Rashaun Stewart - Summer
Intern
The establishment of a business independent of any support systems is a daunting task for many. This is especially true in...
Social media is growing in popularity as it has become the "go-to" option for effective marketing. In the U.S. especially, a large percentage of businesses use social media as a major marketing platform.
Talent can be spotted in an instant, but perhaps most intriguing is the individual’s ability to convert the simplest of materials into a masterpiece. While talented people roam the earth, Jamaica definitely has its fair share and woodcarver, Lapwing is just one of the chips off the talented Western Jamaican block.
There is enough for us all to succeed, and so the two of us got together, and decided to be the change we wanted to see. Essentially, we wanted to have a tribe of women – a network – helping each other on their individual journeys to success,” explained Campbell, the founder of Peonies and Intellect.
Back end staff is anyone who works at the establishment who does not come in direct contact with “the customer”. I had to put “the customer” in quotation since we generally think of the person purchasing from us as our only customer. We have another customer though – our coworkers. Our coworkers are the internal customer and the person purchasing from the company is the external customer.
Year after year companies report robust profit margins, yet the customers can experience no improvements even in how we are treated. It begs one to wonder what companies do with their earnings and how do they determine the critical areas to improve.
“I was always good at writing. I always did well at that kinda thing; it’s a gift, but I never imagined I would be a published author,” Erskine shared with the Western Mirror.
By Michael Nattoo
Millennials are increasingly finding things difficult, but you know what they say, “When the going gets tough, leave your stable job and...
Michael Nattoo/Alan Lewin
Self-proclaimed road-patching king has had it with St. James
If St. James, and by extension the St. James Municipal Corporation are not...