We thought UP members might be interested in Career O’Rama. From their website: 
“Career O’Rama was created to be a counter argument to the common career advice you will get from most career books, councelors, and well-meaning advice givers.
Our belief is that most of this advice is both mis-leading as well as mistaken.
Career O’Rama provides the space [...]

 Did You Pay $736,000 for Your Watch? No? Then you’re not a member of “Richistan.”
“America’s super-rich have returned to the days of the Roaring Twenties. As the rest of the country struggles to get by, a huge bubble of multi-millionaires lives almost in a parallel world. The rich now live in their own world of [...]

“Private-equity firms, which say they bring sorely needed financial discipline to poorly run companies, have been slashing costs and extracting profits at warp speed. As the cycle of buying and selling companies has intensified, life in the trenches can be unstable and traumatic.Private-equity firms, which say they bring sorely needed financial discipline to poorly run [...]

“Many health groups are giddy about the prospect of real national health care reform following the Democrats’ takeover of both congressional chambers. Taking this cue, front-runners for the Democratic presidential nomination prioritize health care reform and are, therefore, slowly divulging their plans. Recalling the Clintons’ efforts of 15 years ago, they perceive this as an [...]

If you own or work for a small business, health care is a major issue for you. A universal, government managed health care system is an issue on which small business owners and employees can partner for a win-win solution. The PRWeb Press Release Newswire reports on the results of a survey by SurePayroll, an [...]

Editor’s note: I’m just now reading last week’s Newsweek, and  saw this column by Jane Bryant Quinn. She exposes the fear-mongering myths about universal healthcare. And she’s not exactly known for being a radical socialist, either. Click on link to see entire story. 
“Prepare to be terrorized, shocked, scared out of your wits. No, not by jihadists [...]

“Amid the demise of manufacturing jobs, the birthright of a nice home, college for the kids is under siege.
 DAYTON, Ohio - No job lasts forever, especially a $30-an-hour assembly line job. Cheryl Seaton recognized that a long time ago, which is why she went back to college to pick up a degree that would insulate [...]

“Are we facing an IT shortage of crisis proportions, or systematically destroying a skilled and capable homegrown workforce?
Dave Lovelace laughs when you ask about the purported shortage of qualified IT workers. He has 35 years of senior-level IT experience under his belt, ranging from systems programming to systems engineering to business development. He’s published a [...]

Here’s an item of interest to United Professionals. Click on the link to view the whole message.
http://www.madnamerica.com/
Join our Labor Day
iTunes Picnic
 
On September 3, 2007 please help us out by downloading your .99 cent copy of “Mad in America”, a song by ETx, from Apple iTunes. Send a musical message to Washington DC on Labor [...]

Summer’s here, and the time is right for … or are you too overworked or too insecure about job security to take a vacation?
News of layoffs in the first half of 2007 may have contributed to your workplace collywobbles. The International Business Times lists: IBM cutting 1570 jobs; Hawaiian Airlines laying off 98 nonunion employees [...]