Business & Finance - 26 August 2007

I'm 40 years old and have been doing the same job (albeit with different companies) since I was 17. I am in a declining industry (worsted wool textile manufacturing) and have a specialised job with no apparent transferable skill (woven suiting fabric design). Although it is fairly well paid and has allowed me to travel to different countries I am bored rigid with it and can not see the industry lasting more than another 10 years (I have been made redundant several times in the last 23 years). There are other opportunities in sales and buying but I want out of textiles altogether.

Now the real problem - I have abslolutely no idea what I want to do! I have tried looking for careers advice in my area, but there are only DSS run services which are not set up to offer proper advice to people in my position.

Can anyone offer any sensible advice on how I could start changing career paths?

2007-08-26 23:54:38 · 12 answers · asked by A Nonny Mouse 7 in Other - Careers & Employment

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2007-08-26 23:18:05 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Taxes

..Can a person with the house no longer in their name still collect rent?
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2007-08-26 22:54:05 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Renting & Real Estate

A marketing book says that After all, Edison, Graham Bell, and Sears did not use focus group. here, Sears is one of inventors in the start of 20century? or just it means a retailer?

2007-08-26 22:46:30 · 5 answers · asked by oojaku 1 in Corporations

what is the job and how much does it pay

2007-08-26 22:37:06 · 2 answers · asked by intestinal mucous 1 in Other - Careers & Employment

2007-08-26 22:35:54 · 4 answers · asked by farhan_khaddad_ie 1 in Small Business

and then ended up with A LOT of medical debt. We filed a Chapter 13, in which we were both making payments directly out of our paychecks, but then he was laid off from his job and we ended up losing the car because we could not afford to make the payments towards the bankruptcy out of his unemployment checks. He was out of work for several months. This was back in 2002. We are still struggling. Even MORE medical debt, funeral expenses for a baby girl we lost last year, medical bills from the premature birth of our son 3 years ago, surgeries, etc. Now just last week we found out that my mother in law has cancer. She owns a duplex (She lives in one side and we rent the other from her). We want to do a lease option, but we know that we would not qualify for a loan in 2 years when the lease agreement would be up. If we were to file for a chapter 7 now and go through the 6 months of financial counseling (New laws) would we be able to qualify for a loan on what the balance was.

2007-08-26 22:35:40 · 4 answers · asked by Ryan's mom 7 in Renting & Real Estate

i'm 14 and my bro tells me i should try and get a dish washing job at a restrunt the restrunt is only like 400 feet away from my house i live in a small town of about 200 but anyway i knwo the hole underage thing but he says since he knows the manger he will be able to get me a job if he can do so should i take it????

2007-08-26 22:35:19 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Careers & Employment

..well,the house deal fell through. Now hubby is trying to buy another 1, thru a realty, that was just remodeled. He says we have it & are moving in sometime next week. We have 4 days to move out of here but he refuses to rent an apartment. Does
this sound right to you guys? He says we already have the house & he is gonna ask when we can move in.
Opinions?
P.S. I think they took the paperwork from that other house we were trying to buy,I think he is still working with the crooks,they are just trying
to line their pockets again.
Input please.........

2007-08-26 22:16:02 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous in Renting & Real Estate

I definetly know what to choose, but I don't know about you......?

Please elaborate.

2007-08-26 22:05:44 · 7 answers · asked by bb4479 2 in Personal Finance

what situation in using this two kind of company chop?

2007-08-26 21:41:56 · 1 answers · asked by smile 1 in Other - Business & Finance

2007-08-26 21:38:02 · 3 answers · asked by leal_boy 1 in Other - Advertising & Marketing

have to pay Death Duties in Britain,(or Scotland)?

2007-08-26 21:34:41 · 6 answers · asked by Sue 3 in United Kingdom

im looking for a job by internet. i found out most of them provide phone number to call right away. what should i say when i call them? how to ask them if they are hiring? and get to an interview opportunity?

2007-08-26 21:27:26 · 3 answers · asked by jan 2 in Other - Careers & Employment

2007-08-26 21:25:07 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Renting & Real Estate

2007-08-26 21:20:11 · 3 answers · asked by aunteeanna 1 in Credit

What is accounting cycle ? How the accounting transactions pass through various books of accounts before they get reflected in the final accounts ?

2007-08-26 20:49:50 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Business & Finance

2007-08-26 20:41:20 · 10 answers · asked by billcon70 1 in Food Service

Cheap ideas please

2007-08-26 20:41:13 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Search Engine Optimization

I started this job on Tuesday, it is 8 hours a day of doing the same monotonous tasks...and you do these tasks fast...anyway I hate it...yesterday I dident take a break...I worked eight straight hours, and today I would have done the same but I got so irritated that the manager never told me when I could take a break I got up and left for 15 minutes (see...if I want to take a break I have to deal with the backlog since it's none stop of the same task all day). Theres other things I don't like...anyway it makes me stressed out when I get home...I felt like puking today when I got home, my back hurts, and it's making almost depressed (I don't even remember what day it is...I have to think). Anyway I want to quit ASAP...but the managers scare me (I don't even know who my manager is...there is a different one whenever I am there). I want to leave as little notice as possible since I hate the job...my next shift is Wednesday...how do I quit?

2007-08-26 20:11:14 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Careers & Employment

My mother asked someone if the state can foreclose on her house since she is almost 1 year late paying her personal property tax and she was told that they wont but someone can get a sales tax certificate if that is done in Tx. Can someone tell me what that means and if that is done in the state of Texas?

2007-08-26 20:03:54 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in United States

Is there any way to make money at home on line where the "system" they are selling is not a bunch of bs? So far I have done research and they all seem like a bunch of bs that makes money for the company selling you the system and not you!

2007-08-26 19:58:50 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Small Business

2007-08-26 19:55:21 · 1 answers · asked by anisha 1 in Other - Business & Finance

2007-08-26 19:44:48 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Business & Finance

I hear that on bonus checks, you are taxed at 40%. Im single, and independent, would I be getting most of that back at tax time?

2007-08-26 19:43:58 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Taxes

I am 28 and single and have an extensive educational background. I studied for an MBA online in Global Technology Management and earned a MS in Teaching Mathematics. I also have a BS in Computer Science. Suprisingly, I still don't know what to do in life. I feel very stupid and so sad that I still don't know what to do after all of these degrees.

I have taught HS for the last 3 yrs (as my first real job) while earning the MS in Teaching Math and I disliked teaching. I've dealt with unruly kids, backbiting & lying administrators and pressure to pass on kids with poor skills. I quit my job this summer.

I have tried working going back to using my CS undergrad degree but I am not up to date with skills and have no experience. In fact, I tried getting a job when I graduated college in 2003 and didn't have luck.

I'm afraid to work in corporate America (after the politics I've dealt with in the school I've worked in. It is like I'm no longer interested in the fields I've studied.

2007-08-26 19:28:18 · 5 answers · asked by krazymack 2 in Other - Careers & Employment

I just bought a home in February 07, and I sent in a check for the second part of my property taxes for 07, (The "builder" paid the first). The tax people lost the check and never cashed it so now I have to resend another check. I have an escrow account for the upcoming taxes and I have more than enough to cover the upcoming taxes so I would like to use the money to pay last years as well. Can I do this?

2007-08-26 19:05:01 · 3 answers · asked by Adriana G 1 in United States

How much money should the average working person have saved up in the bank ? And how many people out there are living paycheck to paycheck will less than $1000 in the bank or broke ?

2007-08-26 18:49:03 · 6 answers · asked by Black Jack 1 in United States

state in points, what went wrong with the service.

2007-08-26 18:47:44 · 2 answers · asked by aashu 1 in Other - Business & Finance

plz tell me

2007-08-26 18:47:35 · 2 answers · asked by bigskips 1 in Personal Finance