Archive for the 'Trends' Category

Connecticut hopes to reduce costs and perhaps some insanity by expanding telecommuting. When you read an illustration like this, it really makes sense: Donna Seresin was driving in circles every day. Her job at the Department of Environmental Protection required that she travel each day from her home in New Haven to clock in at [...]

I’ve noticed a trend… you can see it here where Wells Fargo “bought” Wachovia in a federal government sponsored “sale”… They had to downsize the local operations but some of the work force would be allowed to relocate and transfer or work at home. It seems like increasingly in these corporate takeovers, they are trying [...]

Joel Kotkin in The Future of America’s Working Class notes how Britain is perhaps a bell weather and a warning for America. He notes how the recession there has hurt the nation with rising youth alcoholism and other ills. He notes: [Britain] stands as a potential warning to the U.S., where working-class, blue-collar white Americans [...]

How will working at home shape the Future Workforce? Here’s one prediction… Outsourcing will be common, with “offshoring” becoming immaterial; the best person for the job will do the job, and location will be irrelevant. People will redefine their own jobs, doing work at home and bringing home (child-care and chores) to work. More companies [...]

From the Arizona Republic: The economy and new ways of working at home have hurt office leases in some markets as the Arizona Republic records in this article. About one third of this communities office space is “available for lease”. People working at home was specifically mentioned as one reason for the decline in office [...]

In New technology, expectations help home-based businesses gain ground Candace Renalis notes that at least two trends are converging to promote home business. 1) New technology 2) New expectations We can all see that the plummeting price of home office technology, access to broad band internet and with that a host of new cost saving [...]

From ODesk: Increasing number of Canadian women becoming ‘mompreneurs’ Citing a survey conducted by Leger Marketing on behalf of eBay Canada, the paper says that 33 percent of Canadians know a mother who has either started her own company or said she would like to. Despite the widespread interest, however, the survey found that only [...]

Personally I think the “Green Revolution” is mostly baloney… no, not baloney, pure evil. Why? Whenever politicians talk about saving the planet, I know their real goal… domination and control without having to explain themselves or otherwise justify their actions. Because governments are considered relatively free to act without many legal niceties during times of [...]

ArabNews.com reports that More Saudi Women Work At Home Even Saudi Arabia has faced an economic downturn! As a result, women who face insuperable problems working outside the home have turned to work at home plans to supplement their income. Arab News reports that up to 40% of Saudi women work at home. Believe it [...]

Entrepreneurs are finding it harder and harder to find start up capital in the form of business loans. This Nashville entrepreneur set up Will Work For Loan and stood on a downtown corner with her “homeless inspired” sign and a business suit to seek funding for her line company “Urbandillo”. According to her site: Urbandillo’s [...]