More Americans Visit Libraries To Hunt For Jobs (AHN)
New York, NY (AHN) - Many libraries in the U.S. are full of people these days, but the reason is not so much because Americans have developed a sudden passion for reading or a penchant for research. It has more to do with the economic crisis, with the
For Growing Ranks of the White-Collar Jobless, Support With a Touch of the Spur
HOFFMAN ESTATES, Ill. ? The meeting could have been at any number of corporations across the country. Everyone present sat at tables around an LCD projector with their laptops open.
But the setting was a church conference room, not a board room, and
For recipients of unemployment, it's all a waiting game
MUNCIE -- Becky Watson waited eight weeks to receive her first unemployment insurance payment from the state. Lynda Turner got hers after just two weeks.
And Gary Gillette is still waiting.
In a day and age where the wait at the WorkOne office is
Job Search Sites Flourish on American Soil
As job losses mount in the US economy, growth to online job search sites grew 51% to 18.8 million visitors.
comScore Media Metrix data revealed that the final months of the year, which typically experience seasonal softness in job search behavior
Fear gives way to acceptance as managers admit redundancy is ?inevitable?
However, despite clear evidence of a ?managers? malaise?, the surveys also uncover some positive news. 73 per cent, for example, argue that there is less stigma attached to redundancy than during the 1990s and 51 per cent believe the current economic
Adrift at Sea: The 2009 Offseason and the future of Jack Del Rio
Normally the beginner of the off sesason is an optimistic time to take a look backwards at the year that was and forward at what is necessary to restock and reload the team for next season. I take these months of planning and evaluation very seriously,
$200 Laptops Break a Business Model
Mr. Title, a 35-year-old new-media manager at a film production company in New York, has dropped his cable subscription and moved to watching most of his television online ? free. While shopping for a new laptop for his girlfriend recently, he
Could your family go 120 days without pay?
If you lost your job tomorrow, how long could you and your family last before you would be unable to cover basic living expenses such as housing, food and transportation?
According to a telephone survey of employed workers conducted last month for
Jobless Aid: As the numbers get worse, benefit system's flaws grow clearer
Since November, the jobless numbers have gone from bad to worse. Meanwhile, the nation's unemployment compensation system, grown stingy over the years, depends on congressional Band-Aids to keep idled workers from plunging into poverty.
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A new chapter begins for libraries as economy sinks
CALGARY Even before Calgary's Central Library opened yesterday at noon, dozens of people crowded inside its modest-sized heated foyer, while still more were lined up outside braving the -19 wind chill.
Crowds have been growing since the economy started
