Unemployment insurance: Do I qualify for benefits?

This post was written by Anna Sowa, Contributing Writer on October 26, 2009
Posted Under: Consumer Protection, Employment Help | Comments

I used to think that unemployment benefits weren’t for someone like me – someone who voluntarily left a full-time job to move across the country for a significant other’s graduate school. I hadn’t been laid off, so I figured I was ineligible. My mistake.
The Department of Labor reported last week that new unemployment insurance claims [...]

Things are getting cheaper: how and why?

This post was written by Stephanie Cuellar Butler, Contributing Writer on July 21, 2009
Posted Under: Cheap Living Tips | Comments

A funny thing happened on the way to the yogurt aisle last week: I picked up milk for $2 a gallon. Not even joking.
I’ve consistently paid twice that much for a gallon of milk since I started buying groceries! Come to find out, milk prices nationwide have dropped 22 percent since last year. To what [...]

5 Recession-Proof Ways to Get Hired

This post was written by marc matsumoto, marketing dude on November 7, 2008
Posted Under: Employment Help | Comments

Let’s face it, job hunting is a challenge in a good economy and we are now well into a full blown recession. If you dust off that old econ textbook in your mental library, you’ll remember a model called Supply and Demand. It shows that as supply decreases and demand increases, price goes up. Price, [...]

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