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Entrepreneur invents tire "snow socks," inspired by mom

Entrepreneur invents tire "snow socks," inspired by mom

Here's some inspiration for entrepreneurs: A man took an idea he learned as a child, from his mom, to create a cheap (and profitable) alternative to snow tires.

Chris Schutte assembles a shipping box in the packing area in the garage of his Suwanee home. When he lost his job a second time, Schutte decided to scratch a longstanding itch and become an entrepreneur. His idea: a kitchen cooking device he conceived called the Hot Dog Bun EZ Steamer - a contraption made out of wire that you stick in a pot and perfectly steams the bun while cooking the dog. Before he knew it, his crazy idea seemed to be taking off. But sales fell short. One low point found him taking back tens of thousands of steamers from QVC when it couldn't sell them. Schutte hasn't given up, but he knows the time to make his dream come true may be coming to an end.

Second jobs help Americans pay down credit card debt

I had a caller the other day who is typical of so many people, holding down three job and cobbling together a living. She used to have a career job with one paycheck, but now she gets it done with three. The latest numbers show 7.25 million Americans hold down ...

Common sense needed in approach to sick leave

In an age when some 40% of people have no sick leave at work, there's a big push to mandate employers to grant it across the country. Yet I think there's a better solution that doesn't require a government mandate. I believe the situation calls for a common sense approach. ...

Vivian Lee Collaso gets computer tips from instructor Khadijah Taylor of Ascendum. Collaso returned to Hamilton this year to find the job market scarce, so she enrolled in the JOBS NOW! course offered by SELF to sharpen her job search skills.

Bungled background checks could cost you a job offer

Incorrect background checks that confuse people of same or similar name are costing job applicants that all-important job offer. But you can run a background check on yourself before it's too late. The Cleveland Plain Dealer  reported a decorated military veteran (with no criminal record) named Mark Johnson was unable ...

Report: 1% of employers offer unlimited paid vacation

More and more employers are getting wise to the wisdom of vacations. The Society of Human Resource Management reports 1% of employers offering unlimited unrestricted vacation time. Those employers put the responsibility on you to choose how much time you take off and when you take it off. Meanwhile, The ...

Fake work-at-home offer from Microsoft is a real scam

Work-at-home scams are continually reinventing themselves. The latest one that's supposedly from Microsoft is a perfect example. The Kansas City Star  reports there's an unsolicited job offer making the rounds that invites you "to become part of the official staff of Microsoft" as a work-from-home financial agent. The starting salary ...

Work From Home Guide

Legitimate Work-From-Home Opportunities With the dramatic changes in the employment landscape in recent years, more people are looking to work from home and find freelance work. The problem is that there are many ripoff work-from-home outfits that claim to find you jobs for an upfront fee. They're just trying to ...

Legitimate work-at-home gigs via social media

Your average social media user is now able to get paid for posting product links in what's amounting to a new area of growth in online retailing. The New York Times reports websites like Beso.com and Refer.ly will pay you for essentially doing your own advertorials and telling others on ...

Tons of jobs available in this industry

Tons of jobs available in this industry

Paid training and job openings galore: this industry -- one you might not have considered before -- desperately needs workers right now.

What are workers really doing when they work from home?

A new study shows what employees may really be doing when they're working from home. Wakefield Research did a survey of 1,013 American office workers who were asked to be candid about what their telecommuting days are like. Here are the results: 43 percent said they watch TV or a ...

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