A different perspective on the bleak jobs picture.
Archive for July, 2010
It Could Be Worse
Friday, July 30th, 2010Tinkering with the Jobs Machine
Thursday, July 29th, 2010As the president hit the road to tout his jobs machine, the mechanics back on Capitol Hill were still tinkering under the hood.
O, Canada Recovers
Thursday, July 22nd, 2010First, they nationalize health coverage. Now our neighbors to the north are ahead in the economic recovery.
A Different Kind of Federal Jobs Program
Wednesday, July 21st, 2010If what you really want to do is keep a close eye on the shenanigans of Wall Street, the SEC may have a job for you. The agency is hiring 800 new workers.
Seal the Deal
Tuesday, July 20th, 2010The science behind the perfect handshake to seal a deal. Can it work for the job interview?
Worrying About Tomorrow
Monday, July 19th, 2010Despair grows among many of the jobless.
A Reminder that a Job Loss is an Opportunity
Thursday, July 15th, 2010Getting sacked should prompt an agonizing reappraisal of your situation. Do you see a path to the kind of job you want? Do you see an entrepreneurial opportunity?
On the Philosophy of Bill Maher…
Wednesday, July 14th, 2010I think the question on everyone’s lips is, Who the devil cares what he thinks? It just doesn’t matter. Providing for the nation’s energy needs matters, so does finding ways to do so that are more in harmony with the environment. Honest work to provide for your family matters, too, and every job you do has ramifications you may not feel good about. Building wind turbines could be seen to be the same as erecting bird shredders. Better to focus on what you need to do to feel like your work is making a difference for yourself and the world and not worry about the pips and squeaks of a professional glitter mouth.
An Upside to the BP Spill?
Wednesday, July 14th, 2010The horrible mess in the gulf has proven to be a boon to environmental cleanup firms.
Why Does Bill Maher Hate Working People?
Tuesday, July 13th, 2010I don’t know if it’s true that Bill Maher cavorts with hookers and loves to smoke dope – or, perhaps, simply supports the right of others to do so. He certainly supports animal rights. So why does he hate working people so much? Whatever the global impact of the oil industry, it’s takes a mighty big Hollywood ego to so cavalierly cast aside the needs of regular folks who work to make a hard living in or around oil. But during two recent HBO Real Time broadcasts, Maher made clear that such working folks are surely scum. Perhaps we can write it off as in-your-face entertainment, but Maher and his sychophantic funny folk friend-guests seem to think they really matter. Begging the question: do they? Not to me. I love a good movie or song just as much as the next cat, but who really cares? If Maher, Mayer and Martin just disappeared tomorrow, so? Their work just don’t matta so much, eh?