Would love to hear what everyone does for their lunch during the work week.  Do you bring lunch, eat out everyday, etc.?

I eat out everyday but always bring water and an afternoon snack from home.  Not the cheapest means of eating but there are more options of eating healthier out there right now than in the past. 

Have you tried any of Wendy’s new salads?  I have had the Chicken Pecan salad and it’s wonderful. Here is a good interview with their CMO on the new offerings:

http://www.brandweek.com/bw/content_display/news-and-features/direct/e3i6567e0690f03e5931c86832ada7a3cef

Have a super day!

- Greg

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I would love to add more and more to this blog and get mor discussion going.  But time is limited so I am writing to ask for some assistance. If there is anyone out there that would want to contribute to the Corridor Careers blog as a guest job seeker/human resource representative, shoot me an email at:

greg.schafer@gazcomm.com

Have a super Monday!

THE GAZETTE’S EDITORIAL – July 9, 2010

Congress did not extend unemployment benefits for the 1.2 million Americans who ran out of that temporary assistance at the end of June.

We think that was a mistake.

At the same time, Congress must refrain from indulging calls for additional major stimulus spending. Its focus should be on helping – or at least allowing – businesses, especially small and medium employers – to grow and create the jobs that our economy and people badly need.

Our still-fragile recovery from the deep recession that began in late 2007 certainly is a difficult balancing act between stimulus spending and too much debt. Pulling the plug too soon on jobless benefits when the jobless rate is still running at nearly 10 percent could well be counterproductive. Such public assistance is a basic safety net and quickly spent into the economy.

Thelatestproposal would have added about $33 billion to the budget deficit over 10 years, according to the Congressional Budget Office. That’s serious money but pales in comparison to the hundreds of billions in previously approved stimulus money still in the pipeline.

We are leery of another round of extensive deficit spending.

The national debt is more than $13 trillion and is projected to top 90 percent of our gross domestic product – GDP, what we produce in goods and services – for fiscal 2011. That’s the highest level in history other than the end of World War II.

Our colossal debt today has raised fears of hyperinflation or deflation. A growing number of economists also are warning of a double-dip: The current recovery will be followed by another major recession in 2011. Europe’s and other countries’ debt problems, the $1 trillion U.S. indebtedness to China, the threat of higher tax rates and a continued tight lending environment are seen as recovery obstacles.

All of this debt and fear shakes our collective confidence. American businesses are hoarding more cash than any time in the past 40 years. In the second quarter, the 500 largest non-financial U.S. companies held back nearly 10 percent of their assets, according to a Wall Street Journal analysis. The trend appears to have increased in the third quarter.

Jacking up tax rates and more and more deficit spending won’t get us to long-term recovery. Many Americans need a job that pays their bills and allows some discretionary spending.

Most new jobs are produced by small and medium-size businesses. They can’t create those jobs if they’re being choked by higher taxes and overregulation.

Triggering the private sector to invest more in expansion and job creation is critical. It would generate more tax revenue. And if Congress becomes more fiscally responsible, it could put us back on track to shrinking the onerous debt that threatens to shackle our economy and people for decades.

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How many out there play video games?  Does it hinder your productivity at home or work?  I have been contemplating purchasing a new system but this report doesn’t persuade me:

Study: Videogames, TV Lead to Attention Problems

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Hope everyone had a wonderful holiday weekend.  While sitting out on the deck last night watching the fireworks, thought about my father and how he enjoyed going to different fireworks shows around Eastern Iowa.  I also thought despite his shortcomings, my father was great inspiration for me when it comes to working hard and always being on time.

Who is your inspiration?

Have a super day!

-Greg

http://www.leadershipnow.com/leadershop/specials.html

Have a terrific holiday weekend everyone!

- Greg

Posted on Jun 30, 2010 by David DeWitte.

Many unemployed Iowans are taking money from their retirement savings and struggling with stress because they have been out of work for so long, a new survey indicates.

Iowa Workforce Development said 76 percent of unemployed Iowans in a recent survey said they’d been without a job for over half a year.

More than 70 percent of survey respondents utilized retirement savings as living expenses and 77 percent reported high levels of stress over long periods of time.

The survey was conducted in cooperation with Iowa State University.

“The results demonstrate the overwhelming need for services designed to assist unemployed Iowans and the need for an extension of the federal extended unemployment insurance benefits,” Iowa Workforce Development Director Elisabeth Buck said.

“During the height of Iowa’s recession, over 8,000 individuals were filing initial claims for unemployment benefits, more than double of typical filings

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