Today's NewWork News Web Tip: World POPClock Projection (Saturday, 5/1/99)
How many people want a fair stake in the revolutionary new world economy? Six billion? Close, but, according to U.S. Census Bureau estimates, that's a little high. If you'd like a good estimate of the number of people in the world at this very moment, check the World POPClock Projection. And, how about right now? Check it again.

Today's NewWork News Web Tip: Community Colleges and Career Education (Sunday, 5/2/99)
National Public Radio's "Talk of the Nation" with Ray Suarez did a program a while back on the role of community colleges in work-related education. You can listen to it on your computer. You'll need the RealPlayer software, but, if it's not already installed with your browser, you can download and install it free.

Today's NewWork News Web Tip: Resources on the Asian Economic Crisis (Monday, 5/3/99)
If you've wanted someone to explain the Asian contagion to you, you're in luck. Associate Professor of Economics and International Business Nouriel Roubini is on leave from the Stern School of Business at New York University in order to serve as Senior Economist, White House Council of Economic Advisers. However, Professor Roubini isn't too busy to provide a detailed explanation of Asia's financial crisis on this information-rich web site.

Today's NewWork News Web Tip: The Job Description Index (Tuesday, 5/4/99)
The Job Description Index is a widely used measure of job satisfaction and has been developed at Bowling Green State University.

Today's NewWork News Web Tip: IOMA's Business Management Supersite (Wednesday, 5/5/99)
The Institute of Management and Administration is a major publisher of business-related information. Their Business Management Supersite contains nearly a thousand pages of information of various types. Among other things, there are archived articles, newsletter samples, discussion groups, and more.

Today's NewWork News Web Tip: SIGI PLUS (Thursday, 5/6/99)
The Educational Testing Service describes SIGI PLUS, its widely-used computerized career guidance and planning system. ETS may be best known for its standardized tests, including the Graduate Record Examination and the Scholastic Aptitude Test.

Today's NewWork News Web Tip: Outsourcing & Privatization of Defense Infrastructure (Friday, 5/7/99)
Paul Taibl, writing for a group that calls itself Business Executives for National Security, says that not enough is being done to reduce the cost of infrastructure and support in the military establishment so that a larger proportion of available resources can be directed to actual readiness and military operations. The American military should outsource or privatize a greater proportion of its support functions, he says.

Today's NewWork News Web Tip: Intel (Saturday, 5/8/99)
Which is the most important hardware company in the world? We don't know either, but Intel may be a finalist in that competition. It's certainly been a leader in the development of the new world economy's most important industry. Do they have a web site? Happy you asked, and here it is.

Today's NewWork News Web Tip: The Retirement Net (Sunday, 5/9/99)
If you're looking for a place to retire, The Retirement Net lists settings ranging from active to assisted arrangements, international locales, and RV communities.

Today's NewWork News Web Tip: Employment Law Forum of California (Monday, 5/10/99)
For a general introduction to some of the legal issues that commonly arise in the workplace, San Francisco's Mortimer Law Offices offers guidance through their Employment Law Forum of California web site. They hasten to emphasize that their site should not be used as a sole source nor is it a substitute for legal advice, but you will find much of interest here, including links to other relevant resources.

Today's NewWork News Web Tip: Software Engineering Institute (Tuesday, 5/11/99)
Software engineering is central to the revolutionary new world information economy. The Software Engineering Institute is a division of Carnegie Mellon University. The research center is federally funded through the United States Department of Defense.

Today's NewWork News Web Tip: Intellectual Property Center (Wednesday, 5/12/99)
Much information, news, additional resources having to do with intellectual property issues, including issues specifically relating to the Internet in the new information economy, can be found at the Intellectual Property Center.

Today's NewWork News Web Tip: Graduate School Survival Guide (Thursday, 5/13/99)
Wanda Pratt at Stanford University has some advice or her own and also passes along the advice of others if you're trying to stay afloat in graduate school. Here's her Graduate School Survival Guide.

Today's NewWork News Web Tip: Entrepreneurs: Characteristics & Self-Analysis (Friday, 5/14/99)
Entrepreneurs: Characteristics & Self-Analysis is a lesson plan for helping upper-elementary and high school students understand entrepreneurship and its role in the economy, as well as providing help in assessing their own potential for becoming entrepreneurs. The plan comes from the Pennsylvania Partnership for Economic Education and includes a self-assessment questionnaire from the Small Business Administration.

Today's NewWork News Web Tip: Yahoo's Economic Calendar (Saturday, 5/15/99)
Check Yahoo's Economic Calendar for all the latest numbers.

Today's NewWork News Web Tip: Business Law (Sunday, 5/16/99)
The American Bar Association maintains a special web site for its Business Law section.

Today's NewWork News Web Tip: The Electronic Commerce Guide (Monday, 5/17/99)
We've reported that it's getting harder to hire to recent Harvard Business School grad, because a lot of them are becoming entrepreneurs immediately after graduation now, rather than waiting a few years, as many of their predecessors have done. Reason? The Internet is offering stunning opportunities with less up-front capitalization than conventional businesses, so there's less reason to wait. If you're interested in the possibilities of biz on the Internet, you'll probably also be interested in The Electronic Commerce Guide.

Today's NewWork News Web Tip: Center for the Study of the Family in Economic Development (Tuesday, 5/18/99)
The Center for the Study of the Family in Economic Development is part of the RAND Corporation's Labor and Population Program. RAND celebrated its 50th anniversary last year. It was established after the Second World War as one of the first private "think-tanks." RAND and the Hudson Institute are distinguished institutions sharing a distinguished parentage. The legendary Herman Kahn had much to do with inventing both.

Today's NewWork News Web Tip: The Centre for Advancement in Work and Living (Wednesday, 5/19/99)
The Centre for Advancement in Work and Living is a nonprofit Canadian organization that helps people with special needs learn how to get and keep jobs, including those persons who first need help in developing basic life skills.

Today's NewWork News Web Tip: Lippincott Library of the Wharton School (Thursday, 5/20/99)
The Wharton School, one of the world's great business schools, is located at the University of Pennsylvania, and the Lippincott Library helps support the Wharton programs.

Today's NewWork News Web Tip: The Adam Smith Institute (Friday, 5/21/99)
The Adam Smith Institute is a "think-tank" from the United Kingdom involved in economic policy issues, particularly having to do with privatization, regulatory reform, and government restructuring.

Today's NewWork News Web Tip: Economic Policy Institute (Saturday, 5/22/99)
The Economic Policy Institute provides information and opinion on family income, poverty, and other issues often given particular attention by the political left.

Today's NewWork News Web Tip: College and University Home Pages (Sunday, 5/23/99)
It hasn't been updated for quite a while, but this site can be helpful if you're interested in looking at College and University Home Pages.

Today's NewWork News Web Tip: National Cooperative Business Association (Monday, 5/24/99)
Most organizations that do business are corporations, but some are cooperatives, including some famous names. If you're trying to decide if there is a significant place for cooperatives in the new economy, the National Cooperative Business Association may be able to help you.

Today's NewWork News Web Tip: Mortgage Rate Trends (Tuesday, 5/25/99)
Mortgage Rate Trends is exactly what it sounds like, and may be of help if you're either in the market for a mortgage or are thinking of refinancing something.

Today's NewWork News Web Tip: Job Hunt (Wednesday, 5/26/99)
Here's an index providing ready access to all of James Challenger's recent Chicago Sun-Times' "Job Hunt" columns.

Today's NewWork News Web Tip: Center on Education and Work (Thursday, 5/27/99)
The Center on Education and Work is a division of the College of Education at one of the world's great universities, the University of Wisconsin at Madison.

Today's NewWork News Web Tip: WAHM (Friday, 5/28/99)
If you're a mother and you work at home, the online newsletter, WAHM: Mothers Who Work at Home, may be for you.

Today's NewWork News Web Tip: Academic Majors Career Opportunities (Saturday, 5/29/99)
What can you do with a major in...? The University of Kansas suggests lots of Academic Majors Career Opportunities.

Today's NewWork News Web Tip: Small Business Expo (Sunday, 5/30/99)
Here's Small Business Expo, Entrepreneur Magazine's listing of conferences, workshops, trade shows, and other events of interest to people who start or run their own businesses.

Today's NewWork News Web Tip: Social Investment Forum (Monday, 5/31/99)
The Social Investment Forum can assist you in finding investments that match your values.

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