On many levels I can relate to the following story written by a lady with the initials BB. It is a story I know will resonate with so many of you who struggle with recovering from life after graduation. It was 1994. I was in French class with my friend Rachel and we started discussing…
Month: February 2014
The Underemployed by Taryn Cooper
I am so glad to share this story because it offers such a unique, eye opening perspective on the current state of affairs. I encourage you to email me your story so I can share it with my readers. “A measure of employment and labor utilization in the economy that looks at how well the…
Should Bankruptcy Wipe Out Student Loans?
Student loan debt has been in the news recently and is apparently the source of a lot of the nation’s debt crisis. According to an article with Times Union, there is efforts to reduce the interest on student loans to a fixed 4%. I can’t remember what my percentage is, but this article made me…
“We deserve a little more respect than being labeled lazy and looking for a handout.” [An Unemployment Story]
The following email was sent to me about a week ago and every word resonated. It speaks to the nature of job searching right now and what is available and how unbalanced the solutions are. This was written by John Fusto who gave me permission to use his story and mention his name. The rest…
Coworker Hell Turned Joblessness Hell [An Anonymous Unemployment Story]
I wanted to post this story especially because I have been here before and so have a lot of people. Sometimes you just can’t stay at a job no matter how much you want it to work. When you reach that breaking point though and have to leave, there is a massive struggle to recover….
5 Ideas to Help the Unemployed and Underemployed
I think these days a lot of the people who are struggling the most financially fall under two categories: 1) You are having trouble finding permanent, full time employment. or 2) You have a job, but you are barely making ends meet. Or some combination of the two. There are ways out of this if…