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10 High-Paying Jobs You Can Get Without a College Degree

HR Digest

Software developers can work in many different fields, including finance, education, information technology, health care, construction, and more. Finance & Accounting Manager. Software developers create applications (software) on computers or mobile devices. They may also create video games or websites.

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Parkinson's Law of Triviality

Great Leadership By Dan

Way back in 1957 Parkinson used the example of a finance committee spending hardly any time approving the construction of a nuclear power station, then going on to spend hours debating the construction of a bike shed.

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Who’s Hiring (and Who Isn’t) in Five Charts

Harvard Business Review

To start, here’s how things have gone for the main broad job categories (and three smaller ones of interest: finance, construction, and information) since 1980: The most remarkable line in the chart is education and health services, which just keeps rising and rising, paying no mind whatsoever to the rest of the economy.

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3 Big Economic Ideas in Waiting

Harvard Business Review

Even if this should happen, however, many economists have argued for years that before much construction of additional roads in particular is undertaken, existing roads, which are less than full during off-peak hours, could be more rationally used, reducing somewhat the need for potentially hundreds of billions of dollars in new roads.

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Health of the Business Landscape in the U.S.

Coaching Tip

Biggest gains: health care and social assistance (12% growth since 2009, an increase of 6,385 establishments); mining and oil and gas extraction (12%, 1,001); accommodation and food services (10%, 4,276); professional, scientific, and technical services (9%, 5,979). Nearly 30,000 more establishments in 2012 than 2009, up 5%.

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Female Entrepreneurs Go Beyond "Cookies and Crafts"

Harvard Business Review

Many have found success in industries like technology, mining, and construction. The same report indicates that health care, social assistance, and education are industries in which the growth of women''s ownership has been the strongest. In 1977, only 4.5% of privately held businesses were owned by women.

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The $300 House: A Hands-On Approach to a Wicked Problem

Harvard Business Review

From the start we asked: What are the complexities of financing these homes? Suri proposed potential solutions, including innovative materials, new ways of thinking of the construction process, and building up. No number of add-ons would be able to match the flexibility of need-based construction." Triple the U.S.

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