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With bad economy comes great opportunity?Franchise opportunities attracting individuals from various, non-traditional backgrounds

MANCHESTER, MD…Traditional career paths have become more of an obstacle course. Thecorporate ladder has many broken rungs. In the Gulf Coast region, ActionCOACHis seeing many new faces turning to franchising as an alternative venture andadventure.“You’d think the worst economic times since the Great Depression woulddiscourage budding entrepreneurs from going into business on their own,” saidKaren Boyd, Glob...

Blame it on the Economy; Everyone Else Does

I’ve been half-teasing lately with my career services colleagues that thebanks and GM aren’t the only ones in need of a bailout. Job seekers should askfor one too. Why not? It seems that in today’s environment the more corporateleaders mismanage their businesses, the more attractive they are for gettingbailed out by the U.S. tax payer.So why should job seekers be any different?It is no secret that most job se...