Tag Archives: job seekers

Unemployment all Around…What You Can Do

Most of us know someone, probably more than one someone, who has lost a job recently. While most of us aren’t in the position to hire these folks ourselves, there must be a middle ground between doing nothing and providing an actual job, right?

Bravo, Mr. President

“I have also learned that hope is found in unlikely places; that inspiration often comes not from those with the most power or celebrity, but from the dreams and aspirations of Americans who are anything but ordinary.” – Barack Obama

Gigonomics 101

Gigonomics. Definition? Something like this: a shifting American economy increasingly comprised of freelance-work, project “gigs” and part-time work combined with shrinking corporate budgets, outsourcing and the end of corporate loyalty.

Now Here’s A Novel Idea…Turn off the News

In these difficult economic times, is the news media creating a self-fulfilling prophecy by reporting doom and gloom all day every day?