-
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. …
Read More »- Let’s talk: Comment (0) | Blog
- Email to a Friend
-
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. …
Read More »- Let’s talk: Comment (0) | Blog
- Email to a Friend
-
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?
Read More »- Let’s talk: Comment (17) | Blog
- Email to a Friend
Sponsored Links
-
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. Read More »
- Let’s talk: Comment (0) | Blog
- Email to a Friend
-
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…
Read More »- Let’s talk: Comment (1) | Blog
- Email to a Friend
-
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… Read More »
- Let’s talk: Comment (11) | Blog
- Email to a Friend
-
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. Read More »
- Let’s talk: Comment (1) | Blog
- Email to a Friend
-
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… Read More »
- Let’s talk: Comment (2) | Blog
- Email to a Friend
-
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.
Getty Images
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. Read More »- Let’s talk: Comment (16) | Blog
- Email to a Friend
-
While spending some time at the Jersey Shore, I read about a new local business venture, RealPissed.com, founded by three friends in their twenties. The site is a social network where people share rants about what they are pissed about in the form of blog posts and videos. And it's a sign of the times that its founders see opportunities in a communal online kvetch-fest.
RealPissed.com
On visiting the site, you're greeted by a jarring black, white and yellow color scheme, along with the sound of video which automatically loads (the next times I've visited, I muted it.) Two of the founders have a background in promoting Atlantic City night clubs and that gives a sense of the site's audio visual vibe.
The site already has a Facebook fan page with over 1500 friends, a Twitter account with nearly 500 followers, and an active group of contributors complaining in vivid language (much of which is not printable on this blog) about the latest offense the world has delivered to them.
Read More »- Let’s talk: Comment (11) | Blog
- Email to a Friend