December 2010
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What Salary Will You Make? The Long Road to a...
You got a job offer! Congratulations. You’re in. Wait a minute—not so fast. Until you get your start date and desk, it’s all up in the air. Reports from the trenches tell me that it’s not unusual these days for salary negotiations to last a while—sometimes up to six months—particularly in high level finance industry positions.
It’s tough today because employers, fearful of a sluggishly recovering...
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What Salary Will You Make? The Long Road to a...
You got a job offer! Congratulations. You’re in. Wait a minute—not so fast. Until you get your start date and desk, it’s all up in the air. Reports from the trenches tell me that it’s not unusual these days for salary negotiations to last a while—sometimes up to six months—particularly in high level finance industry positions.
It’s tough today because employers, fearful of a sluggishly recovering...
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Anyone have a big interview today that was...
Snowstorms are not good for an unemployed job candidate.
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Hey, Who Wants to be a Billionaire?
thehardworkersays:
Get out of the box. Believe in yourself. Focus. Take Risks. Break Rules. And run like hell with your ideas! *Adjusted from millionaire to billionaire for inflation.
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What To Do When A Company in Crisis Expects...
Congratulations! You got a job. Hired back in a managerial role, you’ve been accepted into a company and asked to assume all their attendant chaos. The first miracle happened: You found work in these paltry times. But that’s not enough. They want you to come in and make everything right—in two weeks or less. That expectation is not only unrealistic and unfair it leads to disappointment and...
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Unemployed Father Takes In Homeless Family For... →
“Earlier this month, Gregory Schauer, 50, says he looked around his large, one-bedroom apartment in Fort Wayne, Indiana, and realized that he was barely using his master bedroom. Since he slept on the couch most nights anyway, he decided the best thing he could do with all of his extra space would be to invite in a homeless family for the holidays.”
-via The Huffington Post
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Twenty Lies You'll Hear on a Job Interview: So... →
They’ll dissemble, evade, and misinform, although not necessarily with malice or cunning. Sometimes the interviewers themselves have been kept in the dark or misled about the reality of the jobs they need to fill. Just the same, you need to prepare yourself with some maneuvers of your own as well as some coping mechanisms. Click ahead to learn what you’ll come up against on the job hunt.
We want...
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Twenty Lies You'll Hear on a Job Interview: So... →
They’ll dissemble, evade, and misinform, although not necessarily with malice or cunning. Sometimes the interviewers themselves have been kept in the dark or misled about the reality of the jobs they need to fill. Just the same, you need to prepare yourself with some maneuvers of your own as well as some coping mechanisms. Click ahead to learn what you’ll come up against on the job hunt.
We want...
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19 Resources to Help You Land a Job in 2011. →
Want to get paid to tweet? Or create mobile apps? How about landing a job as an SEO/SEM specialist?
Whatever your speciality, interest or preferred method for finding a job, we’ve likely talked to experts in the past year who can provide the insights you’ll need to get you on your way to that dream job.
Now, as 2010 comes to an end, we’ve pulled together all those resources, including how to...
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Holiday Frugality: How to be Merry Without Money.
It’s understandable. It’s got to be darn hard. Another holiday season for the long-term unemployed.
People who have been traditionally middle-class and working all their lives, find it very hard to “scale down” their purchasing and lifestyles and/or accept the assistance of available agencies, churches and human service organizations. Rightly so, they are proud of their accomplishments and were...
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Holiday Frugality: How to be Merry Without Money.
It’s understandable. It’s got to be darn hard. Another holiday season for the long-term unemployed.
People who have been traditionally middle-class and working all their lives, find it very hard to “scale down” their purchasing and lifestyles and/or accept the assistance of available agencies, churches and human service organizations. Rightly so, they are proud of their accomplishments and were...
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Join the Candlelight Vigil for 99ers on Monday...
Visit this web page for more information, a list of participating cities, and a sign-up sheet. New York City 99ers will be meeting at City Hall. CNN, NPR, RTV and other media, including a documentary filmmaker, will be covering this event. Directions by subway: R to City Hall; 4, 5, 6 to Brooklyn Bridge/City Hall; 2, 3 to Park Place; A, C, E to Chambers, J, Z to Chambers.
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A Week with the Unemployed: Saturday & Sunday.
I missed my post for Saturday, but hey, even unemployed people lose track of stuff. I browsed the normal job boards and took the day to gather my thoughts and gear up for a new week of job searching.
Sundays are filing days. Each Sunday I head on over to the Oregon Employment Department’s website and file my weekly claim for unemployment benefits. There, you answer questions like, “Did you...
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A Week with the Unemployed: Wednesday-Friday.
Wednesday is one of the few days of the week when unemployed Oregonians have something to look forward to. That’s right people, it’s check day!! Today I just received my 99th check for $309(after taxes), so this will be the last happy Wednesday I have until I find a job.
It’s been a pretty good week on the job search front. I believe I’m up to about 5 or 6 jobs applied to so far, which is way...
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Holiday Haiku 2010.
The New Year’s Promise:
hope, joy, peace, love, memories
and gentle snowflakes.
Wishing you, your team and your family
a joyous season and
ever more success in 2011.
-By Janet L. Falk, Contributing Member and Public Relations Professional
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Experimenting with Rejection Builds Confidence:... →
THE REJECTION THERAPY 30 DAY CHALLENGE
Can you get rejected for 30 days in a row? Take the Rejection Therapy 30 Day Challenge and find out.
It consists of only one main rule…
YOU MUST BE REJECTED BY ANOTHER PERSON AT LEAST ONCE, EVERY SINGLE DAY.
Please notice the wording of the rule. It doesn’t say you must attempt or try to be rejected. The rule is you MUST be rejected by another human...
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Crazy Nut Job: Unemployment: New Claims Flat. →
crazynutjob:
The revision to the unemployment data is larger than the weekly change. This week’s Unemployment Insurance Weekly Claims Report pegs the new claims number at 420k. Last week, it was 421k (before revision). The Bloomberg consensus range was 414k to 435k, so this data was largely expected. From…
Anonymous asked: My COBRA coverage was wrongfully terminated this month and I need help asap getting it reinstated. What organizations or govt agencies can help me? United HealthCare is stonewalling me.
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Experimenting with Rejection Builds Confidence:... →
THE REJECTION THERAPY 30 DAY CHALLENGE
Can you get rejected for 30 days in a row? Take the Rejection Therapy 30 Day Challenge and find out.
It consists of only one main rule…
YOU MUST BE REJECTED BY ANOTHER PERSON AT LEAST ONCE, EVERY SINGLE DAY.
Please notice the wording of the rule. It doesn’t say you must attempt or try to be rejected. The rule is you MUST be rejected by another human...
ps-weloveyou asked: Since I am what is referred to as a 99er ... and have exhausted all benefits or extensions ... will this new bill being passed do anything to help me at all ?
Anonymous asked: My COBRA coverage was wrongfully terminated this month and I need help asap getting it reinstated. What organizations or govt agencies can help me? United HealthCare is stonewalling me.
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A Week with the Unemployed: Tuesday.
imstillunemployed:
Tuesday is an uneventful day for most unemployed people. A lot of companies looking for employees posted their jobs on Monday morning so there aren’t a lot of new opportunities.
My main course of action for a Tuesday is to repeat the same searches I did on Monday morning/afternoon. So as not to bore myself with the repetition, I might try searching a site that I don’t...
ps-weloveyou asked: Since I am what is referred to as a 99er ... and have exhausted all benefits or extensions ... will this new bill being passed do anything to help me at all ?
Anonymous asked: I am confused as to what constitutes income as far as unemployment insurance is concerned. One of the question we have to answer is each week is "excluding self employment, did you earn more then $405 this week?
I am negotiating a contract to do some freelance editorial work with an author who will pay me upfront. When I collect that check, how do I answer that question?
And...
I am negotiating a contract to do some freelance editorial work with an author who will pay me upfront. When I collect that check, how do I answer that question?
And...
Anonymous asked: Hello, how long can unemployment hold benefits? I was sent a form three weeks ago that informed me to verify vacation pay. I filled out the form and mailed it back; since then, I have not received any benefits.
I was told by my employer that I would only be paid for the vacation time I accrued while employed. I received these payments. According to website, based on their...
I was told by my employer that I would only be paid for the vacation time I accrued while employed. I received these payments. According to website, based on their...
Anonymous asked: I was laid off from my job in early August 2010. I filed for unemployment and started to receive my benefits the last week of the month. Everything seemed fine. About two weeks ago, I received a letter from NYS informing me of dates of vacation pay that I was paid out to me already. However, NYS needed to verify the dates etc. I filled out the form and mailed it back. In the interim, my benefits...
Anonymous asked: If I accepted work that I was not legally required to accept because it involves travel time of more than 1.5 hours each way and then quit because the commuting has become too much, will I be able to go back to claiming benefits?
Anonymous asked: if i retired two years ago and receive a pension were my employer contributes more than 50 pct of my pension do i get a reduction in my unemployment benefits
Anonymous asked: Any ideas about phone service? I couldn't come up with my cell bill & they cut me off! I'm not sure I'll be able to get interviews with just email. It came down to that or food & meds. There has to be some resource. Thanks!
Anonymous asked: Any ideas about phone service? I couldn't come up with my cell bill & they cut me off! I'm not sure I'll be able to get interviews with just email. It came down to that or food & meds. There has to be some resource. Thanks!
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Anonymous asked: I reside in New Jersey. I am nearing 99 weeks at the end of the month and without any other source of income. Are you aware of any resources or agencies to contact for support?
Anonymous asked: I reside in New Jersey. I am nearing 99 weeks at the end of the month and without any other source of income. Are you aware of any resources or agencies to contact for support?
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CNN: Unemployed and homeless, woman urges senator...
Alexandra Jarrin, a 99er and former New Yorker who is homeless and staying at a friend’s home in Vermont, took on the task of printing letters sent by 99ers and other UI exhaustees and delivering them to Senator Bernie Sanders’ office (see previous post).
Many of the letters came from New York. “I will hand deliver the letters every day until this is over,” she stated...
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99ers: Senator Bernie Sanders Wants to Hear from...
Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT), is one of the few who have consistently stood up for 99ers, the unemployed and hardworking Americans against the corporations, big banks and stone-walling politicians. Today, on the floor of the Senate, Senator Sanders spoke passionately for close to nine hours, about the need to reject the compromise for extending tax cuts proposed by President Obama.
Former New...
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Getting Back to Work: How Some People are Managing...
There are almost as many ways to find a new job as there are people finding them. Here’s how some folks recently made miracles after a long struggle. They’re the kind of stories that careerists, recruiters and coaches live to tell. It’s the reason we carry on sometimes in a dismal swamp of near misses or lost opportunities. Are these success stories anecdotal? Of course they are. But they are...
Anonymous asked: $405 is more than I make in two weeks at my part-time job. I'm a student and I barely make ends meet. I watch my classmates graduate and struggle to find jobs in their fields. It is scary. Any words of wisdom?
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Anonymous asked: My husband and I both are unemployed, he was at his job for over 20 years and now can not even get an interview. I myself was 1st laid off Jan. 2008, from my employer of 10 years, I was out of work for 13 months we sold all of our assets to pay our mortgage. And now once again I was let go in Oct. 2010 because the company I was working for was sold. My unemployment benefits was affected because I...
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White House: 40 Million People Helped By Extended... →
Forty million people benefited from extended unemployment benefits programs put in place to fight the recession that started in December 2007, according to a White House report released Thursday.
Fourteen million people laid off through no fault of their own received benefits under the Emergency Unemployment Compensation and Extended Benefits programs that Congress allowed to lapse this week, and...
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Why Don't They Get Back to Me? The Frustration of...
It’s lousy enough to be laid off from your job. You didn’t see it coming. All the while, you mastered a few tasks at your former job and didn’t notice the rug was being yanked out from under you. Now, to get back into your field, you needed a whole new set of skills because the employers require new things. They might as well be speaking another language. It’s as if you were transported and...
Anonymous asked: Currently seeking sales people for web based 3D virtual mall to generate leads. Call 678.610.3280 ask for Johnathon.
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A Holiday Message.
There was a saying in one of my previous jobs; “You are only as good as your last success.” The purpose of the saying was to insure that every employee remained focused on achieving success. The underlying message however, eventually became “failure is not an option.”
It was no surprise that, when the aforementioned company began layoffs, employees looked at their termination as failure, and...