The state of New York is about to start requiring any attorney put in 50 hours of pro bono work before being admitted to the bar. Many in the state are cheering this new rule thinking it will help many of the underprivileged have access to legal expertise. The hope is that young attorneys will [...]

Have stay at home parents really never worked a day in their lives? Is it fair to say they’ve never worked a real job? This is not a new conversation topic at all. In fact, as long as women have left the home to go punch in the aisle has been divided about the role [...]

Organizations are constantly categorizing and ranking employees.  They have surveys, reviews, interviews, and studies to try and understand their people. A better understanding of the people that work at your company can lead to a more well run company that has happier employees and makes everyone better off.  Companies often go too far trying to [...]

The employment report published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) each month is one of the most highly anticipated economic indicators. In it we get the headline stealing unemployment rate but dozens of more useful statistics come out of it as well. Most people understand the basics of the unemployment rate and even the [...]

CNN Money profiled five business owners that employ less than 100 employees at their companies. They all are struggling to find good workers in this economy. This is counter-intuitive to what we’ve been told about the economy. We should be seeing record numbers of people applying for jobs and companies should have their pick of [...]

The financial crisis left a sour taste in our mouths for bankers. The term “banksters” became popular again. Executives got a bad reputation again thanks to bailouts, bonuses, and boneheadedness. The public is even coming around to the idea that politicians played a part in causing the crisis, but of course we already hated them. [...]

Since the government started printing money like Bounty does paper towels this country has had a renewed obsession with gold. I’ve tried to tackle the subject many times before but so far the price of gold just continues to find new highs. Proponents of gold have many arguments in support of their precious metal, and [...]

Steve Jobs was never much interest in making money through software.  Apple was always a hardware business and one of the few in their industry able to build a decent margin into the business. You may not remember, but when the first iPhone came out there was no app store.  The original vision was for [...]