Category: employment

The most important job

May 9, 2012 | 3 comments

I overheard a man complaining about all the “crappy jobs” he had held over the years.  While he was grumbling on like an iPod song stuck on repeat, I recalled a few unpleasant jobs I had to endure. Like on

Demonstrating enjoyable employment

June 3, 2011 | 5 comments

So, what are your thoughts employed with today? That’s a question that came out of my mouth to an individual looking for a job recently. Employment is often thought of in an economic way, as a paycheck producing position that

A man who found his calling

September 21, 2010 | 10 comments

Last week, my wife and I went to an open house at our son’s high school. We walked through our son’s schedule, spending 10 minutes in each of his classrooms listening to the teacher tell us about the year ahead

Finding employment for our teen

September 17, 2010 | 5 comments

Last winter, my wife and I told our son Tyler that he needed to find a job for the summer. He’s 16 now, going on 17, and it seemed best that he develop a work ethic, demonstrate responsibility and earn money

Supply and employment

May 17, 2010 | 2 comments

So which comes first, supply or employment? For those who have to work for a living, there’s a tendency to believe that a job is required first before supply is available to meet needs. But I’d like to push back