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Jobs and
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December 2006 Newsletter
In
life, there is a lot of starting and finishing. Much of
our success is determined by how well we start and how
strong we finish. A good start to any enterprise lays
the foundation for achievement. Without a strong finish,
much of our genius and efforts are wasted. One thing is
certain, starting and finishing well seldom happen as a
matter of chance. They require strategy and
execution.
This
month we find ourselves finishing 2006. Like a college
team headed for a holiday bowl game, we'd like to finish
with a victory. For some the intensity is like trying to
execute a scoring drive on the closing moments of the
game. This month we are also preparing to start 2007.
This typically requires some evaluation, determining
what has made us successful in the past and what must be
improved for the future.
This
issue offers articles to help you reflect on how to
finish strong in 2006, and start well in 2007. Those of
us at OI Partners wish you a joyous holiday season and a
prosperous new year.
Joyce
Blazen
OI
Partners (Flint and Detroit area,
MI)
Please
click on the links below to read the complete
articles.
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Considering
a Career Change? Now May be the
Time.
It's that time of
year, and resolutions are in the making. While
evaluating the passing year and identifying
opportunities for growth and positive change,
don't limit your list to losing those 15 pounds.
It's time to take an objective look at the way you
spend every day, and the level of fulfillment
found in your
work. |
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Powerful
New Year's Resolutions for Professionals
Looking ahead to the New
Year frequently fills employees with either
excitement or trepidation or a mixture of both.
Questions may arise about how to make good work
situations even better: "What will my
opportunities be this year?", "What have my
accomplishments been this year?", "How can I
position myself for a promotion?", or "Will my
boss recognize the great work that I
do?". |
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Winning
in the 4th Quarter
As a
big high school football fan, I find this time of
year very exciting. For some teams, the end of the
season is in sight and for others "the second
season," the playoffs, looms large on the horizon.
Most of the winning teams I watch have a tradition
where every team member raises his right hand and
holds up four fingers at the start of the fourth
quarter. |
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Accounting,
Health Care Contain Future of
Employment
By Meg
Richards THE ASSOCIATED PRESS If you want to see
the future, check out the classifieds. The
help-wanted section of your local newspaper offers
a snapshot of today's labor market and a glimpse
of the hot jobs of tomorrow. As the baby boomers -
born between 1946 and 1964 - amble into
retirement, employers will be racing to fill the
positions they vacate and to provide for the needs
of ... |
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Report
Says Health Plans Must Be
Altered
Nov.
15--Employers who make no changes to the health
insurance plans they offer to workers will face
cost increases of between 10 percent and 12
percent in 2007, according to a new report. Many
employers will use the projections to adjust the
benefit packages they offer to workers to avoid
the double-digit cost increases, said the report
from
PricewaterhouseCoopers. |
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