It is a dilemma that many individuals are facing today with rising unemployment and the overall state of the economy. You don’t have a job, so your credit has suffered due to your inability to pay your bills. And you can’t get a job, because you have bad credit. Seems like a dual-edged sword, doesn’t it? [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Career'
Job Discrimination Based on Credit History May Soon be Banned
March 8th, 2010 · 25 Comments · Career, Credit Reports
Tags: credit check legislation·credit discrimination·Credit History·Credit Scores·employment credit checks·job applicant credit history·job loss
Will Tax Cuts Increase the Deficit or Create Jobs?
February 11th, 2010 · 2 Comments · Career, Taxes
Yeah, I know credit and debt issues pretty well, but I’m no economist. With all the talk about a stimulus spending package or cutting taxes to help our the economy, I get very confused. Isn’t spending more money or giving people a tax cut the same thing? Each method essentially depletes the US Treasury. I [...]
Tags: debt·Democrats·dollar stability·gold standard·Infrastructure·Job Creation·politics·Republican·stimulating the economy·Tax Cuts·U.S. Deficit
An Open Letter to the President About Job Creation
February 2nd, 2010 · 1 Comment · Career, Consumer Info
Yesterday I read about the current budget proposal of 3.8 trillion dollars and tried not to choke. Part of the proposal is the jobs bill, though granted the money allocated to it is very modest. Most historians and economists agree WPA wasn’t responsible on its own for ending the Depression – WWII was mostly responsible. [...]
Tags: depression·Franklin D. Roosevelt·idea·Jobs Bill·President Obama·Tax Credit·volunteer work·volunteer-to-jobs·volunteers·WPA
A Great List of Free Online College Courses
August 18th, 2009 · Comments Off · Career, Consumer Info
Getting something for nothing, especially in the economy we are facing today, is a huge score! And with so many Americans finding themselves unemployed with “time on their hands”, this blog post subject seems very timely, useful and appropriate. But on to the good news. A website called universitiesandcolleges.org has created an incredibly huge, very cool master list of [...]
Tags: Budgeting·college courses·free college classes·free education·free online learning·free stuff·online courses
