November 23, 2009

Worsening foreclosure crisis. What does it mean for real estate agents?

A new study out by the Mortgage Bankers Association has found that a record-high 14 percent of homeowners are either behind on payments or in foreclosure. In spite of indicators showing that the economic crisis may be lessening, the foreclosure rate is still rising. Economists explain that it’s the record high unemployment that is to […]

November 11, 2009

Hot Jobs 61: Jobs Working with Animals

It’s Wednesday, which means it’s time for our weekly Hot Jobs post. This the day that I feature three of the best job leads from JobMonkey’s free Job Center — the web’s #1 free resource for job seekers in search of an adventure — and a paycheck. If you are an animal lover, then you […]

November 6, 2009

October Unemployment Numbers Released, Unemployment Tops 10%

The Bureau of Labor Statistics released the October unemployment numbers and, unfortunately, they are worse than expected. The unemployment rate rose .4% over last month to 10.2% — the highest it’s been in 26 years. Economists had predicted the rate would hit 9.9%. Also in October, 190,000 jobs were lost, putting the nation’s total number […]

November 4, 2009

Hot Jobs 60: Ski Jobs 2009

Welcome to Hot Jobs Wednesday! As you surely known by now, Wednesday is the day that I spotlight the hottest job leads from our free Job Center — the web’s #1 free resource for job seekers in search of an adventure — and a paycheck. Are you in the market for a ski resort job? […]

November 2, 2009

Top 10 Jobs in a Recession

Parade Magazine ran a great feature in last weekend’s paper with the top 10 jobs for a recession. Some of them were the same-old standards I’ve been posting about for the last year (like in Job Search Tips for the Economic Recovery and Newsweek’s Top Recession Proof Careers). But there were a couple jobs on […]

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