Each year, we put together information on business trends - what are the growth industries and specific business ideas that will have years of impact for us/the economy. For this we go to the experts - organizations that produce future-oriented information. ...
Each year, we try to find the new words (and repeating words) that are new yet have become part of our daily vocabulary (or will become part of our daily vocabulary). Here is the list for 2018. Enjoy - and start using them...
Many of you know that I am a data junkie. Each morning I have a routine that includes looking at 3 newspapers (on-line, of course), oil and gas futures, Conference Board reports and stock futures. I tweet (follow me: @David_Magy)...
It is a relatively quiet week . . . . . so it is time to catch up on last year’s reading (the pile I kept) and plan for the year to come. I was reading HR Magazine and a quote caught my eye:
“Job security is a myth. Set up Me Inc. – a...
On August 1st (2017), we start year 22 as a Retained Executive Search firm. Ken and Mary Abeln, co-founders with me (David Magy), actually set up our firm a month earlier – working on all of the business and legal requirements to start operating on...
It's 2017. There are terms we should know (many we do) and discuss for this year. Many have interesting workplace implications/meanings. Here are a few of them!
Phubbing – phone snubbing; pretending to be...
Our clients and candidates often look to us for trend information. What is new out there? We as a search firm can talk about the economy, but future trends are different. For that I rely on multiple experts including J. Walter Thompson, a global...
According to the Georgetown Center on Education & The Workforce, about 74% of all job openings in Minnesota will require some post-secondary education. The United States will fall short by 5 million workers with post-secondary education by the year...
My co-founders and I have different start dates for Abeln, Magy, Underberg & Associates. Ken/Mary Abeln and I (David Magy) started the firm in 1996 . . . . . Ken and Mary on July 1, 1996 - with me joining them on August 1, 1996. (My delay - completing my transition...
Each new year, there are a plethora of websites that list the top new ideas and/or trends for the coming year. People often look for opportunities – what industries and or new markets should be pursued? For the entrepreneur, this is a...