Understanding the value of a positive attitude is powerful. Too often this concept gets overlooked. I believe as an educator, it is an obligation to provide young children with a solution to become the best representation of themselves. The first thing that comes to mind is attitude. Attitude is a personal choice and the only…
Author: Nicole Pyles
4 Ways Technology Helps People with Disabilities Find Meaningful Work by Patrick Young
Technology is changing our world on a daily basis. And while this is true for everyone, in many ways, it’s most salient for people living with a disability. For many people, activities that were once seen as impossible are not only possible but common. Take work, for example. It wasn’t that long ago that a…
How I Stayed Motivated During Almost 3 Years of Unemployment Guest Post by KatebyFaith
“Wow. Great news…I guess?” I said to myself. I had just received news that my employer was moving to another city. This was a huge corporation. Honestly, it was no big deal for a lot of people. However, it was a big deal for me. This actually posed a hardship, because I had just bought…
Getting Rid of My To-Do List is My 2020 Goal
Today, I finally tackled a few things I had been putting off. I’ve been away from the traditional 9-to-5 grind for this past year and taking on a few freelance projects instead. As a result, my workload is slightly splintered so I have the habit of having keeping “here and there” to-dos that I need…
How to Survive A Holiday When You Are Unemployed
As much as I love Thanksgiving, it’s really hard to make it through a long weekend being out of work. Job listings slow down, responses to resumes are minimal, and the general vibe of holidays (especially one surrounding Black Friday) is to spend, spend spend. However, I decided to put together some tips for you…
5 Places to Find Work from Home Jobs
Since losing my job, I’m keeping myself open to a wide variety of job opportunities. Ideally, though, I want to find a work from home job. My previous position had a one hour commute to work and one hour commute home. Sometimes it would be longer. I genuinely never want to face that type of…
Side Jobs to Help Those in Recovery by Rufus Carter
Rufus Carter has been in recovery for 9 years. For the past 6 years, he has worked as a personal trainer. His website, recoveringworks.com, organizes resources for anyone in recovery who is trying to choose their career path. With the site, he hopes to help those in recovery create fulfilling and lucrative careers. The…
Do Happy Employees Make Less Mistakes?
It’s officially time for me to seek out new pastures at my present job. Between coworker issues and just a general feeling that I’ve hit the wall of growth at this place, I’m just not that happy at my job anymore. And lately I’ve noticed I’ve started making more careless mistakes. Not reading emails completely. Getting…
Will the Mall Survive?
photo credit: Nicholas Eckhart The Old Mall via photopin (license) For those who haven’t heard Macy’s is closing 68 stores this year. Sears and Kmart are closing 150 stores. I pass a Macy’s department store enroute home and the images of clearance posters are haunting. And now Payless Shoes has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. It seems like…
I Feel For You [An Unemployment Story]
This is an unemployment story anonymously contributed to my blog. If you would like to share your story, please write me at ladyunemployed [at] gmail [dot] com. Three years ago when I first arrived here in California, I had no work permit to show that I was eligible to work here. I was waiting…