supl on January 30th, 2009

Who doesn’t like Barack Obama? After eight years of rule under He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named almost everybody has to like something about the new president and his promise of change. So, Barack, spare the unemployed some change and help a brother and sister out. Everyone is counting on Obama to pave the way towards an economic recovery plan and [...]

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supl on January 29th, 2009

Government bailouts, economic stimulus packages, and rising deficits have been the non-stop jibber jabber of the last six months but have been largely ignored by the unemployed because yeah, it has something to do with why they lost their jobs, but the government is giving out free money, so what do they care? Then bits and pieces [...]

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Continue reading about #4 Praying Unemployment Checks Won’t Turn Into IOUs

There’s a bunch of people running around flipping out about getting employed because it’s been so long since they’ve had to look that they’ve forgotten how to apply for a job. We’re talking about people ranging from fat, balding execs to complacent recluses who’ve settled with staying with a company because “the benefits were decent” [...]

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supl on January 27th, 2009

Tech savvy folk are flocking to the internets to sign up for unemployment benefits immediately after being laid off, causing sites to crash nationwide. Panicked about figuring how to make ends meet during the downtime has led to a lot of lamenting about how the government has once again failed its people. Those who have [...]

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supl on January 26th, 2009

After months and months of fretting about job security there is nothing freshly unemployed people like better than to announce they have become yet another statistic in the spiraling global economy. Some will resign themselves to seeking sympathy from the still-employed, by balking at questions such as, “Oh, so are you part of the 533,000 [...]

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