Unemployment
Do you have a heart for a particular cause? Are you looking for a career that makes an impact? Why not get paid for your passion by choosing a job in the non-profit sector? Below are some great non-profit job boards. Check them out and please leave a comment with any you think should be [...]
As a temp, I’m somewhere in the middle of employed and unemployed. After a long time of doing what I want, when I want to do it, working 8-5 for 40 hours a week has been quite an adjustment. I made a Home Depot run this weekend and was reminded of one of the big [...]
Facebook, Twitter, the internet and TV allow us plenty of opportunities to distract ourselves from the harsh reality of being unemployed with nothing else to do. Did you know that, according to the A.C. Nielsen Co., the average American watches more than 28 hours of TV a week (that’s equivalent to 4 hours a day [...]
I don’t buy lotto tickets often but I just picked up two for tomorrow night’s Mega Millions. Don’t judge. We all wonder what it would be like to win the lotto, especially when we’re rocking the unemployment. The jackpot is $266 million so I put down my $2 and got my winning tickets. Then I [...]
Continue reading about The lotto and your job search: An exercise in finding your passion
If you’ve lost your job, or are otherwise not working, you probably consider yourself unemployed. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics‘ very narrow guidelines, you may not be included in the unemployment statistic. Here’s a great video for Funny Friday that illustrates this. So, are you “really” unemployed? If you’ve lost your job, [...]
