| If you're like most people, then you want job | | | | or use non-union, lower paid, or part time workers |
| security. That steady paycheck and ability to count | | | | here. And, because major employers tend to be very |
| on income in the future helps you sleep at night | | | | large multi-national companies, it is easy for them to |
| knowing that the bills are going to be paid. But long | | | | play musical chairs with jobs among different |
| term reliable employment is getting harder to come | | | | countries. |
| by. Job security, once taken for granted as a part of | | | | This logically leaves you asking: "What can I do to be |
| American life, is declining, and in recent years job | | | | financially secure?" |
| markets have continued to shift under people's feet. | | | | As the above statistics show, looking to the job |
| Your seniority at a job won't protect you from job | | | | market is not going to get you what it used to in the |
| cuts. | | | | past. You'll need to take charge of your future and |
| Seniority can actually hurt you because older workers | | | | start making your own secure income. When you are |
| tend to be paid more and companies have many | | | | the boss, there is no one to lay you off or cut your |
| creative ways of removing older workers from their | | | | hours. Fortunately, there is an exciting home business |
| ranks. The "golden handshake" is the nicest way of | | | | opportunity that offers you a way to create your |
| losing a job, but sometimes a company will just close | | | | own safety net. |
| an office or plant that has an older workforce and | | | | Security and financial success can finally be in your |
| that's the end of it. | | | | hands - not someone else's. |
| You may not enjoy thinking about these | | | | Yes, it is tempting to keep putting all of your eggs |
| uncertainties, but deep down you know that you | | | | into one basket and believing that your good job will |
| need a plan for maintaining your income in the future | | | | last - or believing that you will find a good job for |
| instead just relying on companies to employ you. | | | | years to come. You hear about job growth and new |
| Expecting to find a well-paying job that will be there | | | | jobs, but they are not the same jobs that are being |
| for you until retirement is just not a realistic idea | | | | lost. The new jobs are lumped into the category |
| anymore. | | | | "service industry" - that means working in sectors like |
| Manufacturing jobs that used to be the pillar of | | | | retail or customer service. These service industry |
| well-paid secure employment are disappearing. The | | | | jobs are notoriously unreliable in the amount of hours |
| headlines always tell the same story. For example, | | | | given and they pay less than the old manufacturing |
| Ford Motor Company, whose founder Henry Ford | | | | jobs. |
| made sure his workers earned enough to actually | | | | White collar workers are feeling the pinch too. The |
| buy one of his cars, has started massive job cuts. | | | | stereotypical laid-off steel worker has a lot of |
| In the coming years, Ford will shut down 14 factories | | | | company these days. In 2002, the technology sector |
| in North America and it has already started laying off | | | | dumped 150,000 jobs in the software sector. And |
| workers. It plans to shed 25,000 to 30,000 jobs | | | | computer chip maker Intel just announced in |
| before it's done. These shocking job cuts include | | | | September 2006 that it will be cutting over 10,000 |
| white collar workers as well. | | | | jobs in the next few months. |
| Overall, in the years from 2000 to 2003, the United | | | | These technology jobs have been touted by |
| States lost almost 3 million manufacturing jobs | | | | politicians as the future for the American worker, but |
| according to the Economic Policy Institute. There is | | | | it is not a secure future. Those secure jobs from a |
| no sign that this trend is going to change. | | | | bygone era when you could count on a company |
| You can also be leery of getting one of those "good | | | | being around and taking care of you just are not |
| union jobs." | | | | reality anymore. This means that you have to start |
| Tied in with the crumbling of manufacturing is the | | | | looking out for number one because no one else will. |
| decline of union membership. Compared to 1945 | | | | Your first step toward security is getting information |
| when nearly one third of Americans were union | | | | about starting your own home based business. |
| members, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that | | | | America might be hard on workers, but it loves |
| only 12.5% of wage and salary workers were in | | | | business! |
| unions in 2005. Unions that used to command high | | | | Internet access and a telephone are all that you will |
| wages and protect jobs are fast becoming a thing of | | | | need to build a successful business, and our team of |
| the past. | | | | trained professionals will educate you and help guide |
| Then there is "offshore outsourcing" in which your | | | | you down the path to success. It is amazing to think |
| job can be transferred to someone in India or Mexico | | | | that you can so easily change an uncertain future, |
| who will make 15% of what you earn. Outsourcing | | | | and begin to look forward to the lifestyle you always |
| doesn't just happen to factory workers whose plant | | | | hoped for. |
| is moved overseas. It happens to software | | | | It is time to stop worrying how you are going to |
| developers and it happens to administrative support | | | | afford to live the rest of your life, and instead, take |
| jobs and to medical service jobs. | | | | the first step towards securing your financial future. |
| Why does this happen? The greatest factor | | | | If you are ready to learn how you can begin to |
| motivating employers to scale back on secure | | | | generate a substantial income right away that can |
| employment is cost. Companies want to make | | | | continue to provide for you and your family, then |
| money, and well-paid full time employees in America | | | | you are at the right place. You deserve the security |
| aren't cheap. That is why companies look for ways | | | | and success. |
| to switch to lower cost employees in other countries | | | | |