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If finding a new job is on your list of New Year’s resolutions, your prospects are likely to improve to some degree, according to CareerBuilder’s annual job forecast. More employers plan to add full-time, permanent headcount in 2011 compared to 2010 with a continued emphasis on hiring in technology and revenue-producing fields. The survey, which was conducted by Harris Interactive© from November [...]

Consider the chance of success for people who never went beyond the eighth grade, never drove a car or had electricity. That describes the simple lifestyle of the Amish people. But it turns out that they have a greater chance of success in a new business than the non-Amish. U.S. Department of Labor figures show their five-year failure rate is less than 5 percent, compared to 44 percent [...]