Still In a Recession?

The Recession of 2008 – 2010 is reportedly over

…according to the US Federal Government, but if your state or city seems stuck in the recession and can’t get out, here are some tips for finding a job and keeping it, even during a recession.

• How to Find a Job During a Recession
• Make Yourself Indispensable at Work, Even In a Recession
• Personal Qualities that Avoid Job Loss in a Recession
• Companies That Hire During a Recession – Recession Proof Careers
• Recession: How to Find Companies That Will Really Hire You
• Top 15 Recession Proof Jobs for College and High School Graduates
• College Towns are Often Recession-Proof

ADDITIONAL TIPS FOR LIVING IN A RECESSION

• Reduce Your Living Expenses Now – Beat the Recession!
• Survive the Recession – Cook Fast and Save Money With Ground Meat in Tasty Meals

Pre-Employment Credit Checks Unfair & Incorrect

Pre-Employment Credit Checks Eliminated State by State.

Credit checks  for grounds for employment or not are invasive and can be discriminatory. They are not a legitimate item within the procedures used for pre-employment investigations or background checks, unless used inn cases of banking and government positions.

Financial background checks for everyone in any job application have angered increasing numbers of long-term unemployed job seekers from 2000 – 2010 in America, with sound reason. As they are eliminated by laws in each successive US States, residents of other states wonder when their state will take such action.

Analysts have found, from examining many corporate employment records across the country, that a personal credit history containing problems does not correlate with financial/material dishonesty on the job or with poor overall job performance. This is especially true in cases that occur during recessions – like the Recession of 2008 – 2010, which is still wreaking havoc with US residents’ lives.

2010 – More Women than Men Losing Jobs

Government labor statistics show that from January through the end of April 2012, over twice as many women were lost out of the workforce as were men.

While men lost jobs to women in 2009 and part of 2010, the reverse trend began in 2010 and continued into May 2012. By May 2012, over 488,000 women had become unemployed since January 1. During that same Period of time, fewer than half as many men (net loss) became unemployed in America: about 185,000 men.

Read the details and thoughts about how this trend might continue to 2013 at:

US Employment History: More Men than Women Left the Workforce In the First Half of 2012

Avoid Bad Job Advice!

! Some very bad and strange advice is showing up on major Internet News sites and it should be avoided. Once piece of advice I just saw was that we should not wash food items in the kitchen sink, because it puts germs into the sink.  Unless we purchase all of our produce at the farmers market or grow our own, the vegetables and fruits need to be washed. Where shall we do this? Do we not always wash out sink out  daily as well? Strange advice.

That for employment success is equally as odd –

I ask you – would you go into a new job your first day and set your own hours without telling anyone what they are? Picture the rest of the office or the factory working set hours and becoming suspicious of yo immediately.  “What’s he going to steal?” they might ask. “Why’s HE so special?”

If you follow some of more of  the bad advice about working that is posted on the Internet, you will end up fired, sick, or dead:

Expert Advice – Don’t Follow the Bad Work Advice on the Web

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Jobs Increase in Irvine

Best Places to Work in Irvine, California

Th absolute Best Places to work in Irvine near LA were determined by surveys submitted by current and former employees of Irvine companies.

The Best include three manufacturers, three hospitals/medical staffing companies, two restaurants, one retailer, and Los Angeles County Government. At the same time, there are hundreds of companies hiring right now.

From January 2010 to January 2011, jobs in Irvine increased by  a whopping 2500%! During 2011, these numbers fluctuated slightly, but returned to the 2400% mark. In May 2012, increases resume, with approximately 59,000 job listings within a 25-mile radius of Irvine. See the link for more information.

Women Millionaires

The Nine Richest Women in Africa and What They Do as Millionaires

These successful African women each possess  a net worth of over $30,000,000 (USD) each.

The list is a compilation from recent recognition awards lists and profiles published from 2011 and 2012. The wealthiest women in the group of 9 are significantly more wealthy than the number 10 person, whose net worth is “only” $16,100,000 as of February 2012.

Number One is Wendy Appelbaum, with a net worth in early 2012 1.99 Billion African Rand or 259.3 Million USD. That’s $259,300,000. Her net worth has been amassed through a family trust, the Gordon Family Trust, but she has worked hard in a number of ventures. All of the women on this list have worked in businesses, some as difficult as mining. Most are located in South Africa.

Spamtown USA Offers More Than Luncheon Meat

City Review: Austin MN – Food Mfg and the Hormel Foodie Throwdown

– The parent company of Spam, Hormel, contributes large grants to local universities and colleges to find cures for cancer through biomedical research. Along with this, new jobs are being created, the Downtown Austin area is offering new businesses and living spaces, and people are beginning to look at Austin, Minnesota in a new way. Food manufacturing is different from automobile manufacturing, but higher paid jobs are just as available. the 2012 Foodie Throwdown was suck a success that is declared an annual event, building on the success of the city’s two food companies.

With tax and rent incentives, crime half the rate of the USA overall, and a lower cost of living, Austin MN is attracting new businesses and new families to its location in Southern Minnesota. Lots of attractions and outdoor activities.

Spam Is Hawaii’s Favorite Food – Recipes and Fun

– Minced Ham and Spiced Ham disappeared in the mid-1930s until Hormel Foods Corporation developed Spam in 1937. It is even  black market item in some countries and sells millions of cans worldwide. Fine a couple of recipes at the link that are not gimmicky – they’re good.

John Glenn Friendship 7 Day

February 20, 2012 is the 50th Anniversary of Colonel (then Major) John Glenn’s first American space-faring orbit of Earth. In addition, 2012 is the 50th Anniversary Year of the Kennedy Space Center that is next to Cape Canaveral US AF Station in Florida. From the Wright Brothers first flight in 1903, America orbited the Earth in 1962, just 59 years later. In just 66 years after the Wright Flyer succeeded at Kitty Hawk NC, we were on the moon.

Retired US Senator John Glenn is 90 years old and an adjunct professor at The Ohio State University. He will participate in NASA’s Future Forum there on February 20-21 in 2012 to celebrate his Anniversary of Orbit and to advocate for science and space business in the future of America.  Senator Glenn and former Mercury Astronaut Scott Carpenter visited with Kennedy Space Center staff and over a hundred people that used to work on the Mercury Project in the 1960s.

From now on, Ohio Governor John Kasich has ensured that John Glenn has his own holiday, signing the proper legislation to enact John Glenn Friendship 7 Day for every February 20.

Some History of the Friendship 7 and the incredible Discovery 7, some 36 years later.

John Glenn Friendship 7 Day Is February 20 – Looking to Mars and Science

Summer Jobs Search Now

January and February are the months to look for and secure Summer Jobs in America. Don’t wait much longer. March will bring the last round of interviewing and hiring for many local companies in your city and then the next opportunities will occur in mid-June as workers quit to go on vacation with their families or to take other jobs or similar reasons.

It’s a good bet to lock in an internship for summer or autumn semesters of the 3rd and 4th years of college as well or to find a full-time employer for after your May or June graduation.

Here are some resources to help with your searches, collected over the last five years among workforce professionals. These documents contain information I’ve used to help several thousand job seekers find Summer and Temporary Employment for over a decade.

• January! – Top 20 Hot Summer Jobs to Start Grabbing

• Best Summer Jobs: How to Find a Successful Internship

• Top 10 Summer Jobs for Adults and College Students

• Top 10 Best Summer Jobs For Teens in High School

Best Places For a Low Cost of Living

Top 10 Most Expensive Places to Live In America and 10 That are Reasonable

You probably do not want to lives in one of the most expensive sites in the United States, but we also highlight the Top 10 Least Expensive places to work and live. This cities and towns offer a Cost of Living Index significantly less than that of the US on average and many of these places have well-paying jobs open, too. Combining low costs and higher wages is a great thing to do, if you are able.

Borderplex, the First US Inland Foreign Trade Zone and a Cheap Place to Live

From the media play of the last ten years, who would think that a city near the US-Mexico Border offers lower living costs and some higher-paid career employment? Add sight-seeing and delicious regional cuisine as well as arts and culture, and you might at least want to visit.

Cheap Living in America’s Banana Belt – Pueblo, Colorado

Colorado is beautiful and a travel destination as well as a good place to live and work.

Covington, Kentucky – Commute to Cincinnati and Save Money

Covington is only about two miles south from the center of Cincinnati. Growing and developing at nearly an equal rate as the Queen City, Covington offers a lower cost of living, wonderful restaurants, great sights, lots to do, and a number of higher-paid jobs of its own.