Has being on the road these days ever made you think you were part of some larger conspiracy? One that made you feel slightly crazier than normal, and just that much more prone to road rage? Have you experienced being on the freeway in the middle of the day when it’s nowhere near rush hour [...]
Continue reading about #149 Obeying All Traffic Laws to Avoid Fines
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 [...]
Continue reading about #120 Regretting Creating the Video Resume That Went Viral
A layoff should never stop a social butterfly from hanging up his or her wings when it comes to entertaining guests at home. Just because people have lost their jobs doesn’t mean they have to give up hosting drunkfests at their places. You know, the ones that are notorious for the wrong people hooking up [...]
Regretting signing up for a gym membership is not an exclusive problem for the unemployed but it’s something 100% of gym card-carrying unemployed people have in common. It doesn’t matter when the gym membership was purchased, whether it was a three year contract signed during peak physical health, acquired when a previous employer was subsidizing [...]
Continue reading about #89 Regretting Signing Up for a Gym Membership
Why on earth would you ever ask an unemployed person how their day was unless you were digging to see whether they’ve applied for any jobs? Much like asking a kid after school how their day was, or asking an office employee how work was, the answer is likely going to be whatever gets the [...]
Continue reading about #80 Dreading the Question, “How Was Your Day?”
There comes a breaking point in unemployment where those without jobs stop thinking about themselves and start thinking about those who are less fortunate. Sure, it sucks to lose a job and not be able to find a new one, but there are people who can’t even work, who don’t have homes, and who could [...]
Continue reading about #58 Thinking About Volunteering But Never Getting To It
It doesn’t take much to spot out the unemployed people on any given social networking site. They’re the ones that are usually sending terrible chain letter forwards, taking awful quizzes that everyone stopped taking in junior high, and constantly updating everyone who cares (they stopped caring long ago) on exactly what they’re up to at [...]
Continue reading about #57 Desperately Updating Their Social Networking Profiles
After going through the usual stages of depression, reckless drinking, and general self-destruction, the unemployed eventually hit rock bottom before trying to get their act together. Some might pour all their available energy into finding a job. Others decide finding a regular job will never be a part of their life again, vowing to finally [...]
Continue reading about #39 Finally Having Time to “Be An Artist”
Some unemployed people just can’t get a break. All those laid off late last year can probably attest to this. Not only did they lose their chance at getting paid for the holidays, but they also got stuck with the worst time to apply for unemployment and jobs, because everybody knows nobody works right before [...]
Continue reading about #33 Putting Off Their Taxes Because They Owe Money
When unemployed, it’s important to set some goals for the day, depending on how ambitious someone without a job can actually be. These goals can range from something as simple as taking a shower, escalate to the level of leaving the house, and be as grand as a New Years resolution to get in shape [...]
Continue reading about #32 Failing at Plans to Succeed at Leaving the House
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