Starbucks--love it or hate it--is one of the most successful brands of our time.  They've made billions by popping up thousands of little green-accented storefronts around the world.  They brought "gourmet coffee" to the masses.  They made going to a coffee house to a near-spiritual experience. 

Now, they're having to make tough decisions in order to survive.

What can we learn from Starbucks' success and its mistakes?

Download this episode of the "What Now?" series entitled, "The Starbucks Problem: What We Can Learn".

You'll learn key strategies that can help you save your career or business now, and recession-proof it going forward.

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In this crazy new world of job hunting, almost all of the rules have changed.  You’ll have to be more strategic and ingenious to stand out among your 8.5 million unemployed competitors.

So, what can you do now to find a job?

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No one is immune to the effects of the economic downturn.  Professionals in every field have been laid off.  Businesses in every industry have had to downsize or shut down altogether.

Truth is, the economy as we've known it is gone.  And, it's not coming back.  So, you'll need new skills for the new economy.

Which skills?

Download the "10 Must-Have Skills" podcast and learn the ten skills you should work on acquiring while you wait for the economy to rebound.

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Check out my field report on the networking circuit.  Learn the 5 things you should know that may help you to land your next job.

This episode of Careersthatdontsuck.com's CareerCasts focuses on the job opportunities that are still out there to be found by diligent and informed job-seekers.  It's entitled Adding Jobs-The Only Math We Love.  

To find great jobs, all you have to do is download the podcast.  Then, check out the show notes for links to the thousands of job opportunities we've found.

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Everybody Else’s Guide to Green & Socially Responsible Careers is the latest book in the Everybody Else’s Guides series. The informative and accessible series provides readers at all career levels—from new grads to career changers to mid-career professionals—with career planning, job search and career management information and resources designed to help them identify and select career opportunities that appeal to their interests, leverage their experience and skills and afford them the lifestyles they desire.

Everybody Else’s Guide to Green & Socially Responsible Careers is the most comprehensive guide to career and business opportunities in the brave new world of green and sustainable business practices, social business enterprises, nonprofit MBAs and socially responsible corporations.  The book features over 200 new and newly improved jobs, consulting, niche and specialty business opportunities.

Everybody Else’s Guide to Green & Socially Responsible Careers is available at Amazon.com (hardcover), lulu.com (e-book) and the author’s own website, ddjohnice.com.

This month's CareerCasts newsletter and podcast focuses on a very timely situation--the economic recession.  Much has been said about the impact of the recession on the stock market and on workers in the manufacturing industry.  But, very little has been said about what the rest of us can do to recession-proof our careers, or at least mitigate the negative effects.  That's the focus of this month's CareerCast entitled "The Recession Survival Kit".

The Recession Survival Kit contains everything you need to know to weather the current economic storm.  This double-issue of CareerCasts features "5 Keys to Riding Out the Recession", "Resources for Recession-Proofing Your Career" and plenty of tools to help you plan for and overcome setbacks.

As always, you can also look to Careersthatdontsuck.com for more career and job search information and assistance.

Related posts on Careersthatdontsuck.com:

• Will the Shot-Gun Economic Stimulus Package Steer Us Out of Recession?
• Rising Unemployment, Looming Recession
• U.S. Automakers in the "Golden Parachute" Business
• Declaration of Career Empowerment
• 10 Fastest Growing Jobs

What can Seattle’s hottest docs teach us about managing our careers?  Check out this episode of Careersthatdontsuck.com CareerCasts and find out!