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In the past 20 or 30 years, western companies have benefited from the two big labour market trends: globalization, which has allowed them to take advantage of cheaper labour costs in other countries, and rapid technological progress, which has allowed them to replace humans with machines. Corporate profits have soared but human casualties have been heavy. Millions of people have lost their jobs and, lacking the skills that employers are ready to pay for, have unwillingly joined the hidden army o… Continue

Do your rumpled clothes and lank hair point to a life that has failed to live up to your high expectations? Do you think that the compromises you have made in your career have filled your life soullessness, and hopeless emptiness? Do you feel that whatever dreams you had in your life are now only self-destructive delusions which are choking on you? Would you say that you are on the brink of suffocating your unfulfilled hopes of early retirement and easy life?


When asked: “Where is your compass… Continue

How frustrated do you have to be before you consider working for yourself? Only you know the answer to that question. Perhaps the pain of where you are at the moment, and the agonising truth that doing nothing changes nothing, forces you to at least look at the surrounding world differently.


Think about what is grinding your gear in your current situation. If it has something to do with your employment, then the good news is that you can do something about it. You might be underpaid and your t… Continue

Are the laid-off workers becoming entrepreneurs? Are they going to be the new trend of starting their own businesses because they cannot see themselves finding employment in the near future? It is certainly interesting to find out what kind of businesses those with means will start? Are they going to be low-overhead businesses because finding a job which will match with their expertise and salary expectations might not be an easy option? Cutting cost is certainly a catchy phrase and being able t… Continue