Spring Awakening

I think just about all of us are ready for spring to come. Spring is a season of growth. It’s when the short, dark, wintery days transform into long, sunny, warm days. It’s when Mother Nature awakens from hibernation. When flowers bloom, and gardens are planted. It’s when the song birds cue the new day to begin.

Who said that the growth has to be limited to nature? Let this spring be YOUR season of growth. Save time by becoming more efficient at your tasks at hand. Let us help. With Sage Certified Trainers on staff, we are able to provide you with top-notch training and consulting. With a couple of hours of training, we may be able to save you HOURS of unnecessary work. Tell us what your needs are. Ask us how.

10 Job Sectors in Decline

Disappearing Jobs

Here's a list of the top 10 industries expected to lose the most jobs by 2018:

1. Department stores: Projected to lose 10.2 percent of the 1.56 million jobs they had in 2008.

2. Semiconductor manufacturing: Projected to lose 33.7 percent of the 432,000 jobs it had in 2008.

3. Motor vehicle parts manufacturing: Projected to lose 18.6 percent of its 544,000 jobs.

4. Postal service: Projected to lose 13 percent of the 748,000 jobs it had in 2008.

5. Printing and related jobs: Projected to lose 16 percent of its 594,000 jobs.

6. Cut-and-sew apparel manufacturing: Projected to lose 57 percent of its 155,000 jobs.

7. Newspaper publishers: Projected to lose 24.8 percent of its 326,000 jobs.

8. Mining support jobs: Projected to lose 23.2 percent of its 328,000 jobs.

9. Gas stations: Projected to lose 8.9 percent of its 843,000 jobs.

10. Wired telecom: Projected to lose 11 percent of its 666,000 jobs.

Worried about a tax audit? Maybe you should be!

Check out this article from CNN Money:

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/A-guide-avoid-an-IRS-tax-cnnm-837338815.html?x=0&.v=2

Taxes, Taxes, Taxes

Before you know it you will be filing your 2009 taxes. Right now is a prime time to prepare all your documents needed to file with. Here are some 8 tips you can use now.

http://www.bankrate.com/finance/money-guides/8-tax-filing-moves-you-can-make-now-1.aspx

What can we learn from the Super Bowl?

The New Orleans Saints won Super Bowl 43. Before the game even started they were predicted to lose to the Colts. The Saints are now the underdogs. Times like this being the underdog is a great thing. The question is how can we apply this to business.

Check out this great find:
www.buildinternet.com/2010/01/how-to-win-clients-when-youre-the-underdog/

Winter is Extended!

Six more weeks of Winter? This can't be and more snow predicted for this weekend. Well, CMS is here for you during these cold winter months. Now is the time to brush up on your MAS ERP skills with some one-on-one consulting time. Want to get familiar with new products and tricks to increase productivity, then join us for our FREE Winter webinars.The best part about these webinars are that you can attend them from your office, home, travel, in your PJ's with a cup of hot chocolate. Check out our Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn pages. During these cold months, checking out what we have to say on these social medias may just brighten your day and re-energize you. Information and giveaways, it is a win-win.

For more information on setting up consulting, learning about our webinars and finding us on these social medias, please contact Nikki at 860.399.4215 x.202 or via e-mail at nspirito@cmsct.com

Where's Your Resolution?

So it takes 21 days to create or break a habit. How is your New Year's resolution doing? Hopefully, you are sticking with it. If not, let us know how we can help make your resolutions into reality.

Here are some interesting New Year's resolution stats for you:

40 to 45% of American adult make one or more resolutions each year.

Among the top new years resolutions are resolutions about weight loss, exercise, and stopping to smoke. Also popular are resolutions dealing with better money management / debt reduction.

The following shows how many of these resolutions are maintained as time goes on:- past the first week: 75%- past 2 weeks: 71%- after one month: 64%- after 6 months: 46%

While a lot of people who make new years resolutions do break them, research shows that making resolutions is useful. People who explicitly make resolutions are 10 times more likely to attain their goals than people who don't explicitly make resolutions.

“Cheers to a New Year and another chance for us to get it right.” – Oprah Winfrey