Earlier today, US president George W. Bush (photo: “It was thàt big! Really!”) gave a press conference at the White House. On itself, that is nothing new. He explained why he decided to give the green light to off-shore oil drillers, after a long ban. At the same time however, Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke [...]

With help of Jarmo, I just set up the Generation Y United group on Facebook. Generation Y refers to the generation of young people born between – roughly – 1980 and 1992. The goals behind Generation Y United are: 1. To UNITE young people, exchange thoughts, visions and increase common understanding 2. TALK about the [...]

Welcome to my completely revamped website! I decided it was time for a fresh start, and to come up with something different, appealing and visit-worthy. As you can see, some serious re-branding has been done as well. I hope you will regularly pay a visit to sietsebakker.com, as I will be writing about a wide [...]

More than half of employees who are in their twenties prefer employment at companies that provide volunteer opportunities, according to a recent survey of Deloitte. The software company Salesforce.com is a good example of that. It gives 1% of profits to its foundation, which pays for employees to volunteer 1% of their work time. This year, Salesforce.com staff will [...]