Times are tough. You can tell by peeking in the bathroom. The plight of a person’s checkbook can be told by the ply of his toilet paper, according to economists. I’m not sure when economics schools began teaching toilet paper as a financial barometer, but there it is. As the … [Read more...]

There is a world-wide economic recession, the Big Three automakers are on the brink of bankruptcy and Bernard Madoff has stolen your entire life savings. Everywhere you look, it’s the same old story: no one has any money coming in. Somehow, you have to feed yourself and your … [Read more...]

It’s tough being unemployed. But the lack of money, food and shelter doesn’t compare with the misery of the job hunting process itself. The applications employers want you to fill out for these low paying, loser jobs are worse than working outside in sub zero temperatures while … [Read more...]

You work in a place ten years; you see things coming a mile away. “I’m history, “ I told the survey crew chief. “The job board is blank under my name, for all of next week.” “But we have a great back log, and you work like a maniac. You have a family, and they’re all about … [Read more...]