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We can all agree that the past few years haven’t exactly made life easy for financial executives. Where should we cut costs? What can we afford to spend? How should we adjust our growth or survival strategy? When economic conditions reach unprecedentedly challenging levels, financial leaders must combine education, experience, consultation, and instincts to keep their organizations in positions of prosperity, health, or even survival. Many, in our business community, have done just that in…

Over the last week or so the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that job growth slowed significantly in March. In fact, the rate of growth was slowed by a factor of about 50% with March showing approximately 120,000 new jobs added versus an average of 240,000 jobs per month in January and February. Before we begin fortifying the bunker and stock-piling drinking water we have plenty of reasons to sit back and relax a bit as all is far from lost.

It’s important to remember that…

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According to extensive research (at least 2-4 minutes worth) conducted on Wikia.com, tens of trillions of Storm…

If you do enough research and lend attention to enough advise (solicited or unsolicited) about resume writing you may find your head spinning enough to twist right off your shoulders. Due to no apparent lack of articles about resume writing tips, my intention is to get people thinking logically about writing their resumes through a few brief tips. Breathe deeply and read on…

What is the correct length of a resume?

This one is easy. The correct length…

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Please join me this week at the eCoast Mobile Summit in Portsmouth, NH. As a panelist at the Summit, I'm able to extend a very special discount to my friends and colleagues.

The event features a full day of speakers and networking around the mobile smartphone revolution.…

Over the past 10 years I've had the pleasure of working with New Hampshire employers through highly prosperous and unprecedentedly difficult economic times. Throughout this duration a few constants have remained in tact:

1. Death

2. Taxes

3. Employers are excited about employees and job seekers with a demonstrated thirst for knowledge.

As a job…

Don't look now but there appears to be growing optimism on the streets of the Granite State. The dust continues to settle from 2009 and businesses are beginning to talk less about survival and more about innovation, expansion, and growth. On a nationwide level, approximately 300,000 jobs will be added in the month of March (1/3 of them contract or temporary jobs) with that pace expected to sustain or grow in the months to come. On a local level, trends and opinions appear to be pointing to…