One hundred isn’t just the number of years that the U.S. Chamber of Commerce has been standing up for American business. It’s the number of job fairs we’ll hold for veterans in the first year of our Hiring Our Heroes job initiative. After launching the program last March, we will hit our milestone goal of 100 hiring fairs with an event in Philadelphia this Friday.
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This month Forbes magazine features an interview with former Secretary of State Colin Powell. While known for his military might, Powell is also an accomplished business leader. From picking a good team to having the right attitude, many of the lessons Secretary Powell learned on the battle field are also useful in the boardroom.
American small business men and women have a lot of balls in the air. For most, every day is a juggling act of balancing the books, keeping track of inventory, managing staff and payroll, handling their own IT challenges, and more. These multitasking, enterprising individuals are driving our recovery and creating good jobs for U.S. workers.
Here are the most widely read FreeEnterprise.com stories for the week ending May 18:
The administration has announced an easing of sanctions against Myanmar, a move which the U.S. Chamber and others in the U.S. business community have long advocated. While our competitors in China, Japan, and increasingly the EU and elsewhere pursued commercial opportunities in the market, U.S. sanctions forced our companies to sit on the sidelines. U.S.
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Manufacturing is poised to lead the economy in the 21st century, but it needs pro-growth strategies and policies and human capital before it can fully realize its potential.
Many high school students have a hard time find use for what they learn in the classroom. But junior Ryan Schnaufer took what he learned in his AP computer science class and turned it into a business. While studying for a test, Ryan looked for an iPad app to help him study. But every app he could find had only pre-made flash cards in single formats.
