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James O. Armstrong is President of NowWhatJobs.net, Inc., http://www.nowwhatjobs.net, and he serves as the Editor of NowWhatJobs.net. In addition, Jim is the author of "Now What: Discovering Your New Life And Career After 50" and the President of James Armstrong & Associates, Inc., a media representation firm based in Suburban Chicago.

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The Shortage of People for Jobs
There is a tremendous disconnect between what the professionals in the economic development community and the human resources community know about the job situation versus what the typical man or woman in America believes about jobs in our country. Read
By: James O. Armstrong | 21/06/2008 | Career Management
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Trends and Countertrends Examined
From the Heartland of America, economics takes on the familiar face of someone you know, who may have recently lost his/her job. Read
By: James O. Armstrong | 14/06/2008 | Career Management
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Nurse, Turned Flight Instruction School Owner/pilot Extraordinaire
On a recent Sunday afternoon, this writer caught up with a successful woman business owner, whose flight instruction and general aviation business is physically located at John Wayne Airport in Orange County, California. But, how did Evelyn A. Carlson, a Nursing Instructor at St. John College in Cleveland, Ohio ultimately emerge as a partner in a Learn to Fly business on the West Coast and become a pilot extraordinaire. Here's the story. Read
By: James O. Armstrong | 11/04/2008 | Career Management
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University of Texas Professor, Turned Arbitrator-mediator
On a recent Southwest Airlines flight from Dallas to Oklahoma City, I happened to meet someone who is called into the situation only if there is a dispute between a labor union and management that cannot be resolved by the parties themselves. Yes, he belongs to an elite group of men and women in the US, who are called into play only when labor arbitration is required. Read
By: James O. Armstrong | 24/02/2008 | Career Management
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Sheri Tingey, Alaska Entrepreneur Extraordinaire
Today, Sheri Tingey, who is age 60, runs a family business called Alpacka Raft, which has created and built a series of ultra light, packable rafts for use in long distance backpacking and wilderness racing. Read
By: James O. Armstrong | 14/02/2008 | Career Management
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A Shift Will Happen in the Future
No, it hasn't happened yet. But, the process has begun and it will continue as more and more employers of every possible description in America come to understand about the current and coming labor shortage in the United States. Read
By: James O. Armstrong | 28/01/2008 | Career Management