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Is the Anticipated Increase in Holiday Jobs Something to Celebrate?

10/6/10 8:00am by Elana Centor
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Seasonal Work

In 2007, (can we call that the good ol' days?) retailers hired 720,800 holiday workers. Last year, that number plummeted to 501,400. Doing the math, that's a loss of 219,400 jobs. This year, according to Challenger, Gray and Christmas, a national outsourcing firm, retailers could hire anywhere from 550,000 to 650,000 seasonal workers. Or, another way to look at it, retailers would still be hiring anywhere from 70,800 fewer to up to 170,800 fewer people than in 2007.  Read more >

The Secret to a Strong Marriage: Never Go in Business Together

9/28/10 5:44pm by Elana Centor
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Marriage and Business

In the past fifteen years, I have given that advice to several lovely couples who were thinking about going into business together. I don't think they paid attention. We wouldn't have either. Despite the alleged benefits, I would say the cons of working with your spouse definitely outweigh the pros. But, who's asking me?  Read more >

The Three Words You Never Want To Hear Your Doctor Say: "I Found Something."

9/7/10 9:00am by Elana Centor
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Ovarian Ultrasound

Perhaps, if I had gone to the doctor with symptoms, I wouldn't have been so astonished when, after my pelvic exam, she said, "I found something." She gave me a moment to register what she said; then, she continued, " It could be nothing - maybe I felt some intestines. It could be a cyst, but she added, "at your age, (I'm 59) that is unlikely, and before she could say the third option, I said it for her, " Or, it's cancer." She nodded.  Read more >

(PICS) Summer's Eve Not the First Company to Get It Wrong With Women-Targeted Ads

8/30/10 6:29am by Elana Centor
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Summer's Eve Advertorial

You've got to feel bad for Angela Bryant. She's the brand manager for Summer Eve's feminine wash. Not only is she charged with selling a product for douching - an activity the health care profession says is unhealthy and should be avoided, Bryant, by approving an advertorial in Women's Day magazine, is now associated with an ad that is sure to become a classic of how not to market to women.  Read more >

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Full Name
Elana Centor
Member Since
January 2006
About Me: 
Son-Noah.Daughter-Berit. Dog-Uma Thurman. One of my first assignments as a TV reporter in 1973 was to get an interview with Elvis Presley. Obviously, I didn't land the interview, but I did eavesdrop on a fabulous conversation that one of "the girls" in the group. She was talking to her mom and explaining that Elvis had just given her a symbolic necklace. The girl was ecstatic.She also told her mom that she was glad she wasn't his main girlfriend because the main girlfriend was not allowed to leave the hotel suite unless Elvis said she could. Oh, how I miss the banks of pay phones that used to line hotel lobbies. FunnyBusiness-- Described by a reader as a" Thinking Woman's Dilbert",FunnyBusiness is about what really goes on in business.It's about bosses, coworkers, policies-trends,etc. Names are changed to protect jobs.
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