One of the essential ingredients in forming an effective and welcoming workplace environment is organizational integrity. It is also one of the four CODE components of the adaptive leadership model. Workplaces with high organizational integrity attract better job candidates and retain good employees longer, even in a highly competitive job market. For this reason, it […]
Job hunting, even in a strong economy, can be a daunting and arduous task. Long gone are the days of filling out an application in person and handing it directly over to the manager with a friendly introduction. These days, most jobs are obtained through websites and online postings, which can require some additional digital […]
The Alabama Association of Realtors released its October 2024 Alabama Economic and Real Estate Report. The report indicated a slowdown in real estate sales across the state, which the report attributed to a combination of high interest rates, which spiked up to 6.72% by late October, and seasonal slowdown typical for fall. Alabama recorded 4,880 […]
Karen Reeves, President and CEO of the Better Business Bureau (BBB) of North Alabama, spoke to The Huntsville Rotary Club on November 19 about five common scams that impact consumers and how to avoid becoming a victim of one. “It began with a group of businessmen that came together years ago — back in the […]
The September monthly report from the National Association of Realtors showed a jump of 7.4% in pending sales compared to August, with a 2.6% year-over-year increase in contract signings in September. NAR Chief Economist Chief Economist Lawrence Yun weighed in on these developments, attributing the rise to “the combination of lower mortgage rates in late […]
The Alabama Association of Realtors (AAR) has released its monthly economic report for the month of September, 2024. The report showed that Alabama has a 4.6 months’ supply of housing inventory. This marks a year-over-year increase of 1.3 months’ supply, and is the highest level in more than five years. According to the Huntsville Area […]
The average 30-year fixed rate mortgage rate jumped an incredible 27 basis points Friday morning, following the release of a Labor Department report. The report showed that the U.S. economy added many more jobs in the month of September, 2024 than had been anticipated, with unemployment falling to 4.1%. This report is expected to convince […]
It’s an election year, so there’s a lot of ideas and promises floating around to garner votes and win an election. This election cycle includes the highly refuted idea of rent control. On one hand, if you’re a renter, rent (and the price of everything) is out of control. Back before the Fed got involved […]
First of all, I’d like to thank any of you who attended the AICyberCon as mentioned in the last article. We had over 100 people attend the event and had speakers from the government and Fortune 500. It was awesome to see so many people excited to learn and improve their careers in the field […]
In a long-awaited move, the Federal Reserve announced that it has cut the federal funds rate by fifty basis points. The new federal funds rate, which acts as a benchmark for borrowing rates across the economy, is now reduced to 4.8%, the lowest rate since March of 2023. This is the first rate cut since […]
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