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Laid-Off, Many Turn to Blogging
 Laid-Off, Many Turn to Blogging 
Mar 10, 2009 1:30 PM CDT

Laid-Off, Many Turn to Blogging

Recently laid-off vent, share leads online

(Newser) - As layoffs soar, job seekers are turning to blogs to connect with others in the same boat and share their adventures in unemployment, the Wall Street Journal reports. For many professionals, blogging helps make sense of the sudden changes a layoff brings. "It's difficult to see your own progress,...

Lost Your Job? Turn to Those You Kind of Know

Acquaintances can be road to success in tough times

(Newser) - In the professional world, it’s all about who you sort of know, especially when times are hard, Gregory Rodriguez writes in the Los Angeles Times. Job losses may make people withdraw from their friends, but during a recession, acquaintances are the ones who count, often helping pave the way...

Mr. T to Unemployed: 'Man Up!'
 Mr. T to Unemployed: 'Man Up!'
Feb 27, 2009 10:30 AM CST

Mr. T to Unemployed: 'Man Up!'

(Newser) - Feeling the recession depression? Not sure how you’re going to make ends meet? Mr T has some advice for you: “Man up,” the Mirror reports. The professional tough guy, who said he was in London to show Brits how to be a man, added, “If you...

Hackers Breach Monster.com

4.5M compromised in UK; jobs site unsure how many of 75M worldwide may be affected

(Newser) - Hackers have illegally accessed Monster.com and stolen personal details from an uncertain number of its 75 million users, Bloomberg reports. The hackers snatched user IDs, passwords, contact information and more, though resumes weren’t accessed. Users should be on the lookout for bogus e-mails that appear to come from...

Libraries a Cheap Refuge, But Top Target for Budget Cuts

Popular books see huge waiting lists, while unemployed line up to use computers

(Newser) - Whether you’re looking for a job, or just a cheap respite from the horrors of the economy, the public library has become the place to be, the Wall Street Journal reports. But even as attendance swells, the same financial crisis that brings patrons has left many branches cash-poor. One...

Tough Times Become LinkedIn's Buddy
Tough Times Become LinkedIn's Buddy
Dec 31, 2008 9:51 AM CST

Tough Times Become LinkedIn's Buddy

Business networking site sees surge in users as economy tanks

(Newser) - Bad times for American workers are boosting traffic on popular business networking site LinkedIn. The site has doubled its membership this year as worried professionals step up their networking efforts. "Every individual is a small business or brand," founder and newly reinstated CEO Reid Hoffman told USA Today....

Panhandling MIT Grad Gets Job
 Panhandling MIT Grad Gets Job 
Dec 24, 2008 10:09 AM CST

Panhandling MIT Grad Gets Job

After a year on dole, and months into publicity stunt, banker rejoins workforce

(Newser) - Out-of-work investment banker Joshua Persky gained a lot of publicity when he hung a sign around his neck reading “EXPERIENCED MIT GRAD FOR HIRE,” and passed out resumes on the streets of Manhattan—but no job offers. His wife and kids left New York to live with family,...

Jobless Whites, Blacks Push Out Immigrant Workers

Tough job market sends foreign-born workers home

(Newser) - Tens of thousands of Hispanic immigrants are leaving the US as out-of-work Americans compete with them for manual labor jobs, the Wall Street Journal reports. Even farms, which once struggled to fill positions, are turning people away because white and black Americans need work. "There is definitely a lot...

Job-Hunting Execs Find It Tight at the Top

Financial crisis leads to surplus of six-figure jobseekers

(Newser) - Laid-off execs scrambling to find new six-figure salaries are facing fierce competition, Time reports. Thousands of high-end white-collar jobs have vanished recently, and many more are expected to go. Some top-level vacancies are still appearing, as execs retire or change jobs, but companies looking to fill their most powerful positions...

Swamped Job Centers 'the ERs of Today's Economy'

Jobless rate at 16-year high; 20M likely to use such programs

(Newser) - With unemployment at 6.5%—a 16-year high—one-stop job centers, the “emergency rooms of today’s economy,” are facing a flood of applicants, the New York Times reports. Some 20 million are likely to use federal employment programs this year, compared to 14 million 3 years ago....

Teens Struggle in Tight Job Market

Summer work grows rarer in weak economy

(Newser) - The economic downturn has taken a toll on teenagers searching for a summer job, the New York Times reports. With the teen job market at its smallest in decades, less than a third of teens are expected to be employed this summer, says a Northeastern University study—a far cry...

Interview Goofs You Can't Make Up

Smelling your armpits, admitting you're headed to the bar are not ways to get a job

(Newser) - Do research, don't lie, be professional: Interview tips seem basic enough to follow, but CNN reports the many job seekers have committed serious gaffes we all should learn from:
  • Asking interviewer to leave office so you can take a call
  • Admitting you may quit job if your uncle dies and
...

10 Jobs Not Long for This World
10 Jobs Not Long for This World
Oct 23, 2007 9:54 AM CDT

10 Jobs Not Long for This World

Failing industries, new technology and outsourcing are killing these careers

(Newser) - Getting a job is hard enough—you don't want one that won't be around in five or 10 years. Forbes pulls out its crystal ball to see which jobs are not long for this world:
  1. News analysts, reporters, and correspondents
  2. Economists
  3. Radio announcers
  4. Travel agents

Kill Your Chances With These Job Interview Moves

(Newser) - Don't shoot yourself in the foot in your next job interview. A Fortune poll of hiring managers uncovered some anecdotes about the dumbest pitches they'd heard: The interviewee:
  1. "...told me to hire him because he was allergic to unemployment."
  2. "... said that we should hire him because he
...

Kick-Ass Jobs of the Future
Kick-Ass Jobs of the Future
Aug 16, 2007 2:47 PM CDT

Kick-Ass Jobs of the Future

(Newser) - Doctors and lawyers are so old-school—CNNMoney lists the movers and shakers of the future:
  • Disease Mapper: Use satellite technology to track and predict epidemics.
  • Robot Programmer: Today's robots can analyze blood samples and mix cocktails—if someone shows them how.

Don't Call Us, We'll Call You
Don't Call Us, We'll Call You
Aug 9, 2007 12:09 PM CDT

Don't Call Us, We'll Call You

How to tell it's time to move on with your employment search

(Newser) - BusinessWeek gives job-seekers seven signs that you're getting the brush-off:
  1. Your calls to the recruiter generate nothing but silence.
  2. You miss the first phone screen; that ship has sailed.
  3. Musical interviewers; someone else has landed the job.

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