean you’ll hang onto your prize. Loyalty to the boss faded fast thanks to downsizing and companies dumping their retirement plans. Workers feel responsible for their own future today.
When A Two Salary Income Fails - Click To Read Article
When you consider the hidden expenses of a two-income household you must include the obvious ones like child care and commuting costs. Add to this -- order-out-lunches, and those quickie dinners like take-out or prepared heat 'n serve selections. Office clothes and dry cleaning will apply to some.
What Do You Do? - Click To Read Article
New York has always been a career-oriented city. If one does not have a career, they will make one up rather than apologize for being a housewife, or home-maker. It’s only because I had a wonderful New York socialite for a mother-in-law that I ran smack into this. She wanted so much to expose me to her side of life. And loving her the way I did, I made myself fully pliable.
Trapped On The Treadmill - Work-Life Balance - Click To Read Article
Smart companies are recognizing employee needs for work-life balance and are providing an environment that encourages that balance. Yet, limiting this to quick fixes like flexible working hours, or part time hours for working mothers is not dealing with the real reasons why people are feeling disillusioned with their working life. It has more to do with long hours, constant overtime, bullying bosses, and the continual cutbacks that keep many on a frayed tightrope.
The Wilful Abuse of Positive Thinking - Click To Read Article
I was reading about Admiral James Stockdale, highest ranking officer in the "Hanoi Hilton" in Viet Nam as written by author Thomas Barnett. Stockdale spent eight years as a prisoner of war in Hanoi and was tortured numerous times by his captors. Four of his eight years were in solitary.
The Barely Breathing Headline - Click To Read Article
You have two seconds to get all you want from your Classified Ad and this lies in your headline. Your headline will get people to read further and click, sign up, order, register, subscribe, or take action that eventually leads to a sale. Knowing this as fact, if you had just two seconds to seize everything you've ever wanted in sales, would you know what to write?
Pink Slip Billionaires - Click To Read Article
You gotta love problems for the solutions they inspire. Here are some names you might recognize who were canned, laid off, or otherwise given the boot. They have joined the Pink-Slip Billionaires because instead of finding a new job, they launched their own careers.
Leave It All To Have It All - Click To Read Article
Today's laid off workers are not the blue-collar workers in manufacturing jobs: those have long since been shifted to China. Today, prized engineers and corporate Vice Presidents of such-and-such have been sent to the bone yard.
Entrepreneur: The Last Free American - Click To Read Article
Failures and moving on are all part of the path of maturity. It's like trees in the Amazon designed to reach towards the sun's rays and soak up every bit of sunlight they can get. Not all acorns grow to mighty Oaks. The tree that captures the most sunlight, wins. It will be the tallest and the widest. No one said it would be easy.
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