Unemployed on Shine

Rocker discusses unemployment-themed video

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Last week I wrote an article for Yahoo! HotJobs about a compelling new music video that features real unemployed people while trying to help them get hired. The video dramatizes the new single "Breathe" by Ryan Star, an emerging rock star whose debut album "11:59" will drop in early 2010.

While doing my research, I gleaned interesting insights from Star that I was unable to use in the article, so here is more of the conversation, followed by a clip of the music video:

Excuses, Healthcare Cost, Excuses, Job Losses

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Nearly 3 years ago, the CEO of Dow Chemical Co. stated that one of the reasons for mass departure of manufacturing jobs was high health care cost. …

Employer Economy

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By Sydney Edmonds, M.B.A.

What do job seekers need to know about living in an economy where employers have the advantage? The competition is remarkable and career coaches are providing a myriad of conflicting advice. …

User post: The New Face of SAHMS—STUCK-at-Home Moms

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I'm a SAHM. For me, this used to stand for "Stay-At-Home Mom". After my 4th child, I made the difficult decision to give up my career and focus on my backyard, and I made the choice to become a SAHM. Then the recession hit. And with 5 children, I'm still a SAHM, but there is a new definition for me now..."Stuck-at-Home Mom".

I'd love a job. I'd love a paycheck. But, as a writer with limited technology skills, I'm having trouble figuring out my worth in the working world. What's my real-time value?

Small Business Tip: Fighting the Flu with Free Shots & Wellness Help

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Small business and mid-sized companies are increasingly developing initiatives to help employees develop a healthier lifestyle. With a rising number of sick days taken by employees and increasing health care costs, employers have a vested interest in the health and wellness of their workers.

My Health Care Blog

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Health Care has always been an issue for me. I believe in universal care. I find it odd that the folks who don’t want to pay for health care for poor people, will gladly accept FEMA payments when their million dollar mansions are destroyed by…

User post: Am I selfish for wanting to move out of my parents' house now when they need financial help?

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We lost our house months ago and our deadline to move out is soon coming up. Although I love my mom to death and fully respect her husband, I feel that at 25 I should start looking to move out on my own. I know my mom needs the financial help right now but since we need to move I…

Unemployment Universe, In a Job Posting, Far, Far, Away....

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Follow me through me journey to a place few want to explore but many find themselves lost in. Help me navigate my way to the Planet Job in the Unemployment Universe.

Unemployment Universe, Into the Great Unknown

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Well my first day without a job didn't go as planed. I wasn't up for the sunrise, nor was I up for my walk, I didn't have that cup of coffee and there was no morning paper. I lost me job. Wow how did this happen, how could I have missed this. Oh well chin up, you'll find…

The raw feelings of being unemployed

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Unemployment rose to 9.7 percent in August, when another 216,000 jobs disappeared. The numbers are so mind-boggling that it's hard to imagine what people who have found themselves laid off and out of work during this long recession must be going through. Even if you know someone who is looking for work, she may not tell you what she is truly feeling since we all have an innate need to put our best face forward, especially when we are looking for work.

For the past decade, the Heldrich Center for Workforce Development at Rutgers University in New Jersey has been tapping into attitudes about the workplace and, more recently, about being unemployed. In a nationwide survey of 1,200 Americans who have been unemployed and looking for a job for 12 months, the center discovered some pretty raw feelings of hopelessness, worry, and sometimes, depression.