Tuesday, August 02, 2011

Technology Boom is Making Jobs

It seems that the technology s booming faster than the babies did once upon a time, and leaving some work places short enough on qualified technology experts that they are in some cases resorting to drastic measures to entice the right people in.

The snag in the system is that the lifespan of an employable technology worker is exceptionally short. The following excerpt is from an article in Business Week:

Companies tend to hire people with IT engineering degrees, use those skills for five years, and then they want a new crop, says Cappelli, who researches human resource practices and talent management.

There was once a time when a man working in the tech industry could make a good living and have a steady career - my father was working as a computer programmer in the 1970's and making $100 an hour at it. Today, however, the landscape is changing fast and those working in technology have to move faster to keep up with the pace it is setting.

To stay in the field a person needs to be working in their work time and studying the next big thing in tech programming in their free time. It makes it a job that requires as much dedication as any home based business, so I would think that it would be one that could be very well suited to looking toward as a home business base.

With the evolving technology and the revolving door on big business tech jobs, it would seem to me that the market is primed for those who have the skills to set up consulting businesses where they can work for however long the larger company needs their specialized skills, then move on to the next business in a freelancer style when their skills are no longer what the first company requires.

The freelancing IT marketplace can work to keep the person with the skills working and give the companies the workers they need, when they need them, without the need for hiring and firing regular employees - which can earn a big business a bad reputation.

If you are skilled in IT engineering, or looking for a new direction to go in your education, you might think of how your skills could work in this growing and ever evolving needs market segment.

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Saturday, May 09, 2009

Second Saturday Market is another bust before it was even a go

Okay, here it is, Saturday, the day before Mother's Day, the day when I should have had my best sale of the year on quilts and I am sitting at home with dad rather than being able to get up to the Saturday Market that I had planned to be able to be in my second week of selling quilts at.

To say that I am annoyed would be an understatement, since it is pure family politics crap that has curtailed things. It has also given me and dad a renewed determination to prove people wrong in their estimation of my goals. I want to make quilts to help me in paying off the mortgage on my parents house, a effort that I have been told is nothing but a fanciful daydream that is doomed to leave me disappointed in the form of my losing the house one day (soon according to those saying I can't save it).

My mom taught me that you don't give up when you see something that you really want, however, and I am not about to give up on this house.

Mom encouraged my writing over the years, and she was immensely proud of the ability I had developed to earn money by writing online. She taught me that anything worth doing is worth doing right, and that any dream was within reach if only I wanted to reach for it. I'm going to reach for this house, and I intend to grasp it with both hands and hold fast. The naysayers be damned.

So, since with nothing more than an ATV as transportation I can not haul dad up to the park in Houston at 8am every Saturday, and keep him there until after 9pm, I have decided that I am going to bypass the local Saturday Market angle and sort out other avenues for selling my quilts. I'm not sure what all I am going to do, yet, but I have the determination and drive to make this happen. Let's see if that is enough.

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Tuesday, April 28, 2009

Follow Along in My New Business Startup

Have you ever considered starting your own home based business but had no idea what might be involved in such a venture? I am going to be starting a new business in May, and I would like to invite everyone to come along for the ride as I weed my way through how to do it.

Some of the things I need to leap through will not apply to you, of course, and there are some that will apply to any new business venture. My goal with this business is to figure out how I can work from home in order to earn an income that will allow me to be fully self sufficient, and still let me provide the full-time in-home caregiver support that my father needs.

As a full-time caregiver I can not work outside the home, but I want to be able to be fully self sufficient and eventually be able to buy my parents home out from the mortgage company that currently holds it so I will be able to one day own the home as my mother had wanted. (That is a long story and better suited to another blog, so just know that is my goal: self sufficiency and home ownership.)

The business that I have decided to start is a Quilt and Crafts business, to allow me to tap into my passion for quilting and crafting. I have a plan to take exploratory steps in the first two weeks of May, researching market options and participating in the first Saturday Market of the year near where I live.

I have signed up to participate in a small business seminar provided by the Alaska Small Business Development Center and will be attending that on May 13th, with a start date for my business on May 14th (In honor of my mother's 75th birthday).

So, this is a formal invitation for everyone to follow along, and participate in commenting on, my new business venture as a home based quilter and crafter. Wish me luck!

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Saturday, July 28, 2007

Vending Machines

Vending machines are perhaps one of the best small businesses that someone can get into in my opinion. They are easily maintained and if placed with care can attract easily on their own.

Since 2003 one vending company, vendstar, has established a worldwide presence and welcomed almost 9,000 members into the business of vending machines.

Their new EZ-Count® Meter, on the Vendstar 3000, allows the vendor to get exact collection amounts from each machine. Another feature they have released is a 1” wheel, so that the Vendstar 3000 can dispense one inch gumballs and toy capsules, opening up the product offerings that vendors can provide.

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Friday, July 27, 2007

Business Idea: Vending machines

One home based business that can let you set your own hours and grow at whatever speed you desire to expand it at is the vending machine business.

You can get vending machines from companies, such as Multivend, LLC, and distribute them in your local area. Laundromats, stores, malls and mom and pop shops are all possible locations that you can approach to set up a vending machine selling bulk candy.

The world's largest bulk vending machine company, multivend, has established a worldwide presence and the opportunities for home businesses seems to be growing still. Just last weekend, while down on the Kenai Peninsula, I dropped a couple of bucks into a vending machine selling fairy tattoos.


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