All Posts Tagged With: "employment"
America’s Big Banks, America’s Financial Vietnam
Three years ago the most-powerful instutitions in America were the nation’s largest banks and brokerages, Wall Street for short. While millions of people were losing their homes, their jobs and their savings, the nation’s elite extracted a $700 billion line-of-credit from Uncle Sam. Now Wall Street is our financial Vietnam. It’s broken. The old cures [...]
3Oct2011 | Peter G. Miller | 0 comments | Continued
Foreclosure Activity Falls in 2011 — For Wrong Reasons
Foreclosure activity continues to fall when compared with 2010, but the problem is the same as it has been for nearly a year: There are fewer foreclosures because actions against homeowners have stalled. In other words, we don’t have fewer foreclosures because the economy is improving, employment levels are materially rising or household incomes are [...]
15Sep2011 | Peter G. Miller | 1 comment | Continued
How long must I hold a job to get an FHA mortgage?
With so much turmoil in the workplace — and so much demand for FHA loans — is it possible to get an FHA mortgage if you’ve had frequent job changes or even unemployment? The answer is “yes” and this should be good news to a lot of people in a changing work environment. HUD guidelines [...]
20Jan2011 | Peter G. Miller | 0 comments | Continued
Obama fed pay plan to swell mortgage foreclosures
The White House plan to halt federal pay increases in 2011 and 2012 is a textbook example of the wrong idea with the wrong marketing plan, one which will unfortunately increase foreclosures nationwide. To start, the White House explains that “because of the irresponsibility of the past decade, the President inherited a $1.3 trillion projected [...]
1Dec2010 | Peter G. Miller | 3 comments | Continued
How To Get A New Job Using Google AdWords
Getting a job is no easy matter in the current economy, and getting a good job — the job you want — is even harder. Imagine then when someone comes up with a new way to get employment that’s smart, quick, web-savvy and cheap. An idea you can copy. Alex Brownstein wanted an advertising job [...]
16May2010 | Peter G. Miller | 0 comments | Continued
How To Write Your First Cover Letter (With Sample)
A resume without a cover letter is like a plane without wings, it just won’t fly. If you have not previously been in the civilian workforce, if you are just finishing school or military service, then you will need to develop both a resume and a first cover letter. Why You Need A Cover Letter [...]
2Mar2009 | Peter G. Miller | 0 comments | Continued
Late To Work? Why You’ll Be Fired
You hear it all the time. “But boss, I’m only five minutes late. What’s the big deal?” Actually, it’s a very big deal. “Unfaithfulness in the keeping of an appointment,” said Horace Mann, the great educator, “is an act of clear dishonesty. You may as well borrow a person’s money as his time.” No one [...]
1Mar2009 | Peter G. Miller | 0 comments | Continued
The Quick & Dirty Guide To Getting Your First Job Is Now Available
Huge numbers of people are out of work, but many people are still finding their first job even during tough times. This guide explains how to write a winning resume and cover letter, how to prep for a job interview, how to get jobs online, how to get a federal government job, what not to [...]
2Feb2009 | Peter G. Miller | 0 comments | Continued
How To Break Out of the No Job Blues
The market for jobs is bad and getting worse. As this is written the official unemployment rate is 8.6 percent and 15.9 million people are without work as of November 2010. The real numbers — which include the underemployed and discouraged workers — are much larger. These are lousy numbers and lousy times for many people. The [...]
2Jan2009 | Peter G. Miller | 0 comments | Continued
Job Search Online — How To Find The Best Work
The Internet is awash with job sites, many claiming to have millions of jobs, or the best local jobs or the jobs you really want in a given field or profession. There’s some truth to these claims. The Internet has made the process of finding a job very much faster and easier than in the [...]
2Jan2009 | Peter G. Miller | 0 comments | Continued
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