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The Unemploymentality

Lifestyles of penniless and downtrodden.

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Please Fire Me

Feb 26, 2010 3:42pm

When unemployment gets you down, read this website. Back at work finally? Submit a post.     ...

Michael Spafferty makes Gawker’s list of top 5 video resumes. Sorta.

Feb 25, 2010 8:38pm

It's official. Gawker likes us. Today Gawker included Michael Spafferty's video resume as one of its top 5 examples of how NOT to land a job: The video resume. Thanks Gawker. Dreams do come true. ...

Happy Valentines Day

Feb 14, 2010 5:22pm

From all of us to all of you – Happy Valentines day ...

Getting through to the EDD: Call for Vietnamese number

Jan 27, 2010 12:00am

Still having trouble getting through to the EDD? We've already mentioned this strategy in our 'mas popular' post tips and tricks, but if it hasn't sunk it yet, check out Rudy's video blog below on how calling the Vietnamese hotline got him his checks. Besides, although he doesn't...

TwitJobSearch: A New Way to Find Jobs?

Jan 26, 2010 4:00am

Twitter has teamed up with TweetDeck to offer a custom desktop job search tool. For those of you who can’t imagine finding a job on the social networking service, check this out: 340,000 jobs have allegedly been posted on the site so far. The new feature is supposed to...

One American Dream

Jan 11, 2010 11:12pm

“One American Dream?” is a documentary exploring the American Dreams of the youth generation. As a feature length documentary, “One American Dream?” will follow my journey as I travel around the country in search of how the vision of success has changed and what the American Dreams of today’s...

Can Rain Hurt Your Interview? Freakonomics Blog Says “Maybe”

Jan 11, 2010 11:01pm

Forget economic forecasts. It’s the weather forecast you should really be watching! Well… sort of. According to two smart dudes from the University of Toronto, medical school applicants who interview on a rainy day fare ever-so-slightly worse than their sunny day counterparts (their scores were one percent lower). I don’t know if...

Oh EDD, how you make people hate thee

Dec 7, 2009 11:01pm

A California EDD computer glitch might mean 111,000 unemployed might not get unemployment checks until after christmas. ...

New Get Rich Quick Tip: Win $100k in cash & Prizes at Nikon Festival

Dec 6, 2009 3:50pm

The Nikon Festival is looking for people to submit 240 second-long videos about their lives. Do it with a little style, and you could be winning a $100k prize! The kitty for second prize isn't so bad either, $25k. Either way, that adds up to a...

Sparrow Songs Project: a short, intimate documentary about unemployment

Dec 3, 2009 2:59pm

I was contacted recently by one of the creators of the following documentary about unemployment so I had a look. I really think it's worth your time. An excellent little mediation on the 'condition' of being unemployed. The film is part of a 12 month project called...