supl on May 31st, 2010

Some Republican senator claimed that most unemployed people on the dole don’t even begin looking for jobs until their unemployment insurance runs out, and because of that, he voted against another emergency unemployment extension. First of all, Senator, thank you for reading this site to do your research, because for once, you were right. Second of [...]

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Continue reading about #150 Wishing They Started Job Searching Sooner

Most well-meaning people set out to start off the new year with a clean slate, vowing to quit this or start that - anything that will make them a better person. But it’s well known that resolutions were meant to be broken so this December, all of the unemployed people who still haven’t had enough [...]

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Continue reading about #148 Claiming Their New Year’s Resolution is to Get a Job

These days there are several ways to catch the attention of hiring companies. Of course, these days everyone is competing against everyone and their mother, brother, cousin, etc. Besides trying the CareerBuilder no-no’s, because CareerBuilder provides such great job advice, such as neon colored and scented resumes or showing up like a raging maniac at [...]

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Continue reading about #120 Regretting Creating the Video Resume That Went Viral

supl on July 2nd, 2009

Everybody loves a good story - even more so, everybody loves to tell a great story. “In this economy” most people have a story to tell, but most of them fall under the expected: the company wasn’t doing so good, cuts were made across the board, or entire industries were shut down. It’s not to [...]

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Continue reading about #114 Bragging About How They Got Let Go

supl on June 22nd, 2009

After months of failing at getting any responses from prospective employers, or just straight up not applying for any jobs, the unemployed are somewhat bewildered when they’re contacted for an interview. Chances are they have absolutely no idea what they’ve applied for due to the hundreds of cover letters and resumes they must have sent [...]

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Continue reading about #106 Sabotaging Their Only Interview in Months

supl on June 12th, 2009

For many out there, the good ‘ol wake and bake is a tried and true method of getting through the day. Some people, like this guy, feel the need to give their brains a handicap in order to handle their unchallenging jobs. The unemployed, on the other hand, might feel the need to immediately get [...]

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Continue reading about #100 The Good ol’ Wake and Bake

How is it that CareerBuiler.com commericials can be so good on Superbowl Sunday (punching a koala, anyone?) but their articles so bad? Chances are everyone is guilty of clicking on a CareerBuilder article at one point or another. There’s something so deceptively alluring about them but only after you’ve already exhausted the internet and started [...]

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Continue reading about #22 Cursing Themselves for Reading Asinine CareerBuilder Articles

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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Continue reading about #3 Freaking Out About Not Knowing How to Apply for a Job