Scores of high-ranking corporate executives are considering starting or buying a business, creating an historic opportunity for franchise companies looking for new talent.
C-suite interest in career alternatives also is boosting demand for companies that counsel senior-level personnel, and FranNet has teamed up with another premier North American provider to give them individualized attention.
FranNet, a network of regional franchise consultants, and ExecuNet, a network of corporate leaders, have joined forces to provide seamless service to top executives looking for a change. They’ll have plenty of work: ExecuNet’s 2011 Executive Job Market Intelligence Report found 32 percent of high-ranking executives are thinking about buying or starting a business or consulting practice. The Get more info…
How many of you have been turned town for a job, told that youre overqualified?
I find that many of you get so frustrated by this answer, because something isnt being communicated either the employer doesnt get that you really want to take a step down (for some good reasons), or because you dont believe that overqualified is the true reason youve been turned down.
Employers are partially to blame for this, using overqualified in a similar way that teenagers say its not you, its me, using passive-aggressive communication to avoid an uncomfortable situation but masking the true reasons.
If youre sick of hearing this, I like some of the tactics that Robin Ryan suggests in this article, published a few years back in TheLadders:
How To Handle Youre Overqualified In Interviews
What should you do if your qualifications outstrip the job?
By Robin Ryan
It seems I continually hear this complaint,They arent hiring me because Im overqualified.
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Aviation maintenance company, Midair USA, created more than 200 maintenance jobs at its operation in Upstate New York in the last year alone.
The company has seen a major rise in the amount of work being sent to the its Rome, NY operation, after local management made the request to Swiss parent company Midair SA. General Manager, Paul Staskowski, said there were many reason’s why the region was experiencing such growth, including abundant staffing options and appropriate economic conditions.
“Our focus is to bring as many jobs as possible to the area,” he said. Get more info…
Through a series of regulatory reforms, Seattle Mayor Mike McGinn and City Council President Richard Conlin said today they are working to boost job creation in the trade and construction industries.
The majority of the reforms are a loosening of rules that were called outdated and an obstacle to development.
For example some parking codes near transit centers will be removed. A rule that requires street-level retail outside business districts is also being relaxed, along with a rule against small commercial uses in multi-family zones.
According to the SeattlePi.com, a code requiring retail spaces outside business districts had created stretches of vacant storefronts throughout the city.
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FranNet of Canada reports increased franchise openings thanks to small business loans
Even in an industry with no shortage of success stories, Canada is a franchising superstar.
One key reason: new franchisees have been able to secure start-up funding from banks and other lending institutions. It presents a stunning contrast to the situation in the United States, where credit and lending has remained one of the primary roadblocks since the Great Recession of 2008-2010.
Gary Prenevost, FranNet of Toronto Consultant
“Our recession was not severe,” says Gary Prenevost, of FranNet of Toronto, “We didn’t have the same level of job loss and the housing market held its own or increased. There w
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