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Lazy Job Seeker's Guide to Finding a New Position


Does the time you spend looking for a job exceed the hours that you might spend actually working a full time job? Would you rather spend 2 hours on Facebook messing with silly games instead of doing more than 3 painstaking job applications per day?

Then this article is for you!

Here are 4 easy ways to reduce your job hunting time so you can have more time to yourself doing the things you love.

3 ways to ease your job search

Ok, sitting at home on the couch munching on junk food won't get you anywhere in this world, just like trying to get a job without sending out some resumes. Here are 3 easy ways to ease your job search.

1) Attend job fairs

How to get free money from the government

Ever heard of "carryback" and "carryforward"? These two words could mean the difference between you paying the government and the government paying YOU. IRS rules usually let companies carry back a loss into the prior two years. That means a business with a loss in 2009 could go back and amend its 2007 taxes, but any profits from 2006 or 2005 would be untouchable. Learn the nitty gritty details that could help fatten your wallet and keep your finances afloat in the down economy.

5 signs that your job applications are doomed to fail


1) Have you been unemployed for more than 8 weeks?
2) Have you been sending out job application after job application and not been called back at all?
3) If you have you been contacted by different recruiters repeatedly, do they fail to follow up for an 2nd or 3rd interview in person?
4) Do you think your work experience is lousy and feel that employers would never want to bother with you as a future employee?
5) Are you randomly applying to a wide variety of jobs with the same resume?

What to do once you've been handed a pink slip


What do you do when the rumors are flying around the office like wildfire about potential firings and lay offs?

This down-to-earth article by Jeffrey Yamaguchi tells a true story of the gory details when a company decides to axe a huge number of folks from their payroll and the untimely repercussions that resulted from these actions.

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