There Are 4,833,700 Jobs Posted Online. Get One.
In all the doom and gloom about the financial markets, a little hunk of good news was trampled and ignored. But, I’ve rescued it! GOOD NEWS: There are 4,833,700 jobs posted online right now! 3,014,600 new jobs were posted in the month of August alone! The total number of jobs posted online increased by 7% [...]
Nearly 500,000 Unemployment Claims…And Counting!
New claims for unemployment benefits jumped to a seven-year high of 493,000! That’s nearly as high as the 517,000 claims following the 9/11 attacks and brings the grand total to 3.54 million people collecting unemployment benefits (another record). In just the past week (week ending Sept. 20), 32,000 people applied for unemployment benefits. According to [...]
Nebraska’s Husky Economy
In the midst of it all, a cornfield shines–a beacon of light in a dark economy. Unlike the rest of the country, Nebraska’s economy is growing. The epicenter of Nebraska’s growth is its capital, Lincoln. The city gained jobs in nearly every sector, including retail and manufacturing, and lost only very few jobs. Lincoln and [...]
The Jab…I Mean…Job Report is Here
The numbers are in and the June Job Report is…not great. The best news is that the unemployment rate held steady at the prior month’s sickening rate of 5.5%. From there, the news gets progressively worse. I’ll start with the worst news. The worst news is that the April and May reports have been revised [...]
Opportunity Alert: Wal-Mart Wants to Sell Your Stuff
Wal-Mart’s shelf space is money in the bank! For many inventors, manufacturers and distributors getting their stuff on the shelves at Wal-Mart is the dream. Millionaires are made at Wally World, if only you can get your stuff on the shelves. Good luck with that. Ask anyone who’s tried and they’ll tell you that it’s [...]
Career Profile: Ethnomusicologist
Job Title: Ethnomusicologist AKA: Cultural Anthropologist, musicologists, cultural analysts, folklorists What is an Ethnomusicologist? Ethno, the prefix of the word Ethnomusicology, comes from the Greek word Ethnos, or nation, and refers to ethnicity or ethnocentric. Musicology is the study of music as an academic subject, as opposed to training in music performance or composition. Put [...]
Careers That Don’t Suck Profile: Video Game Scriptwriter
Job Title: Game Writer AKA: Game Script Writers, Screenwriters, interactive conversation writers What is it? A game writer is not the person who designs the visual effects or levels or the appearance of the characters. Instead, the game writer writes the dialogue spoken by the characters in a video, computer, mobile or PSP game. What [...]
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