Great question from a reader…where the heck do I look for a job?
Every few weeks I get a very good question from a reader that gives me pause. This came in today: Last year you very generously took the time to reply to a response I had …[which]… contained the...
View ArticleHow’s a displaced 55 year old going to find a job now?
Times are SO tough. I get a lot of emails and questions from Boomers and 50 Plussers who, literally, are down to the pennies in the cookie jar in order to put food on the family table. I got a...
View ArticleHow high will unemployment go? 8.5% breaks 26 year record
The fact that I’m old enough to remember watching my friends lose homes in the mid-eighties is scary enough. But I wasn’t old enough then to understand global economic impact as I do now. There are...
View ArticleDoom and gloom for the older worker?
Yesterday, about half a dozen readers sent me an article from the LA Times on how the job market is especially tough for the older worker. Receiving an enormous amount of emails over the past several...
View ArticleMicro-careers
I subscribe to the newsletter put out by Weddle’s (a career consulting, research, and publishing firm), and today, a very good article caught my eye. This one is all about micro-careers. I’ve...
View ArticleCities where the odds of finding a job are a bit….better? Maybe?
CNN Money’s Fortune has a great columnist, Anne Fisher. In answering questions, she finds ways to pass along some great tidbits of helpful advice. Today’s column was a winner. A reader asked about...
View ArticleNeed your stories, asap
Hi all — I have a request from a major US newspaper. A top columnist is looking to interview folks who are at or near retirement about the challenges of looking for a job in this economy, even a part...
View ArticleTech jobs being posted
I have had an informal Google group running for a couple of years, but really have paid no attention to it. Over the past month a technical recruiter has been posting many technical openings all...
View ArticleNeed some start up funds to get your idea off the ground?
Procrastinators rejoice — it’s not too late to enter the $5,000 Launch Pad contest! Civic Ventures has extended their deadline on the Launch Pad Contest. The mission is to find five people over the...
View ArticleEconomy is looking up…report from the ground.
The big, big ship is starting to turn. After months of hopeful fits and starts, from this ground-eye perspective, the job market is starting to open up…just a bit. Anecdotal info: Indicator 1: One...
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