International Business News Blogs - Joblessness http://www.ibtimes.com/blogs/rss/sections/joblessness.rss All articles are copyrighted by IBTimes.com 120 30 http://www.ibtimes.com/blogs/rss/sections/joblessness.rss http://www.ibtimes.com/images/top_logo_ibt2_3.gif Source: BBC News http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20120127/five-million-spanish-out-of-work.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/blogs/articles/34166/20120127/five-million-spanish-out-of-work.htm Fri, 27 Jan 2012 03:43:41 EST Source: London Evening Standard. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20120125/three-words-no-one-wants-to-hear.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/blogs/articles/34162/20120125/three-words-no-one-wants-to-hear.htm Wed, 25 Jan 2012 13:34:04 EST Source: Sky news http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20120124/global-recession-is-possible-says-imf.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/blogs/articles/34155/20120124/global-recession-is-possible-says-imf.htm Tue, 24 Jan 2012 14:11:50 EST Source: Sky news http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20120124/petroplus-files-for-insolvency.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/blogs/articles/34154/20120124/petroplus-files-for-insolvency.htm Tue, 24 Jan 2012 13:55:52 EST 19000 jobs maybe affected by the bankruptcy. Source: BBC News http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20120120/kodak-files-for-bankruptcy.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/blogs/articles/34036/20120120/kodak-files-for-bankruptcy.htm Fri, 20 Jan 2012 14:02:25 EST Are you there Internet? It's me Rachel. I often have conversations with myself, and/or the Internet. Bring me kitties and lasers, or something entertaining. What can I say? I remember dialing up at a very young age. I've been having those almost-30-something on-again-off-again conversation about generations. Whose generation? Well my parents, my grandparents, mine, those youngin's below me; generations in general. Granted it continues to circle back to Generation X and Generation Y. The gen... http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20100810/generation-lost-and-found.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/blogs/articles/34035/20100810/generation-lost-and-found.htm Tue, 10 Aug 2010 23:53:45 EDT It took four I-need-a-journey-to-find-myself books and a self-realization (I'm sensitive and I'd like to stay that way) to start accepting me for all that I am - full of neurotic tendencies and all. If you aren't hip to the jive of what I-need-a-journey-to-find-myself books are then let me explain. There is some event, if you will let yourself imagine, that sends the often young, ahem, or young at heart, on a journey of self discovery and the greater meaning of life. Insert rainbows, puppies,... http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20100727/journey-through-the-self-help-book-catalogue.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/blogs/articles/34034/20100727/journey-through-the-self-help-book-catalogue.htm Tue, 27 Jul 2010 00:05:31 EDT I always tried to be honest on my blog. Like some greater blog god was going to judge me and strike me down with spam for not being brutally honest. I won't lie there were times when I'm like this story would be so much better if I didn't have to admit that I was feeling like an episode of My So Called Life which wouldn't be so bad if I was sixteen, but for the fact that I was twenty-seven nearing twenty-eight; adulthood was calling and I had to answer. Since I've been employed now via cont... http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20100404/confessions-offormer-unemployed.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/blogs/articles/34033/20100404/confessions-offormer-unemployed.htm Sun, 04 Apr 2010 21:18:52 EDT My apologizes to my friends on the east coast. I know you have #snOMG and #snowscrewed and all so don't judge me when I complain about the rain. It really is nothing personal. I know you have the day after tomorrow outside your door tonight and all, and have been enjoying the miracles of empty grocery stores, but that does not mean your neighbors to the west haven't been met with their own winter blues. Rain. It's not the fact that I can't enjoy the sun or that I haven't been to the park in... http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20100209/blame-it-on-the-rain.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/blogs/articles/34032/20100209/blame-it-on-the-rain.htm Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:22:14 EST Recently, an interview was posted on Wired.com that I did with actress Radha Mitchell. She’s currently starring in the movie Surrogates, alongside Bruce Willis, and next year will be in the remake of George Romero’s cult film The Crazies. She talked about starring in sci-fi and horror ranging from the film adaptation of Silent Hill, one of the most successful horror videogame franchises ever, to a movie about a giant crocodile. However, she ‘s very quick to point out that – while she respect... http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090930/weird-dream-jobs.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/blogs/articles/34027/20090930/weird-dream-jobs.htm Wed, 30 Sep 2009 19:45:18 EDT Source: Sky News http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20120202/ex-popworld-presenter-miquita-oliver-files-for.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/blogs/articles/33992/20120202/ex-popworld-presenter-miquita-oliver-files-for.htm Thu, 02 Feb 2012 09:12:25 EST Source: BBC News http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20120202/astrazeneca-to-lose-7300-jobs-inyears.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/blogs/articles/33991/20120202/astrazeneca-to-lose-7300-jobs-inyears.htm Thu, 02 Feb 2012 08:59:29 EST Source: BBC News http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20120116/peacocks-to-go-into-administration.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/blogs/articles/33990/20120116/peacocks-to-go-into-administration.htm Mon, 16 Jan 2012 12:48:03 EST Source: BBC News http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20120116/past-times-goes-into-administration.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/blogs/articles/33989/20120116/past-times-goes-into-administration.htm Mon, 16 Jan 2012 12:39:45 EST Nothing like becoming an adult than watching those around you become victims of the economy while you're still struggling to regain your own sense of working self. A year ago we all imagined that now we'd be in a place populated with jobs, money, and options. Ok.Slight fabrication. We knew that the world changed. The "adulthood" we expected wasn't there anymore. A year wasn't going make  any magical overnight changes to the economy and trees weren't going to grow gummy bears. That didn't... http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20100206/watching-from-the-sidelines.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/blogs/articles/33988/20100206/watching-from-the-sidelines.htm Sat, 06 Feb 2010 10:00:54 EST Cheers to the end of 2009. I don't know about you, but that year -2009- not in my top ten for the decade or the prior 28 for that matter. I won't begin to contemplate the future years. Woo. There's one thing 2009 taught me, kids. Don't be too hung-up on the future because trust me it'll bite you and that bite burns. 2009 in review: amid many changes - jobs (both gain and loss), unemployment (Mr. Unemployment and his unreliability), road trips, weddings and the death of a close friend - I ... http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20100205/one-year-later.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/blogs/articles/33987/20100205/one-year-later.htm Fri, 05 Feb 2010 01:41:33 EST It can happen anywhere - your desk, the movies, dinner, while you're lying in bed -  suddenly the fear creeps in.  Your palms sweat and your pores ooze. The lights begin to flicker. Not again. The horror, the horror. Oh, Post-tramatic Layoff  disorder (PTLD), how you taunt with your visions of unemployment dancing in our heads.  So cruel. I am nearing my four-month contract employment mark. Yay! It's a big step when you've been unemployed on and off the past year or more and find yourself wor... http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091125/taking-it-to-the-streets-step-up.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/blogs/articles/33986/20091125/taking-it-to-the-streets-step-up.htm Wed, 25 Nov 2009 01:59:14 EST Congratulations are in order. And by that, I mean I’m going to congratulate myself. I’ve made the jump from all-out unemployment to the realm of part-time underemployment. Translation: I am wedged in between the lowest tiers of Maslow’s self-actualization pyramid! Huzzah! Still, it’s progress and I have my sights set on what I want. My job requires marketing writing that’s supposed to be in the voice of a teen girl (Interviewer: “Can you do that?” Me: “Duh.”). With my previous experiences ... http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091020/self-actualization-via-the-crazy.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/blogs/articles/33985/20091020/self-actualization-via-the-crazy.htm Tue, 20 Oct 2009 01:17:15 EDT Last week, I committed the ultimate interview faux pas. I was late to a follow-up. It was scheduled for noon. East coast time. Running around at the gym, I finished up around 10 PST to see several missed calls. With voicemails. “Apparently we had a time disconnect,” the voice on the message said. Yes, yes we did. The first interview from the previous week, I am told, went quite well. However, I have yet to hear back for another follow-up. It was thoroughly embarrassing, but an honest... http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091004/tardy-for-the-party.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/blogs/articles/33940/20091004/tardy-for-the-party.htm Sun, 04 Oct 2009 15:29:30 EDT Source: The Register http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20120113/422t-jobs-to-go-at-barclays.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/blogs/articles/33905/20120113/422t-jobs-to-go-at-barclays.htm Fri, 13 Jan 2012 16:35:43 EST