Today, Walmart announced plans to expand in the Washington, D.C. area, which will not only provide access to affordable, healthy food options for residents, but which could also help combat the nearly 10% unemployment rate in our nation’s capital. They’re starting with a two-year plan for stores in four different areas, which will lead to [...]
Unemployment
When you think of the term “job security,” what comes to mind? Do you get images of a 30-year career, capped with a retirement party and gold watch? Perhaps your mind goes to government jobs or union jobs, with their reputation for steadily advancing wages and Presidents’ Day off. Or maybe you just shrug your [...]
Every day, it seems like we read reports dealing with job cuts, so it’s nice to know that in some areas, jobs are actually being generated. If you’re interested in a manufacturing job, think about checking out the situation in Wisconsin. Wausaukee Composites, teaming up with the state of Wisconsin, is reopening a wind turbine [...]
Not every location in the United States is experiencing the same high unemployment rates. Recently, CNN published the results of a study showing places across the country that have actually seen a growth in job availability from 2000 to 2009. If you’re job hunting and don’t mind moving, the following areas might be able to [...]
There’s nothing like awful unemployment figures to make you feel committed to your current job. Not loyal or happy, perhaps, but committed. Who would leave a job when new ones are so hard to find? The problem with this very grownup line of thinking – besides that it’s probably right – is that it can [...]
Yup, it’s tough out there. There are hardly any jobs it seems, for the new college or high school graduate. Unemployment in this demographic tops 25% in some areas, with little hope for improvement, at least for the near future. What’s a young adult to do? Get a job anyway. That sounded kind of clueless, [...]
When I first started career counseling, 25 long years ago, layoffs were still viewed as emergency procedures, to be undertaken only under the direst of circumstances. Companies feared negative publicity for kicking people out of the workplace, not to mention the public perception that they were one step from absolute failure. My, what a difference [...]
I have to give a presentation tomorrow to people who have been unemployed a year or longer. They’ve asked me to talk about fear, a subject that fascinates me. I know they’re thinking about the day-to-day fears that hold job seekers back, such as a fear of rejection and a fear of telephoning strangers – [...]
