January/ February 2023

Fri, December 16, 2022

In this issue

Where have all the workers gone?
In September 2022, there were 10.7 million job openings in the United States. That means for every person looking for employment, there are 1.86 jobs to choose from, an obvious imbalance.
Where have all the workers gone?
In September 2022, there were 10.7 million job openings in the United States. That means for every person looking for employment, there are 1.86 jobs to choose from, an obvious imbalance.
That time I helped my mom with a Google Doc
Earlier this year, I called my dad to tell him I was leaving my corporate job to try my hand at writing full-time.

He was stunned.

He couldn’t fathom how I’d decided to leave a stable career and venture into the unknown. The pain of The Great Recession hadn’t yet faded from his memory. Although he was spared, many of his peers faced tough times back in ‘08.
Leadership: 135 year and no layoffs
A quick Q&A with Howdy Holmes, Chairman and CEO, Chelsea Milling Company, Chelsea, Mich.

Generation of family ownership: We have a complicated family tree. I’m the eighth generation in the milling business, which my family started in 1844. I’m fifth generation in our current location in Chelsea, Mich., and third generation with our brand, Jiffy, which my grandmother started in 1930. Most people think of us only as a brand, but we’re still also in the flour milling business.