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Business Leadership

The Essential Skills Of Successful CIOs

The Chief Information Officer (CIO) is becoming one of the most lucrative and powerful roles in large corporations. These C-level executives, also called “Chief Technology Officers” (CTOs), are in charge of a business’s technological capabilities in an economy that is increasingly dependent on technology. They are responsible for everything from […]

Finance

The Stock Market is Tumbling. What Next?

People love to play the stock market. I always found it intriguing that we use the word ‘play' when referring to investments that can leave us high and dry in a matter of minutes. The truth is, however, that we actually do ‘play' the markets. Dropping our dollars into a […]

Employment

Best Directions for Former Oil Drillers

Some of the highest-paying jobs in America are in the oil patch. Another attractive thing about these jobs is that a lot of them don’t require a college degree. Yet a whole lot of people rank employment on oil rigs as among the worst in America. The main reasons for […]

Business

Know Your Consumer Rights

For all practical purposes, the most protection that the public consumer had before the 1960s was the old adage Caveat Emptor (buyer beware.) Although fraud and corruption has not diminished any, there have been several legal tools implemented that do offer the public and consumers leverage in a form of […]

Business Employment

Beginner’s Guide To International Jobs

Many college students cultivate the fantasy of working overseas with nothing but the clothes on their back, boundless curiosity, and ambition. In reality, however, you’ll need more than ambition and curiosity to secure and keep a job abroad. Working overseas has a lot of benefits, but there are pitfalls as […]