Rural Communities

Just look at the big movers on Inc.’s annual survey of the nation’s boomtowns.

IT workers who telecommute share advice for their bosses about the process, technology, and attitudes necessary for staff to be productive when they work from home.

In my travels around the USA, I am increasingly meeting people who are living a more tranquil life in rural America, while maintaining their existing work via telecommunications and video technology. I think that we will see this trend continue to grow as babyboomers either take early retirement or move to locations that they want to live in for quality of life issues.

One thing employers aren’t paying for is IT certifications, Foote said. He added that companies in many cases "are looking at people with industry and customer experience" and who also have some technology skills.

The native-born are leaving "hip" cities for the heartland.

If you’ve ever thought about quitting your mundane, low-paying office job for a cushy position in the lucrative high-tech sector, now might be a good time to do it.

Tech executives are also backing a federal bill moving through the Senate seeking more math and science teachers in poor schools.

This report also assumes that change is needed and wanted; otherwise there is
no need to do a report.

Stress, higher blood pressure can be linked to long drives, researchers find

Economies – national, state, or local – have two principal ways
to grow over the medium and longer term. They can get
bigger by increasing the number of employed workers, or
they can get more productive, increasing the value each
worker produces.