Entrepreneur Gets Lesson in Strategy 101
BlackEnterprise.com talked with entrepreneur TenishaPercel about how she started her two businesses and what lessons she learned when one of them became too much to handle.
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Recession-Proof Healthcare Jobs
The number of employees on company payrolls continues to decline in most industries. But in healthcare, the situation is different. Although 216,000 jobs disappeared from the overall economy in August, the healthcare industry added 28,000 positions. There are 544,000 more healthcare jobs now than there were at the December 2007 start of the recession.
Private Lenders Up in Arms Over Student Loan Bill
While private lenders may lose a portion of funds from the federally backed loans in the form of subsidies, it’s absurd to say they’ll be completely knocked out of the industry.
Could this Be a Good Year for New Graduates?
For nearly a year, Alex Easley, 22, researched, pursued, and interviewed with companies such as Google, American Express, and Johnson & Johnson, hoping to have a job lined up after his graduation from Morehouse College this past May. He didn’t.
Save Money on Healthcare Costs
In May and June of this year, Alisa Toney took her 22-month-old daughter, Camille, to an urgent care facility to treat the toddler’s recurrent ear infections. With each visit costing $100, Toney’s household budget might have been strained. However, Toney, 42, is a leadership gifts officer at Spelman College, which provides a Flexible Spending Account that allows her to pay for Camille’s visits with a prepaid Pay Flex MasterCard.