Suggestions for Saving Jobs

What can a business do to save jobs?  What can employees do to keep their jobs?   What is your advice or personal experience?  

Small Business Owners Taking a Chance Despite Economy

From the Metrowest Daily News, this is a story about enterprising Americans are starting businesses in lean times.  Think big, start small.  

How the Recession Made Us Stronger

A terrific story on how a manufacturing company came up with a strategy they refer to as the four Ps: people, positive cash flow, profits and positioning. Jack Stack, founder of and chief executive of SRC Holdings tells the story of how “open-book” management works in bad times. He asks the question: How did your company face the recession? Did it pull together? Or was it pulled apart? Read more from the New York Times “You’re the Boss,” the Art of Running a Small Business.

How One Business is Surviving and Even Thriving by Taking Action Now!

This is a story in response to our posting on the National Federation of Indepent Business board.  It is about a company that isn't sitting back or waiting to shrivel up and blow away... hope that others find as inspiring as I have.

Health care and fiance jobs are on the upswing

On a positive note, Simply Hired health care and finance jobs are on the rise as are teaching, criminal investigator and game warden jobs.

Our recent post on the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB)

Today I posted this piece on the NFIB forum

I ‘m a business owner with thirty employees and there are two things that disturb me about job losses. First, more often we hear about those companies that lay off workers than those who are doing heroic or creative things to save jobs. Second, most of the news is about what the federal government is doing, will do, or is expected to do to save or create jobs.


The federal government should pay down the debt, reduce taxes, keep us safe and stay out of the way of America’s small businesses so we can do what we have always done- make America prosper.

Layoffs occur when business owners are scared. We usually face that lonesome valley alone. If we redirect the focus to saving jobs, then maybe, we can turn the numbers around. The government can’t do it. But we can.

I have started a blog www.capacitytocare.com and Facebook page entitled Capacity to Care. Each day, we scour the news in search of stories of what businesses and employees are doing to survive and even thrive in this down economy. There are a few, but there must be more.

If you have a positive story, please share it with us. If you are like me, we’re tired of hearing about another company that let the ax fall.

9 Tips for taking control of your carrer in face of layoffs

Refreshing! There are many stories about people losing jobs, here is one from Mark Cummuta that I found on CIO focused on how to prevent being laid off.