Today's NewWork News Web Tip: International Franchise Association (Monday, 3/1/99)
Many individuals are having to accept a greater share of the risks inherent in an increasingly flexible, fast-changing new economy. So, as employment becomes less secure, an increasing number of people are deciding to add opportunity to risk and start their own businesses. One way is to become a franchisee. Given the right relationship with the right company, it can help you get started with less start-up capital and provide you with the support and guidance you may need. However, be careful. There are a great number of companies selling franchises, and they are anything but equal. The International Franchise Association may be an important resource for you. Is this a recent startup itself? No, the IFA started way back in 1960.

Today's NewWork News Web Tip: SCORE: Service Corps of Retired Executives (Tuesday, 3/2/99)
The right advice could be the difference between success and failure for your small business. You're in luck, because the Service Corps of Retired Executives is ready to advise you. For 35 years, SCORE has been of service, providing a mechanism through which retired business professionals can share their wealth of experience.

Today's NewWork News Web Tip: Expect the Best From a Girl (Wednesday, 3/3/99)
Here's a site of interest to girls and women, as well as other persons who have girls or women in their lives, which, altogether, should be nearly everybody. If you want to help girls become all they can be, take a look at Expect the Best from a Girl. That's what you'll get. Among other things, it provides information about school, future careers, and women and work. The site comes to you from Mount Holyoke College and contains information provided by the Women's College Coalition in Washington, D.C.

Today's NewWork News Web Tip: Documented Reference Check (Thursday, 3/4/99)
Has your career slowed to a crawl ever since you asked that previous employer for a reference? Is it something s/he said? Documented Reference Check offers to help you determine whether you've been given a bad reference.

Today's NewWork News Web Tip: Jokes about Economists and Economics (Friday, 3/5/99)
As everybody knows, economists are famous for their sense of humor. In fact, here's a collection of Jokes about Economists and Economics which may show that economics isn't such a dismal science after all.

Today's NewWork News Web Tip: Deloitte & Touche Online This Week (Monday, 3/8/99)
Here's news, financial advice, and business advice from the big financial consultation firm. Here's Deloitte & Touche Online This Week.

Today's NewWork News Web Tip: Smallbizresearch.com (Tuesday, 3/9/99)
For small business people (those under eight inches tall--sorry; couldn't resist) or people who are thinking of starting their own businesses, a visit to Smallbizresearch.com could be your first step toward success. Much information, many tips, all courtesy of California's Entrepreneur Media.

Today's NewWork News Web Tip: LIFE-LINE (Wednesday, 3/10/99)
LIFE stands for Life and Health Insurance Foundation for Education, a nonprofit educational foundation established by seven insurance groups in 1994. LIFE-LINE offers information about life, health, and disability insurance.

Today's NewWork News Web Tip: Statistics that Matter (Thursday, 3/11/99)
The Jobs Letter is a noted and influential New Zealand publication which is available by subscription within the country and distributed to various academic and news organizations, including NewWork News over other areas of the globe. Statistics that Matter offers employment and unemployment data in New Zealand and comes to you from the publishers of the newsletter.

Today's NewWork News Web Tip: Careers from BeyondComputing (Friday, 3/12/99)
BeyondComputing is a magazine for business and technology executives. Here's a list of articles from the magazine's Careers section.

Today's NewWork News Web Tip: National Business Employment Weekly (Saturday, 3/13/99)
The National Business Employment Weekly is a print publication and a major source of career information and job listings published by Dow Jones & Company. Their web site offers much of interest, including the table of contents from the current edition of the magazine, numerous sample articles, and so on. However, the NBEW will be of most interest to managerial and professional people in the corporate world. Incidentally, what other major publication comes from Dow Jones & Company. If you said the Wall Street Journal, you are entitled to the coveted NewWork News handshake award.

Today's NewWork News Web Tip: Bplans.com (Sunday, 3/14/99)
To succeed with your own business, you must have a plan, and particularly if you hope to persuade investors to risk their money on your ideas. Bplans.com is The Business Planning Resource Center with advice, a Bplan wizard, and sample business plans to help you develop your own.

Today's NewWork News Web Tip: Corporate Report Card (Monday, 3/15/99)
Here's the Council on Corporate Priorities' Corporate Report Card representing how well the Council thinks companies deal with environmental issues and treat employees. Included is a list of the CEP's list of Honor Roll companies. Can you guess which ones are on their list?

Today's NewWork News Web Tip: Independent Means (Tuesday, 3/16/99)
For centuries, women have been far more likely to be economically dependent on men than the other way around. Better, many now think, if women can have their own financial resources, which, among other things, will allow them to enter into relationships with men on a more equal basis and for more of the right reasons. Independent Means is intended to help women under 20 chart their course toward financial independence.

Today's NewWork News Web Tip: Committee for Economic Development (Wednesday, 3/17/99)
CED's chairman says the Committee for Economic Development is "committed to working for a more productive and competitive U.S. economy and to making economic opportunities available to all American." CED is an organization of top business and academic leaders, and was founded in 1942.

Today's NewWork News Web Tip: Corporate Training University (Thursday, 3/18/99)
Corporations invest very heavily in training and many have large and ambitious "corporate university" programs. Corporate Training University is a place where you can learn more and where corporate training personnel share with each other.

Today's NewWork News Web Tip: The Federation of European Employers (Friday, 3/19/99)
National boundaries have been getting more permeable in the new economy, as an increasing amount of economic activity is carried on on a global basis. Trade unions have been organizing across international boundaries too, and now, so are employers. Here's the Federation of European Employers, the organisation for major employers in Europe.

Today's NewWork News Web Tip: MentorNet (Saturday, 3/20/99)
Career research clearly indicates that having a mentor to help show you the ropes can be of invaluable assistance in promoting the development of your career. MentorNet helps women students in science or engineering pair up with professionals in the field.

Today's NewWork News Web Tip: Local Job Sources (Sunday, 3/21/99)
The Internet Job Source was our NewWork News Web Tip on December 12 last year. However, now they've launched three local job source sites: The New York Job Source, The Chicago Job Source, and The Silicon Valley Job Source for the convenience of employers and job seekers in those areas.

Today's NewWork News Web Tip: The Gen X Personal Finance Guide (Monday, 3/22/99)
If you're a member of Generation X, U.S. News has some financial guidance for you. It's the Gen X Personal Finance Guide.

Today's NewWork News Web Tip: wwwomen.com (Tuesday, 3/23/99)
If you want to find information of special interest to women, there is a search engine exactly for that purpose. It's wwwomen.com.

Today's NewWork News Web Tip: IOWA the Smart Career Move (Wednesday, 3/24/99)
Want to work in Iowa? For many in more populous regions, it might not first come to mind, but the state isn't what many expect. You might be surprised if you were to visit. In their effort to attract hi-tech workers to their state, the Iowa Human Resource Recruitment Consortium feels that they may have to communicate some of the facts about Iowa as a great place to live and work. Their web site can help you find a great position too.

Today's NewWork News Web Tip: The National Institute for Working Life (Thursday, 3/25/99)
The National Institute for Working Life comes to you from Sweden and deals with a wide assortment of work-related issues. A big European conference on work is coming up, and you'll find information about it on this site.

Today's NewWork News Web Tip: MuseumLink's Museum of Museums (Friday, 3/26/99)
Don't work so hard. Take some time off. Visit a museum. Here's your pass.

Today's NewWork News Web Tip: HomePath (Saturday, 3/27/99)
If you're trying to decide whether to buy your own home, if you're presently in the market, or if you're thinking of refinancing, here's help in all aspects of the decision-making and preparation process. HomePath comes to you from Fannie Mae.

Today's NewWork News Web Tip: Entrepreneur Test (Sunday, 3/28/99)
Here's a quick test to see if you're cut out for being an entrepreneur. Is it statistically reliable and valid? That is, should you pay any attention to the results? We have no idea, and those are important questions. It may get you to thinking, though.

Today's NewWork News Web Tip: McMaster University Archive for the History of Economic Thought (Monday, 3/29/99)
If you missed reading a few dozen economic classics when you were in college, don't despair. McMaster University Archive for the History of Economic Thought puts many of them as near as your computer screen. A work in progress, this ambitious project intends to gather primary sources, commentaries, and books about the economists themselves to this central location.

Today's NewWork News Web Tip: MSN MoneyCentral (Tuesday, 3/30/99)
Now that the Dow has closed past 10,000, it's accurate to say that it has quadrupled since about the time of the Gulf War, and a lot of Americans have been drawn into the stock market during this period. During a much briefer period, the Internet has become a major source of information as well as a means through which many people do their trading. MSN MoneyCentral is one of many major financial sites on the web and should be of interest to investors of nearly all types.

Today's NewWork News Web Tip: FairTest: The National Center for Fair and Open Testing (Wednesday, 3/31/99)
Psychometrics, that is, psychological measurement, is a highly technical enterprise requiring a high level of technical expertise in the construction, use, and interpretation of measurement instruments, including standardized tests. The opportunities for misuse or misinterpretation, either deliberate or accidental, are numerous. FairTest: The National Center for Fair and Open Testing is concerned with these issues and is dedicated to the rational and fair use of standardized tests in both educational and work settings.

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