It is the same in good economic times and bad: You need the right information to make smart decisions. These resources from Greater Phoenix Economic Council, Arizona Workforce Informer, Arizona Department of Commerce, W. P. Carey School of Business at ASU, and Eight’s own award-winning HORIZON program will help keep you informed, and provide assistance to your business and career.

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Career Resources

Arizona Resources

• Arizona Workforce Connection/Virtual One Stop
  The Arizona Workforce Connection is managed by the Arizona Department of Commerce
  
• Locations of One-Stop Career Centers around Arizona
• Resources for Job Seekers
  Skills Assessement, Financial Aid Resources, Employee Rights and Laws, Unemployment Benefits
• Career Resources for Success
  Job fair listings, Arizona Career Informaton System, Applying for government jobs, job search resources
• Arizona Department of Economic Security: Job Service Office Directory
• Help ... I lost my job!
  Stretching Unemployment Checks, Training Resources
• Unemployment Insurance Benefits

National resources

• Career Voyages: In-demand careers
• Career One Stop
• Jobcentral.com

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Business Assistance

• Governor's Council on Small Business
• Arizona Governor's Office of Economic Recovery
• Commerce and Economic Development Commission

Arizona Department of Commerce

• Small Business Services (SBS): Licensing, ceritification, procurement opportunities
• Arizona Entrepreneur's Edge Resource Guide
• Step-by-step Checklist to Start, Operate and Grow a Business in Arizona
• Office of Innovation and Technology
• State Incentives, Programs and Grants
• Marketing and Business Attraction
• International Trade and Investment
• Business Resources: Quick Links

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Economic Analysis Videos & Articles

PBS Video Analysis

NOW on PBS
Job Growth: Executive Insight: June 19, 2009
Now on PBS attended The National Summit, a conference of business CEOs and leaders which took place in Detroit this week, and asked one question to dozens of leading executives: How can we best promote job growth in America?

Economic Analysis Articles

Nightly Business Report:

• Reviving the Economy
  PBS' Nightly Business Report has been covering the economic crisis and will continue to present in-depth analysis of all the efforts to revive the economy.
• Xchange. The Nightly Business Report blog.
• Get Your Finances Ready for Retirement
  Nightly Business Report's webpage dedicated to financing for retirement in these trying economic times.

ASU W. P. Carey School of Business

• How Small Businesses Can Survive - and Thrive - in a Recession: June 30, 2010
• 2/3 of Phoenix-area Housing Market Activity = Foreclosures or Foreclosure Resales: Oct 13, 2009
• ASU Study: Phoenix-area Home Prices Up for the First Time Since 2007: Sept 17, 2009
• Phoenix-area Housing Market Still Flooded with Foreclosures: Sept 14, 2009
• ASU Study: Worst is Over for Housing Price Declines: Aug 19, 2009
• ASU Study: Phoenix-area Home Prices "At or Close to Bottom": Jul 15, 2009
• As We Zoom Past Commercials, Ads Go to the Movies: New Research Shows Stock Prices Go Up With Successful Movie Placements: Jun 25, 2009
• Is America Moving Away from a Free-Market Economy? Experts Weigh in on the Bailouts & Plans for Increased Regulation: Jun 23, 2009
• Phoenix-area Home Prices Have "Reached a Turning Point" - ASU Study: Estimates Show Third Month of Slowing Declines: Jun 15, 2009
• Experts Agree Recession Will End in 2009: May 20, 2009
• Phoenix-area Home Price Declines Slowing Down: May 18, 2009

Knowledge @ ASU W. P. Carey School of Business

• Phoenix Real Estate: In Uncharted Territory April 9, 2010
• After Economic Meltdown: Recovery and Lessons Learned April 7, 2010
• Can the World Spend Its Way Out of Recession? March 25, 2010
• Podcast: James Champy Talks About Outsmarting Your Competition: Dec 21, 2009
• Welcome to the Future: Smart Services Improve Quality, Lower Cost, Foster Innovation, and Help the Environment Too: Dec 7, 2009
• The End (of Recession) Is Near, But It Won't Be Pretty: May 21, 2009
• Arizona Economic Forecast 2009: Just the Facts: May 2009
• Arizona and the Recession: Three Perspectives: May 20, 2009
• ASU-RSI: A Slowing Rate of Decline Equals Good News: May 18, 2009
• The Profile of a Top Entrepreneur: Commitment to Quality, Customer Service and Employees: Oct 8, 2008
• 'Founders at Work' Chronicles the American Idols of Startups: Sept 24, 2008
• Effective leadership: Building a successful corporate culture: Oct 25, 2006
• What is Small Business? Unraveling the Numbers: July 19, 2006
• The Two Faces of Entrepreneurship, Part 1: Replicative Entrepreneurs Serve Growing Population: July 19, 2006
• Thinking Before You Act: July 19, 2006

Knowledge @ Emory

• Want to Really Know How a Stock is Doing? Don't Just Look at the Company's Bottom Line February 11, 2010
• Financial Outlook: Where Do We Go From Here?

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Related Links

PBS

• Frontline
• Breaking the Bank - Frontline untangles the complicated financial and political web threatening one superbank in particular: Bank of America
• The Card Game - Investigating the changing nature of the consumer credit business
• Inside the Meltdown - Investigating the causes of the worst economic crisis in 70 years and how the government responded
• The Warning - Frontline uncovers why the financial meltdown happened
• Meltdown - Frontline's ongoing series on the global financial crisis
• National Public Radio: Business
• Nightly Business Report
• PBS NewsHour Business & Economy

Universities

• Arizona State University - W.P. Carey School of Business
• Columbia Business School
• Harvard Business School
• IE Business School
• Northwestern University - Kellog School of Management
• Northen Arizona University - W.A. Franke College of Business
• University of Arizona - Eller College of Management
• University of Chicago - Booth School of Business
• University of Michigan - Ross School of Business
• University of Pennsylvania - Wharton School of Business
• USC - Marshall School of Business

National

• Kiplinger.com
• Wall Street Journal

Arizona

• Arizona Department of Commerce
• Arizona Workforce Informer
• Greater Phoenix Economic Council

United States

• Department of Commerce

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