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Monthly Archives: August 2009
Factory Orders Up!
According to this feed found on Manufacturing.net on August 5th, 2009, the AP in Washington reported: WASHINGTON (AP) — Factory orders rose in June for the fourth time in five months, an unexpected gain and the latest sign of recovery … Continue reading
Why an Industry Specific Résumé Writer?
It came as a surprise when the Manufacturer’s Rep position I’d been doing for 8 years dried up just after 9/11 after the economy came to a standstill. By the next August, I couldn’t sell myself out of a wet … Continue reading
When you grew up, you were always pretty good with your hands
When you grew up, you were always pretty good with your hands. Mechanically, you could do about anything. People called you “handy”. The “tinkering” type. You looked around your town and saw that everybody pretty much went to work in … Continue reading
Do We Really Have a Shortage of Engineers?
In May of 2009, the Carolina’s Chapter of SMRP held a roundtable with several manufacturer’s and included Senator Paul Campbell of S. Carolina and Jennifer DeWitt of the S. Carolina Manufacturer’s Council. I am grossly paraphrasing her words but in … Continue reading
Employers throttle back on layoffs offering a strong signal that the recession is coming to an end.
Employers throttled back on layoffs in July, cutting just 247,000 jobs, the fewest in a year, and the unemployment rate dipped to 9.4 percent, its first decline in 15 months. It was a better-than-expected showing that offered a strong signal … Continue reading