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Willing to travel for a job?

Mike Keefe / Denver Post

Mike Keefe / Denver Post

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The bail-out and the unemployed

man-carrying-dollar-sign3Today, the New York Times reported that 30 states are in danger of running out of money to pay unemployment benefits to the record number of jobless.  Many of these states will resort to borrowing money from the federal government to support their unemployed citizens, an option already exercised by Michigan and Indiana whose unemployment funds have run dry.

Now, the federal help doesn’t come at face value. It’s a loan, and if the state doesn’t pay the loan back within the federal fiscal year, the state must pay the federal government … Continue Reading

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I got fired today

Wow, does it suck. It doesn’t matter if you’ve been through it before. Getting fired sends you reeling.

No matter how capable, confident, or accomplished you may have thought you were, getting fired can bring you to your second-guessing knees in seconds. It did me. All the negative messages I’ve ever thought, heard, feared or suspected about myself collided at g-force with anger and confusion.

Even writing things off to the economy can’t spare you completely since for every person losing their job, there are many others who still have theirs.  No matter the circumstances, getting fired can lead to question our … Continue Reading

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