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Recession not over yet.

IMF has yesterday declared that worst is over. Economy has revived and all major economies are showing positive growth. But do we all feel that. Do we see the signs of growth around us. Probably not. IMF chief economist hinted that recovery would be painfully and would take years.

Managing projects without project management tools

Every organization, small or medium nowadays relies on some project management tools. Some of these project management tools are quite prohibitively expensive but still organizations fall prey to their promotion and gimmicks. The project management softwares like Primavera, MS-Project and SAP PS2 definitely help in making life much easier for the stakeholders of bigger projects [...]

Wasting time in surfing aimlessly – read this.

How much of our time goes in to social networking? How much of our time we tend to waste aimlessly surfing the web?

Teach to beat recession

Teaching has always been considered a recession proof career. It has been observed over the years that whenever economy is on the upswing the world sees a shortage of qualified teachers . Last few years had also been like that when people all over the world were shunning the teaching profession.

Stay Positive In Troubled Times

In these uncertain times, people are generally resorting to inspirational and motivational literature. This is evident from the brisk sale of inspirational books of famous authors. Psychologists feel that this is probably the right time for introspection and course correction. People should analyze their strengths and weaknesses. And should take some time out to hone [...]

Take advantage of customer references during recessionary times.

A satisfied customer is your best advertising agent.  How many times, have we read this statement? A happy and contented customer brings at least two more new to your door steps through word of mouth publicity.  Potential of customer referrals have never been fully explored.  This probably is the most underutilized promotion tool. 

Recession in China too.

China after double digit growth lasting 7-8 years is now stuttering. Q4, 2008 recorded 6.8% growth. Analysts feel 2009 may be more worrisome. Year may see growth of 5% only. After having witnessed skyrocketing growth, Chinese will find the current slowdown difficult to accept. Nation, many believe is sitting on the precipice of civil unrest [...]

Sit up and dust off your marketing skills during recessionary times.

Recession, no doubt is a bad word. Every organization dreads it. Precisely, because it brings about slowdown in economy, lower production figures, lower sales and a general feeling of helplessness. Many organizations that are unable to withstand the onslaught of recessionary pressures just fold up or get taken over. However sound organizations with established work [...]