Lately we have known way too many people who have lost thier jobs.  Karen and I just wanted to let you know that we are praying for all of you who are struggling, regardless of your job status.  But we are especially praying for those of you looking for jobs. These last few weeks, my family has be...

Yesterday was a horrible day in my life. I only have me to blame for it since I could have not done any internet surfing and I wouldn’t be in this situation. I think that no matter what websites I was looking at I would have been fired for violating their internet policy. I’m not arguing...

While unemployment skyrockets and banks decline, there remains a ray of hope right around the corner: spring. For those of us living in the Midwest, now is that time of anticipation when March peaks on the calendar and we vocally vent together about how the “worst is behind us.� Seed catalogs ja...

I need some heart healing today and my dog is perfect for that. Just look into her eyes. She is truly an amazing little human being. Yes.. I said human. lol I am afraid today. My EX just got laid off too. I am not sure what we are going to do. Life is very challenging right now. The fear I feel is j...

Last week saw co-founder Katie Lee aka ‘ShinyKatie’ leave Shiny Media, a departure she announced on Twitter. As TechCrunch reported, only one of the three original staff members is left, Chris Price. Shiny Media first launched in 2003, with its site TechDigest and then rapidly expanded a...

Estate agents are having to work: how the times have changed...

The National Union of Journalists reports that the New Statesman is refusing to enter negotiations with the union: “The union wrote to the company in May last year asking for a voluntary recognition agreement to cover pay and working conditions. “But journalists on the magazine - who are...

Back in 1996 I joined Barclays Bank as a communications manager within Group Operations and Technology. Between accepting the role and actually starting, the board director heading the division had left, and within weeks of me arriving, my divisional head of comms had joined him. A few weeks later, ...

Apparently people in the Southeast have a lower level of confidence in the economy than the rest of the country, and we here in North Carolina have the lowest confidence in the Southeast.  According to this article 70% of us have less confidence in our job security than six months ago and 35% of us...

Electronic unemployment filing systems have been crashing in three states or more in recent days as thousands of recently jobless Americans seek benefits, according to an AP report. This comes on the heels of a Reuters story indicating that private-sector employers unloaded 693,000 jobs in December....