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Not just for hotels anymore, concierges are finding a ripe market for their services.
Sometimes it seems there just aren't enough hours in the
day. Exhausted from the ever-increasing demands of the workplace
and the daily commute, we drag ourselves home to give only
sleepy-eyed attention to our families.
According to a recent study of the U.S. work force released by
the Families and Work Institute, the average worker spends 44 hours
per week on the job, and 36 percent of workers say they often feel
completely used up at the end of the workday. And there is
certainly no rest for the weary at home: Eighty-five percent of
workers have daily family responsibilities to go home to, while 78
percent of married workers have spouses who are also employed.
Weekends are consumed by errands and housekeeping; 70 percent of
all parents feel they don't spend enough time with their
children. Leisure time? Never heard of it.
This nationwide drought of spare time has a bright side for
entrepreneurs, however. It has encouraged the emergence of
concierge services, small businesses staffed by resourceful people
who do anything and everything from getting clients the best seat
in the house at a Broadway production to designing resumes--all for
a price.
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