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New Artificial Intelligence software tool from Microsoft's OpenAI's ChatGPT will change professions and cost jobs

The new tool, ChatGPT from Microsoft's OpenAI is exploding in coverage on the internet with many YouTube videos on how to use it for professional fields, to make money, to write term papers, to write programming code, etc. I cover some of the benefits and issues and strategies needed for my local Lake County, FL School District. Read more →

Major accounting & auditing firm discloses how "Woke" California is in employment ad

A quick idea of how bad the "Woke" hiring requirements are in California derived from ESG. I was reviewing job postings for internal auditors on Indeed.com. A Protiviti ad for an "Orlando Internal Audit and Financial Advisory Consultant" included the following in their job criteria, saying "Protiviti will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance." The same was specified for Los Angeles. A search on "California Fair Chance Ordinance" indicates it must be a state wide regulation requiring cities to implement it by Ordinance. So, if your employer hires a SF or LA based or California "Internal Audit Consultant" from Protiviti or perhaps any other firm, they may have a criminal history. I wonder if Protiviti discloses that to their clients. Protiviti Internal Audit Heroes Here is the link to the ad posting. Vance Jochim FiscalRangers.com - retired Internal Audit Manager Published Sept. 24, 2022 === Read more →

FiscalRangers Blog Creates Job Hunting Tips page for Lake County, FL for those laid off due to Wuhan Virus.

We have created a detailed list of job hunting action steps on a PAGE (see right column) or HERE to reduce costs and replace income lost if you were laid off due to the Wuhan Chinese Virus. This is focused on Lake County, FL but the advice may apply to other areas. We also plan to create LIVE job hunting discussions on Facebook Live on Sunday, Wednesday and Friday evenings at 7pm at our FiscalRangers GROUP page at: https://www.facebook.com/groups/FiscalRangers/ I suggest you visit the Facebook group and join it, and sign up for notifications. We have no idea how long the virus restrictions last or when the economy will recover, so if you were laid off, you need to take action now. That is based upon my experience being laid off several times during California recessions. Vance Jochim FiscalRangers.com [email protected] Read more →

Time to Implement Obama type CHANGE for Democrats

If you own a company or manage a large department and are having a hard time generating enough business to keep all employees, here is a recommended method for selecting who to layoff: A Lay-off letter from an excellent boss. Dear Employees: As the CEO of this organization, I have resigned myself to the fact that Barrack Obama is our President and that our insurance costs, taxes and government fees will increase in a BIG way. To compensate for these increases, our prices would have to increase by about 10%. But since we cannot increase our prices right now due to the dismal state of the economy, we will have to lay off sixty of our employees instead. This has really been bothering me since I believe we are family here and I didn't know how to choose who would have to go. So, this is what I did. I walked through our parking lots and found sixty 'Obama' bumper stickers on our employees' cars and have decided these folks will be the ones to let go. I can't think of a more fair way to approach this problem. They voted for change...... I gave it to them. I will... Read more →

Orlando Unemployment Ratio to Open Jobs is 6 to 1 vs 1 to 1 for Washington DC

A jobs website, Insight.com, posted a study of the 50 largest cities and their ratio of unemployed workers to each open job. In the Orlando area, it is 6 to 1, while the best locations to get a job are in the Washington, DC area. So, if you want to get some of that stimulus money, chances are better in DC or Baltimore than Florida. See the entire list of 50 cities and their ratios HERE. PS: Two local retired friends just sold their houses which are located right on Lake Eustis and are moving to South Carolina. They each bought more than 6 acres, which up there can be zoned mostly as agricultural land, and the property tax is $1 per acre. Naturally, being guys, they had their priorities correct, and built a large barn for their toys first (which are taxable here in FL), then they each will build a house. (Unincorporated - not near a large city or town). However, the motive wasn't so much taxes, as weather, hurricanes AND then escaping FL property taxes. vj Read more →