Today's NewWork News Web Tip: @brint.com (Thursday, 10/1/98)
Major business publications, such as the Wall Street Journal and Forbes, seem to agree that @brint.com is one of the best sources of business and technology information in the world. The site receives tens of thousands of requests daily. Feel free to add your requests to all the others. Even full-text articles are available, incidentally.

Today's NewWork News Web Tip: College Board (Friday, 10/2/98)
The College Board is famous as an organization of higher education institutions and others interested in making college accessible to as many people as possible. It's also well-known for its standardized tests and other programs.

Today's NewWork News Web Tip: Bloomberg Small Business (Saturday, 10/3/98)
Tens of millions of Americans are employed by small business, and, for years, small business has been creating most of the new jobs, as major business has been restructuring and downsizing. Moreover, an increasing number of Americans have been starting their own businesses, particularly women. The Bloomberg Small Business site offers tips, video interviews, and much more for persons who either run their own businesses or are thinking of starting a new one.

Today's NewWork News Web Tip: Euro 2002 (Sunday, 10/4/98)
What would Germany be without the Deutsche mark, France without the franc, Italy without the lira? Well, Germany, France, and Italy, respectively, probably, but we'll soon see. What some thought would never happen appears to be about to happen. Several major European countries are about to give up the local currencies which have been a part of their national identities throughout the modern period and adopt the euro. If you would like more information, here's Euro 2002, a site maintained by two private companies.

Today's NewWork News Web Tip: OSHA (Monday, 10/5/98)
For nearly 30 years, the Occupational Safety & Health Administration has regulated health and safety on the job in the United States. OSHA operates under the auspices of the United States Department of Labor and has more than 2,000 staff members.

Today's NewWork News Web Tip: OneLook Dictionaries (Tuesday, 10/6/98)
President Clinton seems to be struggling with the precise meanings of some key words. Students need to know the meanings of terms that they're about to use in papers, because, as Twain pointed out, there is quite a difference between "lightning" and the "lightning bug." Investors the world over may be puzzling over recently unfamiliar words such as "bear," "loss," and "deflation." OneLook Dictionaries can help in all cases.

Today's NewWork News Web Tip: JobSmart (Wednesday, 10/7/98)
Among other things, JobSmart links to more than 200 salary surveys, so that you can tell what you're worth and help your salary negotiations..

Today's NewWork News Web Tip: GAIN (Thursday, 10/8/98)
American farmers are learning first-hand what it's like to participate in a free-wheeling global economy without the familiar protections. As Congress and the White House argue over the size and nature of government assistance to help thousands of farmers stay in business this fall, the world is glutted with agricultural products, prices are greatly depressed, and, because of financial troubles in Asia and elsewhere, exports are waaaay down. For up-to-the-minute information on the global food industry, try GAIN, which stands for the Global Agribusiness Information Network.

Today's NewWork News Web Tip: CollegeLink (Friday, 10/9/98)
Want to apply to a college? Want to do it online? Want to apply to several in one swell foop? CollegeLink is one of the sites that can enable you to do that.

Today's NewWork News Web Tip: European Work and Technology Consortium (Saturday, 10/10/98)
The European Work and Technology Consortium was formed by a number of key organizations across several European countries in order to study and advise on work, work organization, and other issues, and to increase European competitiveness in the new economy.

Today's NewWork News Web Tip: Black Enterprise (Sunday, 10/11/98)
Black Enterprise magazine has been a leading source of information for African American entrepreneurs and business leaders for years. Now, it's on the web as well.

Today's NewWork News Web Tip: The Dismal Scientist (Monday, 10/12/98)
They call their site the "best free lunch on the web." This is an inside joke, because, as everybody knows, economists are well-known for their sense of humor. The Dismal Scientist is an excellent site, however, containing much information and many thoughts and ideas from leading economists, as well as summaries of current statistics. Incidentally, would NASA say "there's no free launch?"

Today's NewWork News Web Tip: Job Corps (Tuesday, 10/13/98)
The United States Department of Labor has been administering the Job Corps in partnership with many private companies since 1964. So far, the program has helped 1.7 million at-risk youth acquire the education, training, and social skills necessary for success in the work world.

Today's NewWork News Web Tip: Women.com (Wednesday, 10/14/98)
Women who run their own businesses, or would like to, should find quite a lot of interest on Women.com.

Today's NewWork News Web Tip: Exe-U-Net (Thursday, 10/15/98)
If you're a senior executive and would like to know what other executives are making, Exe-U-Net might be just the thing.

Today's NewWork News Web Tip: No Sweat (Friday, 10/16/98)
No Sweat comes from the United States Department of Labor as part of their effort to stamp out sweat shops. Much information is presented, including suggestions on how to shop in a way that does not provide support for sweat shop exploitation.

Today's NewWork News Web Tip: WORKink (Saturday, 10/17/98)
WORKink is advice and help to make the job-search process easier, including on-line career counseling. It all comes to you from the Canadian Council on Rehabilitation and Work.

Today's NewWork News Web Tip: National Association for the Self-Employed (Sunday, 10/18/98)
If you're your own boss, is there an organization for people like you? There is indeed. It's the National Association for the Self-Employed.

Today's NewWork News Web Tip: Quicken.com: Taxes (Monday, 10/19/98)
Quicken is the name of widely used financial software, and it is produced by the same company that produces Turbotax and Macintax, the Windows and Macintosh versions, respectively, of tax preparation software used by millions of persons. The same folks offer a great deal of information and advice on their Quicken.com: Taxes web site.

Today's NewWork News Web Tip: U.S. News 1999 Career Guide (Tuesday, 10/20/98)
U.S. News is one of the world's great news magazines. It also publishes an annual career guide that is eagerly awaited by millions of people throughout North America. Just released, the U.S. News 1999 Career Guide is hot off the press and hot on the web.

Today's NewWork News Web Tip: USADATA (Wednesday, 10/21/98)
If you are in need of demographic data to support marketing or other business decisions, you may be happy to find USADATA.com, which has tons of it. This is a business, so they charge for their services, but it may be worthwhile to take a look at their site, nonetheless.

Today's NewWork News Web Tip: The Economic History Association (Thursday, 10/22/98)
Sometimes, if you're trying to look ahead, it helps to look back first. History isn't dead, because we respond to things in terms of how they look to us, and context helps determine how they look. Historical context can be particularly important. The Economic History Association has been helping to preserve this context for nearly 60 years.

Today's NewWork News Web Tip: FinancialWeb (Friday, 10/23/98)
There is no shortage of financial information on the web. FinancialWeb may provide more than most people want to know about stocks and other financial issues, but not necessarily more than they should know.

Today's NewWork News Web Tip: Cultural Factors in Business (Saturday, 10/24/98)
Interested in studying a culture with quaint rites, rituals, and native dances? Forget trying to find one isolated since the dim days of prehistory. You can carry your canoe 1,500 miles through the jungle, and, by the time you arrive, the objects of your intended study will be watching Laverne & Shirley re-runs. The world has become too much a global village for that. Instead, for really quaint, take a look at the biz culture, and Professor J. N. Hooker of Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh can help. Here's Professor Hooker's Cultural Factors in Business: An Incomplete Anthropological Bibliography.

Today's NewWork News Web Tip: The Newsletter Library (Sunday, 10/25/98)
Would you like to receive a free newsletter? Would you like to receive 11,000 of them? The Newsletter Library can help, however specialized your need for news.

Today's NewWork News Web Tip: Business@Home (Monday, 10/26/98)
As they say, Business@Home is for people who are interested in "making a life while making a living." This site is for those who have a lot of home work to do, but who aren't students.

Today's NewWork News Web Tip: Adam Smith Institute (Tuesday, 10/27/98)
The man who was pondering the reasons for "the wealth of nations" at about the time the American Revolution was getting underway has his own web site. Or, at least, an institute founded in his name has one. The Adam Smith Institute has been in operation for more then 20 years and its web site comes to you from the United Kingdom.

Today's NewWork News Web Tip: Kiplinger TaxCut (Wednesday, 10/28/98)
This is the time of year that many people use the latest versions of tax preparation software to do "what if" analyses in order to see if there's something that can be done during the remaining months of the year to minimize the tax bill next April 15. We pointed to a web site relating to one of the leading tax prep packages on October 19. Now, here's another one. It's Kiplinger TaxCut from the Kiplinger organization and H&R Block.

Today's NewWork News Web Tip: Industry Based Skill Standards (Thursday, 10/29/98)
United States departments of Education and Labor are working with private sector organizations in order to establish skill standards across a variety of industries. Here's the Industry Based Skill Standards site on the web.

Today's NewWork News Web Tip: BranchOut (Friday, 10/30/98)
Here's help with your network. Interpersonal, not computer. BranchOut claims to be useful in helping you to make contacts, locate old school friends, and more. Job-seekers and people running businesses may be particularly interested.

Today's NewWork News Web Tip: Health Care Recruitment Online (Saturday, 10/31/98)
There are a great number of web sites than intend to help get job-seekers and employers together. Health Care Recruitment Online may be of particular interest if you are a physician, nurse, or other health care worker.

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