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Career Question: Has being unemployed long-term caused you to rethink your career choices or options?

February 8, 2010 – 7:39 pm

Unemployment numbers are scary. Being unemployed is scarier. Millions of people are currently unemployed and have been for months. If you’re among them, you understand the long-term unemployment stats intimately.
LONG-TERM UNEMPLOYMENT STATS
6.3 million people have been unemployed for 27 weeks or more.
8.3 million people have been forced to work part-time due to an inability to [...]

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What Your Mom Wants You To Be When You Grow Up

August 27, 2009 – 12:36 pm

A new PDK/Gallup poll revealed that 7 out of 10 parents would like their child to become a public school teacher. That’s the highest proportion in 30 years. And, mom and dad didn’t stop there. They also want their little darlings to earn more money, about $10,000 more in their first jobs. Then, no rods [...]

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Survey Says Main-Streeters Distrust Wall-Streeters

March 10, 2009 – 1:30 pm

I read the results of an interesting Harris Poll today. Harris polled 1,010 Americans and found, surprise of surprises, that they don’t trust the folks on Wall Street and they want recently awarded bonuses returned.
Here are the highlights.
The Trust Issues

“Most people on Wall Street would be willing to break the law if they believed that they [...]

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If you were in charge of the economic recovery, what would you do?

December 19, 2008 – 1:21 am

I’ve never had more conversations about politics or the economy in my life! Everyone has an answer, something they feel should be done or could be done better–lower taxes, wipe out everyone’s credit card debt, freeze foreclosures, invest in education or infrastructure jobs.
President-Elect Obama is reportedly considering passing out $850B to a bevy of interest [...]

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