As the new year progresses, the questions from parents and grandparents continue: “What should my child-grandchild-God child-niece-nephew-cousin et al major in at college to obtain a good job? This question arises multiple times weekly. Fortunately, U.S. News and World creates an annual compilation of the jobs that are projected to have the greatest number of …Read more
Axioms are truths, and my primary Axiom is that Jobs Are everything to an economy. Period. That is the speech topic for 2019. Given an impressive 312,000 net new jobs created nationwide in December 2018 alone, many Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs) and Divisions performed extremely well in the 12-months ending December 2018. Job growth, however, …Read more
Axioms are truths, and my primary Axiom is that Jobs Are everything to an economy. Period. That is the speech topic for 2019. Given a rocketing 312,000 net new jobs created nationwide in December 2018, many states fared the same with better-than-expected results. Then there are others as job growth is not systemic across the …Read more
Axioms are truths, and my primary Axiom is that Jobs Are Everything to an economy. Period. What kind of jobs are created or lost make a difference – not all jobs pay the same. Job growth, however, is not systemic across the country by state. Variability in job growth exists across all states at any …Read more
Axioms are truths, and my primary Axiom is that Jobs Are everything to an economy. Period. Job growth, however, is not systemic across the country by state. Variability in job growth exists across all states at any point in time and also within the same state over a time period. As usual, I invoke …Read more
It is only Wednesday and I have already been asked by three parents this week what their kids should study at college in order to obtain a well-paying job upon graduation. While the question seems simple, the answer likely involves several more questions. The cost of obtaining the education necessary for the job varies. Likewise …Read more
This is the time of the year we enjoy the most in giving and sharing with others. How much do we give? Summary statistics from the Charity Navigator (the nation’s largest and most utilized evaluator of charities) include: 2017 U.S. contributed an estimated $410.02 billion to charitable causes, setting a record for the third year …Read more
There is no shortage of the best places to live lists, with each yielding a differing set of winners – with the outcome dependent on the inclusion and exclusion criteria, metrics and relative weightings. A Best Cities to Live Stewart Blog was last included in September 2018 which can be found at http://blog.stewart.com/stewart/2018/09/25/another-top-10-list-best-places-to-live-in-america-2018/ The latest …Read more
When it comes to economic performance, there is no better measure than the creation of net-new jobs. Jobs are everything to an economy. Period. Job growth, however, is not systemic across the country by state, Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) or Division. Just like states, variability in job growth exists across all MSAs and Divisions at …Read more
Jobs are everything to an economy. Period. Job growth, however, is not systemic across the country by state. Variability in job growth exists across all states at any point in time and also within the same state over a time period. As usual, I invoke the TINSTAANREM axiom — There Is No Such Thing …Read more