Deb is busy placing these days text ads on our words, always trying to make a buck. I’ll bet she is the type who searches between sofa cushions for loose change… at other people’s houses.

Someone asked about the college that has the no-work for freshman restriction. I was looking through my neighbor’s college guides that the high school gave him and saw that restriction. I looked at schools in California, Vermont and Mass. so it has to have been one of those. When I’ve found which it was, I’ll share.

I wouldn’t bet the farm that these are all online writing jobs either . . .

If you have two gigs, more will definitely follow. The first few are the hardest. Best wishes with your writing.

What part of Canada are you from? I’m in NS, and underemployment is huge. I’ve seen job ads looking for people with degrees and years of experience offering $10/hour.

I left teaching because I hated it, and now I make decent money as a full-time writer. I would consider going back to a regular full-time job, but none of the salaries are high enough around here.

There are up and coming societies all over the planet that say otherwise. At least 2 or 3 large countries are going through MAJOR economic growth as they mechanize and get involved in modern civilization and technology.

That’s not to say that it’s good everywhere, because it’s not. But to make un-researched and incorrect blanket statements like “unemployment is bad everywhere” does not serve any purpose.

I am interested in getting into blogging, any advice how I can land a good blogging job?

I thought about it, but decided I wasn’t going to bring up the 1930′s rates, because that was WAY high.

Just the numbers from the 1990′s were enough of a comparison to realize that the only reason people aren’t working right now is because they don’t want to be working.

@Ann: What kind of colleges are those? I would never send my children to such a school. I went to a selective private university as an undergrad and a large public uni in grad school, and I’ve never, ever heard of colleges forbidding undergraduates from working. I know law schools and med schools do it, but freshman year of college is a cakewalk academically.

Error 445: Record High Unemployment Not Found

According to the Department of Labor, exactly one state, Michigan, is at or above 7% unemployment (7.1% to be exact).

The record high national average over the last 2 decades was OVER 7.5% back in the early 90′s. (That means several states were well over that number.)

How does that translate to record high unemployment today???

(Reply didn’t post, so I removed links that reference my numbers to enable posting. If this same post shows up with links, that’s why. )

Error 445: Record High Unemployment Not Found

According to the Department of Labor, exactly one state, Michigan, is at or above 7% unemployment (7.1% to be exact).

The record high national average over the last 2 decades was OVER 7.5% back in the early 90′s. (That means several states were well over that number.)

How does that translate to record high unemployment today???

Some links for your amusement…

http://www.bls.gov/web/laumstch.htm
http://www.economagic.com/chartg/fedstl/unrate.gif

Whoa! Record highs??

Typo perhaps??

I also know that area college students all look for writing jobs in the summer and during the school year. Many of the area colleges around me have restrictions on freshmen taking jobs. They don’t want it to conflict with homework and class time. Students are using online writing to earn money without the school knowing. Someone can lock themselves up in their dorm room with a computer and work and the house parent never sees him or her leave, so there is no concern that the student is holding a job.

Great leads. Thank you. I hope you had a great long weekend:)