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...traffic controllers is one option. There's a great demand for those right now. You may remember Ronald Reagan broke up the air-traffic controllers' union, and they hired a whole bunch of people at that time. Well, that cohort of workers is getting ready to retire. Actuaries is another I might mention. Those are the people who work for insurance companies and figure out how much they should charge you. They figure out the odds that people are going to die, get in an accident, need health care. They have to be good with numbers...
...offers a quick, clean shot at purchasing 24 hours a day. Moreover, with websites like FatWallet and SlickDeals featuring bargain-basement prices, hunting around for the best value is a convenient mouse click away. That's an easier proposition for many than slogging to the mall and fighting traffic, crowds and parking problems. "Comparison-shopping online dwarfs what you can do in the real world," says Nita Rollins, a trends expert for digital marketing agency Resource Interactive. "You just open up six browsers." (See the 50 best websites...
...fact, brands are noticing that online communities have more buying persuasion power than store sales clerks. And they're forming more partnerships with social sites now that traffic numbers are at an all-time high. In October 2007, Kaboodle had nearly 3 million unique monthly visitors. By October 2008, it tripled that number to 10.8 million and also logged its highest numbers for revenue, traffic and registered users. "We have seen a lot more deals and discounts this year happening across the site," says founder and CEO Manish Chandra. Likewise, Etsy, a site where community members buy and sell handmade...
Even though most of the nation’s largest retailers reported a sharp slump in sales for October, local businesses seemed poised to weather the economic storm, buoyed by the reliable university customer base and the Square’s consistently strong foot traffic.“Harvard Square is a little different [from other business environments] in that people, students, academics, business people—they still have to come here because business continues and school continues,” said Denise A. Jillson, executive director of the Harvard Square Business Association. “People need...
...manager (he was actually the owner), he told me that since we were “so late,” he had had to break up the table, and let the eight of us (two couldn’t make it) stand there blocking foot traffic for half an hour before seating us not at a long table, but at adjacent booths. We were not happy.2. Dress for the tropics. Every table has a heating plate in the middle to keep the broth simmering. The restaurant felt like the steam room at the neighborhood gym. It smelled, however, like...