If this column isn’t as good as usual, don’t blame me. I had a rotten childhood; my parents would not buy me any GI Joe action figures so my Barbies had to sit home on prom night. Plus, I think I may have the flu — the swine flu and the flu flu, too, and [...]
The official unemployment rate in America is now over 10 percent — a factoid that surprises me. I don’t want to argue with the nums, but based on what I’m seeing, at least 50 percent of that 10 percent have already gotten themselves jobs. How else can you explain the explosion of employment counselors offering [...]
If you have any pity left over after feeling sorry for yourself and your own pathetic work situation, send it to Shayla McKnight. Ms. McKnight, a contributor to the Preoccupations column in The New York Times, has written a panegyric to her employer, PrintingForLess.com, based on the company’s truly insane corporate policy — a ban [...]
If you’re depressed about your chances for finding a job in this wretched economy, here’s more bad news. For every single opening there are six-point-one job seekers. That means that 5 and one-tenths better qualified, better looking people are trying to grab any job you’re attempting to snag. Your sneaky and dishonest nature is probably [...]
If you like to work hard and to not get paid, I have a name for you — intern. In the midst of a jobless recovery, the jobs that everyone is talking about are the jobs that don’t include a paycheck. Yet, every day, in every way, people are fighting to get the opportunity to [...]