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How To Get Along With Everybody - Relationship Advice83

How To Get Along With Everybody - Relationship Advice

My wife and I both lost our jobs with the same company in the last yea year. We both have college educations and had careers we’d worked hard for. My job was in logistics, my wife’s was in quality assurance. The long and short of it is, I have...

5 comments    money finance people
When Beltway bandits go rogue81

When Beltway bandits go rogue

Washington contractors--Beltway Bandits-- have the reputation of making vast riches off the federal government, but they often do it on the backs of those who do the work at the risk of losing their jobs every time the contract changes hands--or they begin to earn too much money.

2 comments    work unemployment contractor
Reinventing Your Career70

Reinventing Your Career

These tough economic times may require you to seek a career outside of your current field. Here are steps to help you make the transition.

1 comment    jobs networking unemployment
Recovering from a job loss, layoff how I am bouncing back after a lay off62

Recovering from a job loss, layoff how I am bouncing back after a lay off

It can be extremely difficult to recover from a job loss especially if you have a home, family and bills. Although, it is difficult to recover when we find our selves in this situation, it is not impossible. Sometimes you may be required to do jobs that you never considered or find alternatives ways to make money. Here are a few things that I did to bounce back from a job loss.

2 comments    make money online networking
Real Working Mom60

Real Working Mom

What the??? You got laid off? And they just took your computer and phone and put you back on an airplane home? This conversation occurred exactly one week ago between me and my husband as he was in a taxi on his way back to the Denver airport, to...

1 comment    working mom lay off
When Is It Time To Let Go of Your Employee?74

When Is It Time To Let Go of Your Employee?

If you found it easy to let go of employees in the past, I'm surprised. Most managers have hard time deciding to end someone's employment. They are aware of the consequences for that individual, their family, and most likely the effect on the...

1 comment    layoffs problem employees difficult employeees
Learn From Your Mistakes, Never Get Fired Again64

Learn From Your Mistakes, Never Get Fired Again

Today's economy has resulted in lay offs and close to record breaking unemployment claims. However, we cannot blame all of jobless claims on politicians. In stead of placing blame, wouldn't it be more productive to focus on providing employees with the education they need to succeed at their current or future occupation? That is the purpose of this article, it is intended to educate employees about what they can do to improve their job performance.

0 comments    jobs employment motivation
Prostitute, what would you do to survive the downward economy?71

Prostitute, what would you do to survive the downward economy?

It can be difficult to survive in today's economy. The question is, when all else fails, what would you do to survive? In this case we follow a women who received a Masters Degree one year later she was forced to become a prostitute in order to make ends meet. The women struggles to determine whats right or wrong. She believes that selling her body to pay her bills is wrong however, she also believes that sitting around waiting to lose everything is wrong, as well. You be the Judge.

8 comments    sex make money the economy
Tips and Pointers on Keeping a Cashier Job61

Tips and Pointers on Keeping a Cashier Job

Ok, So I can remember back in 2008, when alot of people was getting fired, because of "stretching the rules" or just over looking it, thinking they can get away with it. Nowadays, in this economy, business are often strict due to mainly finances,...

0 comments    how to money tips
Americans, Chinese, the same battle.63

Americans, Chinese, the same battle.

To paraphrase a hubber on his interests on Chinese matter, he answered condescendingly "what do I care". It has always been an American attitude to isolate itself dismissively from the rest of the world as if they did not exist or, if they did, it...

8 comments    america economy freedom
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