August was a terrible month for jobs. There was little to no hiring, no jobs were created at all, and the unemployment rate has snuck up to 9.1%. Throw in the 8.8% of people who are underemployed, and almost 18% of the country isn’t making enough and are scrambling for what few jobs are available. It’s a time where everyone...
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Since college, I’ve held a myriad of jobs. From babysitting to proofreading, research assistance to web design, budgeting advice to business advice; I seriously have done it all. I work part time, but I fill in the gaps with random odd jobs. Today, I’m helping tutor someone with music homework. I’m a job juggler. Job juggling...
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Alright, so, this economy absolutely stinks, right? Gold is rising because investors want a more secure investment. The global economy is ready to go into a world-wide recession. It’s hard to sell a house, hard to buy a house, and over everything else, it’s horrible trying to find any sort of job. So, if you’re in the job...
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After I got my bachelor’s degree, I applied for a job at a large chain electronics store. Needless to say, I didn’t get the job. Four months later, the chain filed for bankruptcy. I was thankful I hadn’t gotten a job there… but let me tell you, it’s a pain to have to go a half an hour to get to a Best Buy because Circuit...
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Money. That’s what this blog’s about, right? Now, I’m no expert, but I do know a bit about what’s going down with it. One of the things that I learned a lot about from the career center on campus was money… but not budgeting or how to get good deals. All the money advice I got there was about how much I should expect to...
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I’ve said on here before that I’m from Pennsylvania. For a period of time, I was underemployed, and because of that, I thought that maybe I should start looking in Maryland, which is about a half an hour or so from my home. I started to do research, and I found out a few things, including the fact that Pennsylvania is one of the...
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