JCK Online - September 1, 1999
Cover Story
New Strategies for Finding A High-Powered Staff
The very thing that has strengthened the jewelry business—a robust economy—has created perhaps the industry’s most pressing problem: a persistent shortage of qualified employees. Nearly half (49.4%) of the retail jewelers responding to a recent JCK survey said 1999 has been the most difficult year ever for finding sales associates.
- Features
- Appraising Finished Goods
- Estate Houses: Suppliers of Jewelry with a History
- Tourneau Is Reaching Out—and Down
- How Technology Revolutionized the Jewelry Industry
- Background Checks Can Prevent Future Headaches
- Show Them the Money: JCK’s Exclusive Salary Survey
- Grade Expectations: How to Choose a Diamond Lab
- Cutting Your Shipping Losses
- 10 Ways to Boost Giftware Sales
- Mystery Diamond Treatment Dominates GIA Symposium
- Opinion
- CounterPoint
- CounterPoint
- Editors Page
- Avoiding Gemological Crises
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