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Living and Working With Purpose

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“Living and Working With Purpose”

One may need to look elsewhere for the sun

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A chunk of certified PBET instructors are no longer at Asyst Technologies; the company declared bankruptcy in April. On June 10 it was Aviza Technology, also based in hard-hit California, that declared bankruptcy.

In May, Axcelis Technologies, a company at which I used to work, sidelined about 235 workers, or [...]

“What can an older worker do?”

Being in my early 60s I could identify with a recent report in the Washington Business Journal. Using data from a recent survey, they say that “the recession has eroded older workers’ confidence about retiring comfortably.”

Well, yeah!  With IRA savings cut in half and worse, I would say that has eroded my confidence. Like many [...]

Evaluate career options with a personality type inventory

There are a variety of ways to look at personality traits.  The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator®  (MBTI) is probably the best known. It uses four scales that yield, when scored and combined, 16 different personality types.  The four scales focus on:

Where you focus your attention:  the outer world of people and things (extroversion) or the inner [...]

Just Been Laid Off?

“Unfortunately,” says Elliott Masie, “my phone rings on a regular basis with the news that one of our learning colleagues has been laid off.” He goes on to write about what he has been sharing with these colleagues. It’s worth reading.

Recently, one of the most competent trainers that I know, with an excellent [...]

Training for Home Business Owners… and Home Business Trainers

As I have suggested elsewhere, one way to recession-proof is to develop additional income from a home business. In fact, while the creation of home businesses have been on the rise for years, interest is exploding right now. Whether it’s a hobby converted to a business (eg., photography, cooking, crafts), consulting (eg., in the [...]