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Today's NewWork News Web Tip: How to get a better-than-average raise (Monday, 3/4/02)
Here are some tips on effective salary negotiations from the Hard@Work site.
Today's NewWork News Web Tip: Individualized Competence Based Education (Tuesday, 3/5/02)
If you've managed to work your way up to head of the corporate accounting department over the years and decide now that you would like to earn a college degree, should you have to take "Accounting 101" along with people who aren't sure they've ever heard of a debit or a credit? Isn't competence really competence, no matter how it is acquired? Shouldn't your college recognize your expertise and not insist that you retrace familiar and well-worn paths, particularly since the new economy is far more competence-oriented and less credentials-oriented than the old industrial economy? Still, there can be many good reasons for attending college as well, because higher education isn't just about education for work or career. It's also about education for living and for democracy.
Minnesota's Normandale Community College has long been an innovator in helping people get the most and best out of themselves for work and life. For many years, their Individualized Competence Based Education program has allowed students to obtain genuine college credit for competencies they already possess and can demonstrate systematically. The College is located near the Mall of America in Bloomington, which used to be a suburb of Minneapolis, but is now Minnesota's third-largest city in its own right.
Today's NewWork News Web Tip: 3P Jobs (Thursday, 3/7/02)
3P Jobs is an executive search and headhunter organization in India. India is the world's largest democracy and has the second-largest national population after China, with expectations that it may surpass China later this century. India's huge population contains vast multitudes of impoverished people, but it also includes a large number of educated and privileged persons. In fact, its educated middle-class is larger than the combined populations of Germany and France and makes up one of the world's most important consumer markets. India also has a vigorous hi-tech sector with global importance.
Today's NewWork News Web Tip: Resumania (Friday, 3/8/02)
If you need to take time out for a few laughs, here's Resumania, which offers real-world examples of how not to prepare your resume.
Today's NewWork News Web Tip: Central Banks and Stock Exchanges (Saturday, 3/9/02)
You can find listings of all ov the world's central banks and stock exchanges, as well as other information on the Economiclinks site. Click on the resepctive links in the left column.
Today's NewWork News Web Tip: The Foundation of Teaching Economics (Sunday, 3/10/02)
The Foundation of Teaching Economics is a nonprofit organization supporting programs for students as well as teachers throughout the United States and Eastern Europe.
Today's NewWork News Web Tip: IRS Information (Monday, 3/11/02)
Here's an information site from the Internal Revenue Service where you can obtain forms as well as link to sites which will allow you to prepare and file your taxes electronically for $9.95 or less, according to the IRS.
Today's NewWork News Web Tip: Federal Retirement Programs (Tuesday, 3/12/02)
The U.S. Office of Personnel Management offers information on federal retirement programs as well as services for former federal employees.
Today's NewWork News Web Tip: At Home Mothers (Wednesday, 3/13/02)
In America, there's an organization for nearly everybody. This one may be for you: It's the National Association of At-Home Mothers, and it has a magazine as well as a web site.
Today's NewWork News Web Tip: Living Wage Resource Center (Thursday, 3/14/02)
The Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN) is one of a number of activist organizations promoting adoption of living wage legislation. Here's their Living Wage Resource Center.
Today's NewWork News Web Tip: Welfare Reform State Links (Friday, 3/15/02)
From the Administration for Children and Families at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, here is access to State Welfare and Children and Families home pages.
Today's NewWork News Web Tip: Immigration and Politics in Germany (Saturday, 3/23/02)
Barbara Weber provides an overview of immigration and politics in Germany in her 2001 article in the Journal of the International Institute, which is published at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor.
Today's NewWork News Web Tip: Economic Development Directory (Sunday, 3/24/02)
This Economic Development Directory provides access to thousands of economic development agency sites worldwide.
Today's NewWork News Web Tip: Incentive Programs and Intrinsic Motivation (Monday, 3/25/02)
Critics of work incentive programs often claim that they tend to reduce motivation that comes from the work itself. Bob Nelson of the Foundation for Enterprise Development says it doesn't have to be that way, and offers three tips for enjoying the benefits of extrinsic motivation without destroying intrinsic motivation.
Today's NewWork News Web Tip: Just Labour (Tuesday, 3/26/02)
Just Labour is, as they say, a "Canadian journal of work and society," and comes from York University in Toronto. Full-text versions of its articles are available free on line.
Today's NewWork News Web Tip: Showbiz Jobs (Wednesday, 3/27/02)
There are thousands of jobs sites, and Showbiz Jobs is another one. However, it specializes in jobs in the entertainment industries.
Today's NewWork News Web Tip: Inflation Calculator (Thursday, 3/28/02)
Here's the Bank of Canada's Inflation Calculator.
Today's NewWork News Web Tip: Careers in Archeology (Friday, 3/29/02)
Here are some frequently asked questions which may not be asked as frequently as you might think. At any rate, Professor David Carlson of Texas A & M University attempts to anticipate the questions of interested persons when it comes to careers in archeology. Dig it?
Today's NewWork News Web Tip: HUSB (Saturday, 3/30/02)
Howard University is one of America's leading traditionally African American institutions of higher learning and is located in the nation's capital. The Howard University School of Business traces its roots back to 1870, only five years after ratification of the 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
Today's NewWork News Web Tip: Bank of Canada Investment Calculator (Sunday, 3/31/02)
How does inflation affect your investments and savings? The Bank of Canada Investment Calculator can help you make a guestimate.
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