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Your Network Is Your Net Worth

Jason Mannino | Posted 11.20.2009 | Living

Read More: Jobs, Careers, Living, Unemployment, Unemployment Rate, Social Networking, Networking, Living News

Many fear networking or judge it, thinking that networking is equivalent to brown nosing. Simply put, networking is the art of cultivating mutually beneficial relationships to achieve professional goals.

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Navigating the Jobs Crisis: 3 Strategies for Real Economic Recovery

Jim Carr | Posted 11.20.2009 | Business

Read More: Foreclosure, Unemployment, Federal Deficit, Unemployment Rate, Unemployment-Obama, New Deal 2.0, Recession, Business News

While there is legitimate concern over the size of the federal deficit, the threat to the economy of continued high levels of unemployment is more urgent. Unemployment is now the leading reason families are losing their homes.

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New York Unemployment Rate Rises To 9 Percent; Highest Since 1983

AP | Posted 11.20.2009 | New York

Read More: Unemployment, New-York-Jobless, Unemployment Rate, Economy, Economic Crisis, New York Unemployment, New York, Recession, New York News

ALBANY, N.Y. — New York's unemployment rate inched to 9 percent in October from 8.9 in September. State labor department officials say that's t...

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Obama Faces Showdowns On Health Care, Afghanistan, Jobs

AP | CHARLES BABINGTON | Posted 11.20.2009 | Politics

Read More: Obama Jobs, Obama Afghanistan, Obama Unemployment, Obama Afghan War, Unemployment Rate, Afghan War, President Obama, Health Care Reform, Obama Job Creation, Obama Health Care, Afghanistan War, Politics News

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama will have scant time to rest up from his eight-day Asia trip. On Saturday, two days after his return to Wash...

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Overdue Mortgages And Foreclosures Reach Record Highs

CNBC | Posted 11.19.2009 | Business

Read More: Foreclosures, Mortgages, Housing Market, Unemployment, Housing, Financial Crisis, Unemployment Rate, Housing Crisis, Business News

US mortgage delinquency rates and the percentage of loans that entered the foreclosure process jumped in the third quarter, with both reaching record ...

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Obama, China, and Wishful Thinking About American Jobs

Robert Reich | Posted 11.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: Unemployment, Robert Reich, Unemployment Rate, Jobs, China, Barack Obama, US China Relations, Politics News

The dirty little secret on each side of the Pacific is that both America and China are capable of producing far more than their own consumers are capable of buying. The root of the problem is in domestic inequality.

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Jobs, Jobs, Jobs -- Finally

Robert L. Borosage | Posted 11.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: Recovery Plan, Jobs, Republican Ideas, Investment, Unemployment, Unemployment Rate, Jobs Summit, Obama Jobs Summit, Politics News

How do we fix the job problem? We've got to build a new economy on a strong foundation of basic investment in education and training, in 21st century infrastructure, and in research and development -- all of which have got the short end of the stick in the era of tax cut, squander and plunder conservatism. And we've got to insure that the US is a leader in the new green industrial revolution that will be the growth industry of the future.

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Want to Fight Climate Change? Hire Somebody

William Drayton | Posted 11.17.2009 | Green

Read More: Unemployment, Green Jobs, Green Living, Unemployment Rate, Economic Stimulus Package, Stimulus Package, Climate Change, Green News

Double-digit unemployment crosses an undeniable perceptual threshold in the public's mind. When we hit it, the political rhetoric around the climate bill shifted, and the jobs connection was finally made explicit.

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Paul Krugman: Germany's Jobs, Unemployment Miracle Can Teach US

New York Times | PAUL KRUGMAN | Posted 11.17.2009 | Business

Read More: Larry Summers, Economy, Jobs Created, Jobs, Obama, Policy, Unemployment Rate, Deficit, White House, Unemployment, Germany, Brownshirts, New Jobs, Gdp Policy, Jobs Policy, Us Unemployment, New Deal, Works Progress Administration, Democrats, Stimulus, Recession, Unemployment Numbers, Great Depression, Labor, Labor Market, Gdp, Glenn Beck, Job Creation, Jobs Lost, Republicans, Business News

Germany's jobs miracle hasn't received much attention in this country -- but it's real, it's striking, and it raises serious questions about whether t...

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Pelosi Shifts Focus To Unemployment After Push For Health Care Bill

The Hill | Mike Soraghan | Posted 11.16.2009 | Politics

House Democratic leaders, worried they've appeared unresponsive to rising unemployment because they were absorbed by healthcare, are aiming for a legi...

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3 Ways to Find a Job

Blythe McGarvie | Posted 11.16.2009 | Business

Read More: Flexible, Homework, Working, Unemployment Rate, Food Business, New Jobs, Self-Improvement, College Graduates, Business News

Even coming out of school, most graduates can quantify how they made a difference rather than just participate in an organization, volunteer or otherwise.

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Unemployment Solution: Pay People to Work Shorter Hours

Dean Baker | Posted 11.16.2009 | Business

Read More: Unemployment Benefits, Stimulus Unemployment, Unemployment, Unemployment Rate, Work Share, New Deal 2.0, Business News

Imagine if workers in the US, like workers in Germany, were dealing with the recession by putting in four-day weeks (while getting paid for five) or getting an extra two weeks of paid vacation. This sure beats being unemployed.

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Nouriel Roubini: Unemployment Hasn't Peaked, Worst Yet To Come

RGE | Nouriel Roubini | Posted 11.16.2009 | Business

Read More: Job Losses, Jobless Rate, Unemployment, Nouriel Roubini, Unemployment Rate, RGE Monitor, Unemployment Forecasts, Roubini Dr Doom, Business News

Think the worst is over? Wrong. Conditions in the U.S. labor markets are awful and worsening. While the official unemployment rate is already 10.2% an...

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A Wake Up Call on Jobs

Robert Kuttner | Posted 11.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Larry Summers, Obama Unemployment, Gdp, Unemployment, Unemployment Rate, Obama Jobs Summit, Jobs Summit, National Deficit, Politics News

President Obama has announced a White House Jobs Summit for next month. However, this is not a moment for another White House gab fest. It's a time for progressive leadership.

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Dean Baker: Job Sharing Could Ease Unemployment

The Atlantic Business Channel | Derek Thompson | Posted 11.13.2009 | Business

Read More: Obama Stimulus Plan, Unemployment, Economic Stimulus Package, Unemployment Rate, Economy, Job Sharing, Jobs, Paul Krugman, Payroll, Recession, Dean Baker, Business News

Paul Krugman today solidifies his membership in the Job Squad, that growing contingent of bloggers and policy mavens calling for a new stimulus direct...

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Family Of Veterans Evicted On Veterans Day

Huffington Post | Julian Hattem | Posted 11.12.2009 | Business

Read More: Unemployment Rate, Tent Cities, Veterans Day, Dave Randlett, Bearing Witness, Pit Bull, Veterans, Michael Talton, Tent City, Thane Campground, Unemployment, Patrick Bettendorf, Chicago Urban League, Travers Marshall, Camping, Bearing Witness 2.0, Foreclosure, Don Cook Jr, Business News

As part of its Bearing Witness 2.0 project, the Huffington Post is rounding up a few of the best local stories of the day. A family of six in Avon P...

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Navigating the Jobs Crisis: Time for a New 'New Deal' Jobs Program

L. Randall Wray | Posted 11.12.2009 | Business

Read More: Job Guarantee, Jobs, Unemployment, Unemployment Rate, New Deal, Business News

We must use the principles of the New Deal, but create something both broader and permanent: a universal job guarantee available through the thick and thin of the business cycle.

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Hold the Hofstadter: Why the GOP Is Winning 2010

John R. Bohrer | Posted 11.12.2009 | Politics

Over the last few months, a number of prominent political columnists have pointed to historian and social critic Richard Hofstadter to explain what is happening to the Republican Party. Here's why they shouldn't.

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History May Repeat Itself, But Never Exactly

Lynn Tilton | Posted 11.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: Financial Crisis, Unemployment, Unemployment Rate, Lynn Tilton, Economy, Politics News

As we forecast employment, we cannot embrace history without adjustment for the unique economic character of this Great Recession that began in December 2007.

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Cancer Patient Faces End Of Insurance

The Huffington Post | Julian Hattem | Posted 11.09.2009 | Business

Read More: Hooks for Books, Preexisting Condition, Unemployment, Public Housing, Unemployment Rate, Frank Jennings, Bearing Witness 2.0, Roy Smyth, Bearing Witness, Federal Home Loan Bank of Cincinnati, Karen Jennings, Sandra Ingram, Business News

As part of its Bearing Witness 2.0 project, the Huffington Post is rounding up a few of the best local stories of the day. Sandra Ingram's health in...

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How The Government Is Swallowing The Economy: U.S. News

usnews.com | Rick Newman | Posted 11.09.2009 | Business

Read More: Jobs, Unemployment Benefits, Obama Jobs, Unemployment, Social Security, Unemployment Rate, Recession, Rick Newman, Business News

You know about the bailouts, the stimulus plan, cash for clunkers, and moola for mansions. But for all the anxiety they've caused, those government gi...

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Jobless Recovery: New York Times Op-Ed On The Worst Job Market Since WWII

nytimes.com | NYT | Posted 11.09.2009 | Business

Read More: Barack Obma, Job Market, Unemployment, Jobless Rate, Unemployment Rate, Jobless Recovery, New York Times, Jobs, Stimulus, Business News

If you are looking for an economic recovery you can believe in, the October employment report is not for you. ...

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Elizabeth Warren: We Rescued The Top Of The System, Left The Bottom To Fend For Itself (VIDEO)

The Huffington Post | Lila Shapiro | Posted 11.06.2009 | Business

Read More: Unemployment Numbers, Elizabeth Warren TARP, Elizabeth Warren, Unemployment, Bailout, Unemployment Rate, Economic Crisis, Financial Crisis, Banks, Elizabeth Warren Video, Elizabeth Warren Unemployment Numbers, Transparency, Business News

Elizabeth Warren, the chair of the Congressional Oversight Panel charged with monitoring the bank bailout, was on Morning Joe Friday morning to dig in...

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