Category Archives: Job Search Websites

Start crying, but keep trying

Unemployment figures may be bad, but there are also job search opportunities. In this article, an unemployed blogger gives tips from his experience.

The only job I’ll ever need, if I can get it…

A jobless man discovers the perfect job and then realizes he might not be cut out for it.

Not the clothes off my back

A fashion guide to unemployment

Companies have the unemployed right where they want them

Further evidence that employers (not the unemployed) have the upper hand

Unemployed and signing up for Beyond.com

An article about signing up for Beyond.com.

Job site Mondays

Combing the job sites with your jobless tour guide

How to survive a layoff

Tips on how to survive a layoff

The unemployed’s elevator pitch for the holidays

How to be prepared for family events and conversations about unemployment.

My first layoff – how it all began

The story of my first layoff. Many more would follow, but this one holds a special place in my heart.

Career training courtesy of the NY Department of Labor

The NY Department of Labor requires career training to collect unemployment. Read about my visit to their offices, which wasn’t as painful as it could have been.