New York Times created a cool calculator to see unemployment rate in the US based on Demographics.
It is quite clear that the lower the education level and the age – the unemployment rate goes up…
I would wish I had the same calculator in other countries as well
My dear friend Amiram quoted in his post Paulo Coelho. I agree with every single word. Here is the original post:
“I did not write the following, but I could have. Somehow, it is easier to read it when someone else experiences a loss. I do recommend for everyone to read it though, as nobody knows when such a comforting passage will be in need. One always has to know when a stage comes to an end. If we insist on staying longer than the necessary time, we lose the happiness and the meaning of the other stages we have to go through. Closing cycles, shutting doors, ending chapters – whatever name we give it, what matters is to leave in the past the moments of life that have finished. Did you lose your job? Has a loving relationship come to an end? Did you leave your parents’ house? Gone to live abroad? Has a long-lasting friendship ended all of a sudden? You can spend a long time wondering why this has happened. You can tell yourself you won’t take another step until you find out why certain things that were so important and so solid in your life have turned into dust, just like that. But such an attitude will be awfully stressing for everyone involved: your parents, your husband or wife, your friends, your children, your sister, everyone will be finishing chapters, turning over new leaves, getting on with life, and they will all feel bad seeing you at a standstill. None of us can be in the present and the past at the same time, not even when we try to understand the things that happen to us. What has passed will not return: we cannot for ever be children, late adolescents, sons that feel guilt or rancor towards our parents, lovers who day and night relive an affair with someone who has gone away and has not the least intention of coming back. Things pass, and the best we can do is to let them really go away. That is why it is so important (however painful it may be!) to destroy souvenirs, move, give lots of things away to orphanages, sell or donate the books you have at home. Everything in this visible world is a manifestation of the invisible world, of what is going on in our hearts – and getting rid of certain memories also means making some room for other memories to take their place. Let things go. Release them. Detach yourself from them. Nobody plays this life with marked cards, so sometimes we win and sometimes we lose. Do not expect anything in return, do not expect your efforts to be appreciated, your genius to be discovered, your love to be understood. Stop turning on your emotional television to watch the same program over and over again, the one that shows how much you suffered from a certain loss: that is only poisoning you, nothing else. Nothing is more dangerous than not accepting love relationships that are broken off, work that is promised but there is no starting date, decisions that are always put off waiting for the “ideal moment.” Before a new chapter is begun, the old one has to be finished: tell yourself that what has passed will never come back. Remember that there was a time when you could live without that thing or that person – nothing is irreplaceable, a habit is not a need. This may sound so obvious, it may even be difficult, but it is very important. Closing cycles. Not because of pride, incapacity or arrogance, but simply because that no longer fits your life. Shut the door, change the record, clean the house, shake off the dust. Stop being who you were, and change into who you are.”
Last Saturday I did one of the things that I don’t like very much – sorting out my paper files. We return in 10 days to Israel and the moving company will arrive tomorrow. To my great surprise I actually enjoyed the process and it was not the chore I thought it would be. I found myself reading documents that were written 3 years ago about business plans and ideas that went through my mind at the time and checking back on them with 20/20 hindsight was quite exciting. It reminded me of browsing pictures from my youth, or from my 7 month trip to South America. We’ve spent 4 years in Beijing. The experience has been amazing and I’ve enjoyed almost every minute of my “China” experience. It’s hard to describe how many different new things we have experienced here. We have learned Chinese. Even after 4 years it still remains the toughest language for me in the whole planet. We have started up 2 internet companies that together employ over 30 employees. All are very devoted and form a strong family like culture. In both websites combined – over 40 million unique visitors have visited so far. I can’t grasp this number – 40 Million! I got so used to this number that I forget to stop for a second, breath and look at the achievement. I managed to sing “Lan Lian Hua” in Chinese several times. We have raised over 2 Million dollars from investors and generated many long lasting friendships.
Change in priorities
We arrived in China as a couple and we return to Israel as a family with 2 children. I can’t describe the intensity of our love for them. The part I miss the most is sharing the joy of raising them with my family in Israel, particularly our son’s grandparents. It’s hard to believe that after 4 years in China, I have nothing bad to say about China. I love this country. I enjoyed living here and I admire the way this country is managed. It is clear to me that China’s role in the global economy will become even stronger as we move forward. The progress I have made in my personal career here in China is huge. I feel that every year in China was equal to 7 years in any other country (very similar to a dog’s year). The intensity and the speed of change and development is so much greater than Israel. Most of the circumstances show me that China is and will continue to be the future. But something in my gut and my heart, something that I can’t describe in words, directs me back to my family in Israel.
Special Thanks:
The 1st, is to my wife Irit, who has supported me during the ups and downs. Without her I wouldn’t have gotten past first base. The 2nd is to my 2nd “wife”, Guy. Guy has been my Yin and my Yang over the last 4 years and helped me balance myself and Meijob. The 3rd goes to our lead investor and member of the board Arik, a true angel, if ever there was one. To the Meijob family: Philip – for following our vision and values with such devotion, your management capability and the passion you have for people and your desire for them to achieve their personal best. You are one of the best managers I’ve had the pleasure to work with; Evelyn – for the biggest heart I ever met; Lika – that I would have taken in a suitcase with me to Israel; Jackie – One of the best developers and devoted employees I’ve ever come across; Gil – for the great initiatives, charisma and management capabilities; Hongyin – for making Meijob’s development procedure robust and organized; Saprina – for leading the marketing with great results; Helix – for mastering the SEO and PPC while leading Meijob to new traffic records; Vivian – for the distance she made in 3 years in her career at Meijob; Alon – for the great improvement in our Employer site design; Eric for the attention to details that makes our site strong and healthy; Fei Shuang ge – for the great development of our Employer site and matching algorithm; Angela – for taking over Susan’s responsibility with enthusiasm; Mei for the love she projects to her environment; Rui – for running the daily operations of the office and last but not least – Andy for taking over the IT operations, developing our office, as well as our website’s IT environment and a tremendous ability to solve any problem that presents itself. I want to thank you all and let you know that I carry you in my heart, no matter where I am, you will always be with me and you will always be a part of me. Having co-Founded Meijob with Guy Rotberg, I will continue to influence and challenge the strategic direction of the business in my role as a Director of the Board in the hope of making our dreams come true.
My love to you all, Barak
In this fine post we can sympathize with our colleagues about their email mistakes. We all had our moments when we clicked the send before we checked the distribution list and / or the content. Learn what happened to others and what can be done to prevent it…
In this interesting article written in hebrew 4 types of managers are described:
1. Executioner.
2. Fire generator.
3. The bureaucrat
4. Integrator
I find it to be a bit too simplistic to describe only 4 types of managers, but i guess one must question him self what are the ingredients in his own management style and then aim to perform task / jobs that are his core strength.
The Eurostat also released the unemployment report for the EU but for the month of May. The unemployment rate in the Euro area stood at 9.5% (seasonally-adjusted) in May. In the expanded EU 27 states, the unemployment rate was 8.9% in May. An estimated 21.462 million in the EU27, of which 15.013 million were in the Euro area, were unemployed last month.
The lowest unemployment rates were in:
The Netherlands – 3.2%
Austria – 4.3%
The highest unemployment rates were in:
Spain – 18.7%
Latvia – 16.3%
Estonia – 15.6%
In this short post Ben Stein is writing about his experience as a shoe sales man. From my experience sales is probably the most important expertise an entrepreneur needs. In order to obtain funds, hire good employees and obtain customers and good PR, you have to obtain good level of sales.
On January 20th Evelyn and me presented in FC club Beijing on how to recruit and be recruited in China.
This was the presentation
The Video we have presented can be also seen here.
This was the second presentation of how to recruit in China
In this great post by Brian Schwarz he write about recent HR trends in China. I wrote in seeking alpha two articles to support it. One about current salary trends and another interview with Shaun Rein about current job market trends
Yesterday i have presented in Bencham in Beijing about marketing with low budget.
This is the presentation
and this is the video in the end
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"I met Barak in Beijing and have been very impressed with the extraordinary success story of Meijob and Jipingmi. I have interviewed him for Yedioth Achronoth's daily financial newspaper and he has provided me with fantastic insight into China's rapidly growing and evolving internet industry.
May 14, 2008
Boaz Arad ,
Journalist and news editor
Yedioth Achronoth |
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