John Challenger Quotes on Work & Career (6 Quotes)

As people move around in their careers, they look for new opportunities where they can manage people. Sometimes building more structure into a company, like Microsoft has, can give employees more room to grow.

The world is not the same as it used to be. Companies pay for skills in an era where brains are more important than brawn, and the forces of automation, globalization, deregulation and competition have changed what this kind of work is worth in the world.

There are zillions of conversations during work time that take place during these three weeks, ... The length of time of the tournament is one of the things that makes this unique among major American sporting events. But the tournament has become like the Super Bowl, something that everyone watches or talks about, even the non-sports fans. The 1.4 billion estimate may be conservative.

It is no wonder that workplace dating is taking off, with more than 28 million young people, some of whom spend more time together in the office than they do outside of work. Employers almost have no choice but to permit interoffice dating,

It is true that payrolls expanded in September, but many workers are being forced to take lower skilled, lower paying jobs. In some cases, workers are earning 43 percent less in each paycheck. More people are working part-time jobs. Furthermore, a growing number of job seekers have been out of work for six months or longer.

Unemployment has dropped to the 5 level, turning this into a sellers' market. People are more in demand, and companies are having a hard time finding people. If someone decides to go out on their own and it doesn't work, they can go back to another job. They aren't going out on their own in the middle of a period where the economy is in tatters.