Category: Jobs
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JCI is going to restructure
Preliminary disclosure: Usually, I refrain from commenting about issues relating to my own employer. But today, Johnson Controls issued a press release unusually significant that I assumed would be worth an exception. The American economy is in pain, the automotive industry is in pain: General Motors should see a slowdown of 30% or more, Ford…
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America management of unemployment: Jail
Most people did not really notice this bit of information: The United States of America reached a point where 1,6 million Americans are in jail. This is nearly one percent of the 230-million population. I am starting to believe that this is (maybe not only) a way to manage a significant part of unemployment. When…
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AMD, wins and losses
AMD just announced two things nearly simultaneously : loosing $600 millions in operations in the last quarter (the financial balance is not good, but the message in there is: “it’s gonna be better soon”) and receiving a €262 millions from the German government (approved by the European Commission) to support the investments in their Dresden…
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The advantages of self-employment
When you’re self-employed, you have all the advantages of the world: Copyright Andy Singer.
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6 questions to hire an Engineer
Whatever the skills you use in your professional life, the pre-hiring interview is a needed step that the candidate engineer will have to go through. They prepare themselves as much as they ca. But the hiring people usually are relying more on their habits or experience and they do not prepare interviews too much (with…