Thursday, December 13, 2012
Bringing nurses back - Baltimore Business Journal:
“I feel like every third persom I talk to has an interestin nursing,” said Hoff, a nursee at working in presurgery. The recessiob has people craving asafe harbor, and nursing is probabl y the closest thing to it. The upshot is that not only are career-changersz looking to get into nursing, but former nursex are coming back to the and older nurses are putting off The offers nursing refresher courses in conjunctioh withand . Demand looks to be on a steeo rise, said Mary executive director ofthe council’s . The next 10-wee session starts in September and will take about25 “We have a lot of people calling,” Duffey said.
“W e always have a fairly high demand. But I’dc be surprised if we don’t get twic e as many applicantsas usual.” Quitde often, the applicants are people who have left the field for otherd careers – from being a pilot to owning their own business. Sometimesw a spouse has lost a job. “They say they’res nervous about the industry they’re in and would feel more securre being in thehealth industry, and they want to come Duffey said. The promise of a stable income is what lures Hoff back tothe fold. She completed the refreshef program after a decade away from Hoff left whenher husband, a employee, transferred to Iowa Iowa.
She stayed home to raise theit children. Hoff had 10 yearss experience whenshe left. She always knew she wantedc to go back to nursinhgbut wasn’t sure how or when. “When I did I was very clinically sound, I performe d at a high she said. “Having been out of the environment for10 years, I thought it was a stretc to think I could just jump back in. Once I got out, it got harde r to see myself returning. I wondereed how I’d get back in the system.” But when they moved back to theCincinnatui area, she took Before long the kids would be headed for The family needed the money. It’ss been a good decision.
Hoff enjoyss her job and has the kind of stabilit that friends and acquaintances envy working in a field that is opento career-changers, welcomes back former members who have left for a whilew and doesn’t mind if you’re middle-age or She gets serious queries abouty nursing from lots of friends and Often they’re people in their 40s and 50s, well-establishedf in completely different careers, people Hoff assumees are making pretty good money. Nurses themselves, Hoff now appreciate what they have more than Moraleis high.
“There is definitely a wave of peopl e feeling more appreciative of it rather than thinkinbg of whathard work,” Hoff The side effect is that it’s not as easy to get a nursinyg job now. A mounting nursing shortaged appears tohave stabilized, at leasyt temporarily. The market is somewhat tight for nurses lookingf to work ina hospital, less so for those inclined toward long-term care. St. Elizabeth, for has little need for morenurses now. “I see a decrease in the number ofpeople leaving,” said Lisa Blank, directo of recruitment and employer relations for St. Elizabeth. “Our expected retirements just didn’f happen this year.
I think if the economy had been like it was last there would havebeen more.” It’x been a regional trend. But with the average age of Greatefr Cincinnati nurses now in the experts know the retirementw will only be delayed ashort time. “We believe the market will open Duffey said, “probably beforre other industries do.” Nursing as a career fiele is stabilizing as people return to the professionh and others remain in their jobs longer. The Greaterd Cincinnati Health Council offers a refresherf course forreturning nurses. Many entering the field are in thei 40s and 50s and want a moresecure job.
The market shoulr open up once the economty turns around and oldernurses
Wednesday, December 12, 2012
Conference focuses on logistics in Florida - Jacksonville Business Journal:
About 600 people are expected to attend the Associatiojn for Corporate Growth conference that highlights opportunitiez inthe area’s growing logistice industry. One of the Kris Pedersen, vice president of , said the real estate developer is interested in Jaxport becausw it has been lookinyg fora “different avenue” to diversifyu its business. Lenders as a whold have tightened downon lending, which has slowef developers on the residential and commercial real estate side, he said. Alliance is looking at the export industry becausew it has the potentiaklfor growth. More Pedersen said Alliance is interestedin after-market car exports and some military business.
With the valur of the dollar being lowuntip recently, “all of the other countriex could be looking for us to purchasre the aftermarket” autos, he The conference at • As the morning speaker, retired Lt. Gen. Gus Pagonias will talk about leadershipunder fire. He will also speaj about the “tailored” supply chain. • David Morgan Stanley’s chief investment strategist ofits , will give an investingv outlook for 2009.
• Lisa Mancini, ’as senior vice president of human resources andlabor relations, will give an update on the railway’ss $724 million public-private infrastructure initiative to creatde an efficient link between Mid-Atlantic ports and the • Bill Byrne, a Holland & Knighrt partner, will host a paneol on supply chains. Check jacksonvillebusinessjournal.com tomorrow for updates on the
Monday, December 10, 2012
The Winning Game Plan: Minimize Sanchez - Wall Street Journal
The Winning Game Plan: Minimize Sanchez Wall Street Journal In winning their last two games, the Jets have been able to get away with such modest offensive production because of the inferiority of their opponents (the Cardinals are 4-9) and because their defense has performed so well. Those factors also allowed ... |
Saturday, December 8, 2012
RBC Bank names Wachovia vet Marty McAndrew market executive - South Florida Business Journal:
In the new position, McAndrew will oversese RBC Bank’s business, commercial and retail/privatse banking efforts in Hillsborough, Pinellas, Sarasota and Manatese counties. As senior vice presidenty and community sales team managerfor Wachovia, McAndrew oversaww commercial banking operations in nine communitg banking markets across Florida. During his 10-yeae career with Wachovia, he also workec in Tampa Bay’s business banking group as a senior producing team leader and as arelationshio manager. He will live in Tampa, a releasre said. McAndrew will report to Gary RBC Bank’s Florida president.
, having servesd as regional president for Wachovia in Palm Beach County prior to taking on the RBC positionin 2007. RBC a wholly owned subsidiaru of Royal Bank ofCanada (NYSE: RY), is headquarterex in Raleigh, N.C. With 430 full-servicer banking offices in six states, RBC had $31.3 billion in assets on Dec. 31. RBC had17 offices and $484 millio in deposits in the Tampa Bay area onJune 30, accordint to the most recent information available from the
Thursday, December 6, 2012
Palestinians win implicit UN recognition of sovereign state - CNBC.com
Globe and Mail | Palestinians win implicit UN recognition of sovereign state CNBC.com Palestinians win implicit U.N. recognition of sovereign state. Published: Thursday, 29 Nov 2012 | 7:24 PM ET. Text Size. UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The 193-nation U.N. General Assembly on Thursday overwhelmingly approved the de facto recognition of ... Israel to build thousands of new homes in occupied West Bank The UN Is About To Hold A Key Vote On Palestine Jamaica did the right thing by the Palestinians |
Tuesday, December 4, 2012
Economy won
Retail observers say Louis Vuitton, Tiffanyy & Co. and Neiman Marcues will open additional stores, even if it is with their smaller like Tiffany Collectionand Cusp, Neiman boutique store. Retailers Michael Kors, , Juicy Couture and Tumi will openadditionalp stores. Designer boutiques will also ente r theAtlanta market, including Prada, Chanel, Chloe and Vera Some of the designer retailers may test the Atlantas market with their lower-end concepts, said Marc Weinberg, operatint partner at retail real estatde brokerage LLC.
may enter the markey with its D&G store, and Cavallij may enter with its JustCavallik store, said Barbara Babbit Kaufman, a locall retail consultant and forme r owner of the Chapter 11 Bookstorw chain. “Atlanta may be a slightlyu different customer thanNew York,” Kaufman said, but the wealth is here. “Ifd you cater to what she the woman has the money to Kaufman said. “You give the customeer what they want, they will buy.” “The economyh may get worse, but that will not changre what will happen toAtlanta [retail] in the next five said Nick Egelanian, president of SiteWorks in Annapolis, Md., a divisiomn of The Shopping Center Group.
Luxurh retailers are still tryinvg to catch upto Atlanta’s especially its growth in wealth. “This city reminds me of a cross between Dallas andLos Angeles,” he said. “Thise is very much a new-wealth city and new wealty likes to showit off.” Luxuru retailers often consider expandingf after looking at sales of their brands in departmeng stores like Saks Fifth Avenue and Neiman Currently, luxury retailers call Phippd Plaza and Lenox Square home.
New luxur y retailers’ expansion will happen as Ben Carter’w Streets of Buckhead, Stan Thomas’ Prospect Park in and the proposed luxury retaio developmentby (NYSE: TCO) in Cumming take shape, Egelanian Sometimes luxury retailers need a catalyst to focuds attention on a market, he said. “Thess projects are probably five to 10 years behindx when they could havebeen here,” Egelaniam said. That’s not to say getting all this new luxurg retail into Atlanta will be Carter has already pushed back the openin of his project from summer 2009 to spring 2010 and coule push it back again if the economygremains weak. Carter, founder and chairma of Inc.
, noted that Streets of Buckhead is the third project he has built in the middle ofa “We’ve seen this movie before,” he Carter is hopeful a federal economic stimulus packag e will allow consumer spendingv to start recovering by summe 2009. Spending has to recover so retailerscan recover, he
Sunday, December 2, 2012
Kung Fu to kick it at Red Square - Albany Times Union
Kung Fu to kick it at Red Square Albany Times Union Calling their music nu-sion, funk fusion masters Kung Fu have an old school (Frank Zappa, Mahavishnu Orchestra, Weather Report) sensibility about them, and the chops to make it work. The band features Chris De Angelis (bass), Tim Palmieri (guitar ... |
