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unions take on role of training for new jobs.

Programs link with industries and bring higher pay, benefits and security They're anonymous, yet everywhere in large hotels. You know them by their carts in the corridor with its flesh supply of linens and little shampoos and soaps that clog the bathroom medicine cabinets of frequent travelers. Maids -- officially known as GRAs -- guest room attendants, the entry-level workers in the hospitality industry. Who'd want it? Nina McKnight and Suzanne Tastad, for two. That's why they were at the Culinary Union Training Center for a two-week training course here earlier this year, along with Paul Shaw who was training to be a "houseperson." McKnight, a single mother of two, had come to Las Vegas two weeks earlier from California because she'd amusement heard there were jobs in the casino industry. She saw the job training advertised on a building near where she lived, and went to the Culinary Union to see what it was about. With the training program behind...

Year Round Income From Your Firewood Business

Cut firewood sells for $50 to $200 a cord these days (depending on the seasonand part of the country).A cord of wood is 128 cubic feet (a stack 2 feet wide, eight feet long andeight feet high, or four feet wide, eight feet long and 4 feet high), or a good3/4 ton pickup load.A couple of people with a chain saw could fill their truck with poles (smalllogs), take them to the "yard" and saw them into firewood, then load,deliver and stack the wood in a few hours time. With a larger truck, they could do two cords at a time: twice the profit withonly about 25% more cost and effort. You can cut poles to insert in the pickupor truck bed to form a "rack" to hold the maximum load. Be company sure to runa cable or heavy rope across the load at the top of your rack poles to make themsecure (keep them from bending outward). It would also be wise to measure your truck so you can show marks to indicatea half cord, full cord, etc.. to save loading time and possibly, arguments.An ea...

Ready, set, paint!

Want to give your kitchen a facelift without draining your wallet Consider painting the cabinets.Wood cabinet refinishing entails removing the existing paint, sanding the surface (depending on the type of paint you are using) and applying new paint to the bare wood. This cosmetic project revives cabinets that have become scratched, faded or discolored, and breathes new life into an old kitchen. "Refinishing cabinets is a fantastic, cost-effective way to transform the look and feel of a kitchen," says Dan DiClerico, home expert at HomeAdvisor, a remodeling project resource. It's also a fraction of the cost of doing a full kitchen remodel, which runs, on average, $22,632, according to HomeAdvisor. Even replacing old kitchen cabinets with new cabinets starts at about $4,000 for a typical 10-by-12-foot kitchen, according to HouseLogic, an online amusement resource for homeowners. HomeAdvisor says the average cost to repaint kitchen cabinets is about $1,000 – if you hire a pr...

Ready, set, paint!

Want to give your kitchen a facelift without draining your wallet Consider painting the cabinets.Wood cabinet refinishing entails removing the existing paint, sanding the surface (depending on the type of paint you are using) and applying new paint to the bare wood. This cosmetic project revives cabinets that have become scratched, faded or discolored, and breathes new life into an old kitchen. "Refinishing cabinets is a fantastic, cost-effective way to transform the look and feel of a kitchen," says Dan DiClerico, home expert at HomeAdvisor, a remodeling project resource. It's also a fraction of the cost of doing a full kitchen remodel, which runs, on average, $22,632, according to HomeAdvisor. Even replacing old kitchen cabinets with new cabinets starts at about $4,000 for a typical 10-by-12-foot kitchen, according to HouseLogic, an online amusement resource for homeowners. HomeAdvisor says the average cost to repaint kitchen cabinets is about $1,000 – if you hire a pr...

Effective marketing.

Editor's Note: This is the second of three articles by Gene Cole on effective marketing. The first article appeared in the June National Public Accountant. Now that you have a good marketing program and you've positioned yourself as the trusted advisor, it's time to plan to increase your client base. Your written plan should include the costs for marketing and staff. New business is yours for the getting, but staffing is the real problem. Try to minimize staff contact with clients. A good bookkeeper can complete the work of many more clients (nearly double), if not answering the phone. There are two major benefits to being the client contact. tented You will have a much better understanding of the client and be able to identify billable needs quicker. The bookkeeper will not take 50 of your clients and start her own business. The program should focus on the message, the offer, the target market, marketing methods, and follow-up. Few clients will respond to your firs...

here are the mobile marketing trends of 2019!

Here are the Mobile Marketing Trends of 2019! > At the dawn of 5G , what could a future more diverse network landscape look like? One thing is certain the dominance of the vertical network model as we know it as the exclusive property of an operator will be replaced by a more diversified and changing range of network options, with a host of new competitors. Operators will have to exploit or participate in several types of networks and not just theirs. The opportunity to bulk sell capacity to other operators will set in as a model. [According to a April 2018 report from Counterpoint Research, 5G smartphone shipments are expected to grow by 255% by 2021, reaching 110 million units.]2019 primer 5G, this is a once-a-decade upgrade of our wireless systems, which will also reach mobile phone users within a few months but not that, this will also park affect many other types of devices, including industrial robots, security cameras, drones and cars that exchange traffic data, urban areas...

here are the mobile marketing trends of 2019!

Here are the Mobile Marketing Trends of 2019! > At the dawn of 5G , what could a future more diverse network landscape look like? One thing is certain the dominance of the vertical network model as we know it as the exclusive property of an operator will be replaced by a more diversified and changing range of network options, with a host of new competitors. Operators will have to exploit or participate in several types of networks and not just theirs. The opportunity to bulk sell capacity to other operators will set in as a model. [According to a April 2018 report from Counterpoint Research, 5G smartphone shipments are expected to grow by 255% by 2021, reaching 110 million units.]2019 primer 5G, this is a once-a-decade upgrade of our wireless systems, which will also reach mobile phone users within a few months but not that, this will also park affect many other types of devices, including industrial robots, security cameras, drones and cars that exchange traffic data, urban areas...

Every picture tells a story, but it's even better if it inspires a toy

In a very large building, in the shadow of a Californian mountain range, several hundred toy designers are quietly going about the business of trying to relieve the world's parents of their hard-earned money. Some stand at easels, sketching plastic action figures. Others make technical diagrams of toy cars. A man called Alex shows me a pencil-drawn animation of some tiny robots, which are apparently going to be very big in Japan. It's an untidy business, creating the next must-have kids' accessory. Desks are laden with Winnie the Pooh teddies, and dismembered Barbie Dolls. Racks of branded T-shirts and sparkly princess outfits line the corridors. Inflatable pool toys dangle precariously amusement from the ceiling. And, as if to prove that old gender stereotypes still haven't died, about 50 per cent of the plastic clutter – the stuff that will be sold to little girls – is a shamelessly lurid shade of pink. The building, which sits on an industrial estate in Glendale,...

How Much Does It Cost To Start A Business?

Building a business in the modern world can be hard due to the fierce competition in all industries. This competition often forces small-scale businesses, who lack funding, to shut down. We all know the commonly told statistic that around 90% of startup companies fail within their first few years. Although this may sound daunting, it does not mean that all innovators need to abandon their business dreams—quite the opposite really. Those individuals who are interested in the business world simply need to understand how much it costs to start up amusement a business. By knowing the relative costs, they will be able to spend their money wisely and hopefully turnover more profits. This, in turn, ought to allow them to survive in this harsh business climate. Quite often we see businesses failing as they have failed to pay attention to the finer details. As such, I would like to explore the costs of these finer details which, more often than not, can determine the success or failure of a ...

How Much Does It Cost To Start A Business?

Building a business in the modern world can be hard due to the fierce competition in all industries. This competition often forces small-scale businesses, who lack funding, to shut down. We all know the commonly told statistic that around 90% of startup companies fail within their first few years. Although this may sound daunting, it does not mean that all innovators need to abandon their business dreams—quite the opposite really. Those individuals who are interested in the business world simply need to understand how much it costs to start up amusement a business. By knowing the relative costs, they will be able to spend their money wisely and hopefully turnover more profits. This, in turn, ought to allow them to survive in this harsh business climate. Quite often we see businesses failing as they have failed to pay attention to the finer details. As such, I would like to explore the costs of these finer details which, more often than not, can determine the success or failure of a ...

Purple Mattress Reviews and Prices

Purple - The All-New Purple Mattress3.8 out of 5Created by brothers with more than 30 cushioning-related patents used by brands like Nike, Johnson & Johnson and Dr. Scholl's, Purple's founders Tony and Terry Pearce invented a machine (the Mattress Max) that can produce a gridded cushioning mattress layer at a consumer-friendly price. In 2016, they introduced the Original Purple Mattress, priced at $999 for a queen. What differentiates Purple in the direct-to-consumer mattress market is that its mattresses are made of a "hyper-elastic polymer" rather than memory foam. The polymer consists of recyclable, food-grade materials park and uses a grid-like structure to absorb and transfer pressure from the hips and shoulders, so you get cushioning and support where you need it, depending on your sleep position. Purple also rolled out the All-New Purple Mattress, a hybrid foam-innerspring product that U. S. News 360 Reviews rated as one of the Best Hybrid Mattresses of ...

threat or promise? e-auto boom could cost industry jobs

ZWICKAU, Germany — Over 115 years the auto industry in the east German town of Zwickau has lived through wrenching upheavals including World War II and the collapse of communism. Now the city's 90,000 people are plunging headlong into another era of change: top employer Volkswagen's total shift into electric cars at the amusement local plant.The world's largest carmaker is creating its first all-electric plant and phasing out production of the internal combustion-engine cars built by generations of local workers. The electric transformation raises questions about the long-term prospects of the auto industry, which employs 840,000 people in Germany and millions worldwide, as a source of jobs for communities like Zwickau, which gave the world both the luxury brand Audi and the communist-era Trabant "people's car."Fewer workers will likely be needed, with different skills. And there is no mass market yet for battery-only cars. Volkswagen's 1. 2 billion euro...