SALINA--Realizing several well-known Central New York companies were laying off workers, James Layhew, and his son, Jeffrey, decided in January to offer free financial planning to qualified individuals who had lost their jobs. "The minute they're unemployed, the life insurance [coverage] ended," says Layhew noting health insurance usually doesn't end due to 18 months of coverage through the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985, or COBRA.
After working in the financial planning business for many years, the engineering side of me has wondered if people are open for different types of financial education, based on the time of year. Unfortunately, I think the short answer is no. In general, people tend to seek out financial planning during unique life events like retirement, changing jobs, inheriting money, divorce, etc. Unless someone has a tremendous spurt of energy, creating or updating a financial plan is low on most people's list of important things to do.
Meetings of the Governor's Office of Economic Development Board often are pragmatic: getting updates on state programs and initiatives, approving financial incentives to companies looking to add high-paying jobs, planning for upcoming economic development events. But the board's most recent gathering featured a heavy dose of pondering. At issue was whether the board should continue offering incentives for companies to move to Utah or for existing companies to expand -- adding jobs at a time when the state's unemployment rate is so low that existing employers often cannot get the employees they need.
When I was in college I looked for a new career that would keep me challenged throughout my working life. I had great corporate jobs - all of which bored me to death after about two years. I discovered financial planning in a small office in Corvallis, in the mid- 1970s. I was lucky. I was given an opportunity to begin a lifelong career that still drives me to achieve and helps me solve the great puzzles of people's lives. Promising careers have a lot more to do with what you love in contrast to what you can do," said Peter Paskill of Careermakers, a Portland job search/transition service.
With only a one-week window, "You've got to move very fast," says Pittsburgh UNITED Executive Director Barney Oursler, who has been involved in launching the center. "The idea is to have everybody processed, so that when jobs are posted, we're ready. Oursler says planning efforts must contend with financial constraints. According to the CBA's terms, the city and county will help fund the job center with $150,000 for each of its first two years in operation. "That's not much money," says Oursler, who estimates that the job center will require an additional $150,000 per year for staffing and outreach expenses. The Hill House is seeking additional funding through grants and donations, he says. That's part of the challenge," [Evan Frazier] says. "We're planning a very aggressive recruitme...
DES MOINES (AP) - Businesses plan to create or retain more than 2,700 jobs under projects approved by the Iowa Economic Development Board on Thursday, making the past month one of the most successful jobs creation months on record, officials at the Iowa Department of Economic Development said. Some jobs will be created by companies with a well established presence in Iowa such as Principal Financial Group Inc., which is planning a $102 million expansion to create 1,500 jobs over five years in Des Moines.
Growing professionally and financially doesn't happen accidentally. You need to plan for it. If you want something more than what you have right now, the best way to start is simply to write down where you are now and where you want to be sometime in the future. Next, determine if you truly have a passion for your goal. Be careful not to want something just because it's what you think others expect of you. Without the goal being your hope and dream, there will be only a slim chance of its becoming a reality. Strategic planning. Goal setting. Objectives. Interim goals. Customer service reps in an agency generally aren't actively involved in planning agency goals with their employers. However, for CSRs who want to achieve professional and financial growth in their jobs, all of these activ...
WASHINGTON, Dec. 22, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- SCORE - www.score.org - America's premier source of free and confidential small business advice for entrepreneurs, is helping to strengthen the U.S. economy through small business growth and job creation. From the mid-1980s to the mid-2000s, 450,000-550,000 new businesses with at least one employee were created per year in the U.S. but in 2009, that number dropped to just 400,000, according to Financial Times. This declining number is of concern because of the subsequent effect on job creation. According to research by the Kauffman Foundation, companies less than five years old have generated all of the net jobs in the U.S. economy since the 1970s. In 2010, SCORE helped entrepreneurs start 58,637 new businesses in the U.S. with their ...
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For a brief time Tuesday morning a state of confusion clouded Tulsa's packed Renaissance Hotel and Convention Center, as executives planning to attend the Bank of Oklahoma Business Focus 2011 conference competed for parking, walking space and seats with job seekers dropping by for the simultaneous JobsNewsTulsa.com jobs fair. The irony wasn't lost on Jim Huntzinger, chief investment officer for the bank's Tulsa-based parent BOK Financial, who pointed to slow job creation as one of the main roadblocks to our nation's recovery. For although the U.S. economy stands on the cusp of expansion, Huntzinger forecast slower U.S. gross domestic product growth and in the face of several troubling trends.
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