Jobs Going to China and India -- Is Your Job Safe?

I started reading the book Chindia which is about the global economic impact of China and India. It is really interesting to understand the differences between these two economic super giants and how they effect the Western Industrialized Countries.

What I found of interest was the types of jobs being sent over seas. It no longer is the manufacturing blue collar workers that are being laid off due to factories moving operations to 3rd World Countries, it is also the White Collar middle class worker who is finding pink slips on their desks as their departments are moved overseas.

Whether it is analysis, accounting, customer service, call centers, or design India is undercutting white collar industrialized middle class. They are highly educated and speak English living in a lower cost part of the world. They offer companies labour cost savings and increased productivity for some industries. They work longer hours for less money and globalization of communications and the internet means they are competing for your job.

How this will effect the Western World is yet to be seen. Immigration of these workers into Western Countries may be the safest way to ensure that their economies will continue to grow and not shrink. Hands on service jobs and those that will service India and China are the wave of the future.

Have you been effected by your company's decision to move operations and back office departments over seas?

Women can Do Anything They Want to Do if They Just Believe they Can! - Small Business Women, WAHM, Work at Home Options

Since I was ill and taking it easy today I picked up my favorite classic novel, Jane Erye by Charlotte Bronte. As I read the authors biography and the story itself it struck me just how good women have it today compared to past generations. I can't imagine having to be dependent on someone for my welfare or being considered less just because of my gender.

Women like Charlotte Bronte and her sisters Emily and Anne were courageous women who forged ahead and paved new roads for younger women.

We live in a wonderful time, where sickness doesn't mean death, where women can speak their mind without fear, and where children are considered treasures not workers. Yet we still find so much to complain and gossip about, we always strive for what we don't have and demean those that have it.

What would life be like if we recognized how lucky we are to have what we have and know just how blessed we are. We live in a time where women can be whatever they want and still be mothers. Women like Mary Elizabeth Braddon, who wrote over 80 novels, were an exception of her time. She lived with a man who's wife was hospitalized (mental institution) cared for his 5 children and bore him another 6 while at the same time wrote over 80 novels and ran a magazine.

For women who say they can't do something, you may want to rethink your reasoning. What is it that is holding you back? What is it about your theology that would lead you to believe this? If you really believe that you can't do something it is time for you to visit places where women have no say, are considered chattel and have very little rights. These countries exist today and if you were there then yes there are valid reasons why you can't. For now though think of the women who sacrificed and worked hard so we could have the equality and freedom we have today, to say you can't is to disrespect everything they fought for because all you need to do is believe you can. If Mary Elizabeth Braddon could write 2 novels, care for 5 kids and give birth to 1 child all at the same time with no running water or indoor plumbing what could you do if you put your mind to it?

People Don't want to Throw Their Money Away - They Want Value

Chrisian Children's Fund commercial just finished, you know the type - a third world child in need of a sponser with a heart. This type of commercial has been playing for over 20 years to inspire people to open their wallet and change a child's life.

This approach is old and done. Imagine this commercial if it started with a clip from a commercial from 20 years ago of a little girl who needs a sponser and then cut to the family who choose to sponser her. After they expressed how sponsership effected them it cut to the child 20 years later, now a women who is making a difference in her community.

What about a commercial that shows the life of two women, only its the same women, the one who never received a sponser and the one that did. What if the women who received sponsership is now a doctor or an engineer? What if she is making a difference to those who are still in poverty.

Would you be more inclined to consider sponsership if you knew the difference they claim you will make actually happens?

Marketing - Engage Your Target Market to Grow Your Sales

I have the TV on while I am putting together a newsletter and a Kokanee commercial came on that caught my attention. It wasn't so much the commercial as it was the end of it, cast your vote at ranger??.com. It asked viewers to log on and cast their vote, should the main character of their commercials be replaced?

Consider how popular reality TV shows are that include the viewing audience. Ever since Survivor people are tuning in because they are apart of the story being played out on their TV sets.

How can you engage your target market in your company's story?

Every business can in one way or another engage their target market into creating a story that includes them, after all that is the point of your business - creating a product or service that fits into the lives of your target market.

How does your product or service fit into your target markets lives? What decisions does your target market make in regards to your business or service?

Utilize your own website or a marketing site like Squidoo to engage your target market in a conversation about your product or service.

Ask clients to leave testimonials and stories about how your product or service has impact their lives. The old way of advertising will have to change to an interactive method to gain more ROI (return on investment) going deeper into the lives of their target market.

Increase the excitement for your product or service by interacting with your audience and encouraging them to interact with you.

Latasia Jewelry is Having a Special - Sign onto the Latasia Team for Less - WAHM, Work at Home Option

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Women Give up So Much and Get so Little - Or Do They? WAHM, Work at Home, or Career Women have Options

I'm torn, I gave up my career to stay home with my kids and feel that I could have been more of a person with a career. Although some men stay home with their kids and most kids are in Daycare, the bulk of one income families are women at home situations. Even when both work it is mostly the woman who takes sick days and finds positions that work around their family. They compromise their success at work because they are unable to put in the extra hours. They don't look for promotions because of the amount of extra time, responsibility and stress would take them away from their kids.

Those that give up work to stay home make the biggest sacrifice of all, or do they. They may end up lower on the corporate ladder and loose the stimulation that work provides but they gain so much too. They get to be with their children when it is most important. They don't have the stresses of a dual income family and they know how to do without. Their kids benefit from the extra attention, love, and time devoted to them. Their spouse benefits from the extra support and reduced demands on his time so he can focus on his career.

If a women chooses to work then she must demand from her spouse that he help out with children, home, and shopping. This can be hard to get if you work from home and your spouse doesn't value your work at home venture. However, the work at home mom and the work out of home mom need spousal support or both work and family will suffer. I know from experience and have ended up burnt out.

Working moms are busy women who are often stressed and need extra support from others to help take care of their kids and their homes. Their spouse needs to step up and take on more responsibility for the kids and the home. If a woman decides to stay home instead then their spouse needs to appreciate all that she is doing to support him and the kids instead of looking after her own career interests. Visa versa if the dad decides to stay home.