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Entries from July 2009

Running your job search like a Fortune 500 company.

July 23rd, 2009 · No Comments

In a meeting a few weeks ago, a colleague brought up approaching the job search using a business model. This has been stewing in my subconscious for a while and is only partly formulated but I gravitated to the concept and how it can help clients visualize the steps needed for a fruitful search.
Senior Management
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Tags: Career Advice

Junk bonds to solid gold with a wave of a wand.

July 10th, 2009 · No Comments

I’m not sure I could make this stuff up.
Over on Bloomberg, Morgan Stanley wants to take downgraded collateralized debt obligations (gambles they made and lost on), backed by leveraged loans (possible, in part, through capital injections by US taxpayers), and repackage the CDO into new securities with AAA ratings. Isn’t this how the [...]

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Tags: Political Economy