Why Corporate Consultants?

Corporations with experienced staff, having experts with years of background in their business, still hire consultants, whose staffs are replete with youngsters just out of business school.

Companies already have their own experts who know their business intimately. They study their operations from every angle, on an ongoing basis. So why the consultants?

My conclusion has always been that these often newly-minted consultants have always been a form of business insurance. Even though their ”fresh look” often is amateurish.

It’s much the way investment bankers are called upon for advice. They, too, are often relatively inexperienced.

The rationale? When confronted by plaintiff lawyers, you can say you tried correct management. You have taken adequate precautions in your duties as a manager by using consultants.  (See the Earl J. Weinreb NewsHole® comments and @BusinessNewshole at Twitter.)    

Jobs Mobility

There are often jobs to be had in a particular trade but not in a specific location. Therefore, job mobility has become an important factor.

It also explains why younger folks are more readily able to adapt to unemployment, once they have necessary skills. America has always had a lower unemployment rate than Europe, for example, because we have more job mobility than Europeans.

During the severe unemployment crisis of 2009, 3 million jobs were still open while 13 million were unemployed. Skills were needed, but also mobility.  (See the Earl J. Weinreb NewsHole® comments and @BusinessNewshole at Twitter.)    

   

Low-Cost Retail Medical Offices

This is another ObamaCare casualty that has been stifled; However, it can yet be resuscitated as an alternative..

Mall medical services have been designed to accommodate everyday, urgent medical problems that may arise, where patients want to immediately know how serious their illness may be. The idea is to avoid overcrowded conditions in hospital emergency facilities. ERs are there for specific purposes, other than routine health evaluations.

Such medical offices can be made adjuncts to other types of retail facilities. Many have been in operation. They are supervised on staff by licensed nurses, while overseen by licensed physicians. Doctor referrals are made by those nurses.

Different states have varying regulations, depending on pressure groups, who would prefer not to have this form of competition.

Results? A form of reliable, private choice, low-cost, health care coverage. (See the Earl J. Weinreb NewsHole® comments and @BusinessNewshole at Twitter.)

MisUsed Government Spending Theory

                       

Keynesian theory enthusiasts think governments can  stimulate their economies. Evidence  shows this assumption is completely not true.

Keynesian economics is used by politicians as a ploy to get votes because it appears so simple.   Spending money freely sounds like there is bound to be more economic action. So it is popular. 

But what  sounds plausible to the uninformed masses is known to  have poor overall results, when there is unbiased, independent study. Heavy spending simply does not work.

Over-spending by Keynesians produces enormous debt which adds problems that creates a worse economy,  (See the Earl J. Weinreb NewsHole® comments and @BusinessNewshole at Twitter.)    

American and European Unemployment Insurance Benefits

About one third of the unemployed on benefits get jobs once those benefits expire. The longer the benefit term, the longer many unemployed take to start looking.

The difference between the U. S. and Europe has been that the latter has better unemployment benefits. Europe also has chronically higher unemployment. (See the Earl J. Weinreb NewsHole® comments and @BusinessNewshole at Twitter.)

Why Temporary Jobs Can Be Practical

Why not look for a temporary job when permanent opportunities are scarce? There are a variety of temporary positions in different industries, over a variety of activities.

This advice is for those just out of school with a new diploma but with no job offers in their chosen profession. Or a suggestion for those of you who have no idea what it is, exactly, you would like to work at.

You will get the on-the-job experiences you need, though few may relate in any way to what you studied in courses at school. You may even wait tables in some instances.

But they will all add to your practical education. And, importantly, to your pocketbook. (See the Earl J. Weinreb NewsHole® comments and @BusinessNewshole at Twitter.)

Economic Knowledge Despite Media Misconceptions

I listen to late night/early morning call-in radio to hear how people around the country think about everyday living matters.

They talk about personal finance, economics and business and related political slants.

I find it a difficult chore because most folks are in the dark about the basics that they should have acquired in public school. College graduates often are just as lacking in fundamentals.

Except for any leftist indoctrination they may have gotten from professors. Most have no knowledge of basic finance, economics and business.

And unfortunately, most radio and TV moderators and anchors have had similar “liberal” schooling, and are in no position to correct such views. ( See the Earl J Weinreb NewsHole® comments.)