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February 9, 2009
Interview Suggestions
Brought to you by The New York Post, the careers section today featured two articles I thought would be of some value to our job seeking reader friends. Here you go: 1) On the Plus Side 2) The Devil’s in the Details
February 9, 2009
Job Hunters: Proofread Before You Send Anything!
Our homeboy J. Alfred Proofreader just sent us a funny posting that I thought all of you would enjoy AND find helpful: In Dire Need of a Proofreader Make a typo or spelling mistake on your résumé or in a cover letter and you pretty much disqualify yourself from the job you’re applying for. But, [...]
February 9, 2009
Attention Big Friendly People in NYC
Bouncer for booth at Toy Fair 2/15 – 2/18 (Midtown West) Reply to: job-1027619268@craigslist.org [?] Date: 2009-02-09, 2:10PM EST We will be needing someone to act as a bouncer for a booth at next week’s Toy Fair at the Jacob Javits Center. Our ideal candidate should be big like an actual bouncer, but MUST be [...]
February 9, 2009
Let Me Know Who Your Favorite Is
Ladiez and gentz who are unemployed, therefore poor, and want to try gold digging out for size, I have news for you! Page Six Magazine just released it’s 50 Richest Hottest Bachelors list. Get your notebook out and start making lists of pros and cons stat! Oh and btw, no offense to this guy Teddy [...]
February 9, 2009
God Loves Norm Coleman More Than You
With a resolution to the ballot battle between Norm Coleman and Al Franken unlikely any time in the near future, Coleman has let it be known that a higher power is behind him (underlying current: he thinks Franken is some Hollywood heathen not destined to be a United States Senator). On Friday Coleman (who is [...]
February 9, 2009
The PSATNB Guide to Unemployment Blogs
Forget about pink slips being the new black, unemployment blogs are! In the last few months we’ve seen our community grow exponentially, each website offering a different take on the same subjects: this shitty economy and being unemployed. (FYI: they’re all in our links section) Here’s a short list: Layoff Daily: Short, simple and to-the-point. [...]
February 9, 2009
Obama Heads to Where It Hurts
If you didn’t see our last post on this little town, I bet most of you haven’t heard of Elkhart, Indiana. President Obama is going there today to try and sell his stimulus package in a town hall meeting. This little town of 53,000 has a 15.3 percent unemployment rate—the highest in the nation. Another [...]
February 9, 2009
Freak Out!
No, I’m not talking about that song, which immediately started playing in my head when I started reading this New York magazine story. It centers around freakoutnomics, asking things like: What will it take for New York businesses to survive? How are you doling out your dollars? Yeah, we’re all freaked out, opting to save [...]
