Category Archive for: ‘Recession’

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  Unemployed + Bad Credit? New Bills Ban Credit and Employment Status Discrimination

  Being unemployed with bad credit is often a death sentence when searching for a new job.  Why?  Some employers have taken to adding the following to job postings: “Must be currently employed” In this economy, that doesn’t make any sense!  The argument is that people [...]

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  Read This: Unemployment + Bad Credit = No Job

  Yes you read right!  If you are unemployed and have bad credit then you have another hurdle to get past:  employers unwilling to higher you because of bad credit. It’s important to note that this is the kind of bad credit where the potential employee [...]

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  Squeaking by on $300,000: Recession Fallout in Six Figures

  Imagine reading your Sunday newspaper, in my case, the Washington Post where the requisite financial stories abound discussing the recession and families scaling back etc and then screeching at this headline:   Squeaking by on $300,000:  Recession Fallout in Six Figures   Now, like many [...]

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• 5 Surefire Smart Financial Moves To Make Amidst A Recession

  photo credit: jenn_jenn This article has been cross posted at EFinancialBlog.com as part of the America’s Top Financial Bloggers Series People all over are scrambling to make ends meet in one way or another across income brackets.  Virtually everyone is feeling the pinch of the [...]

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  Recessionistas Fight Back: Going From Jobless To Topless

  Courtesy of VodPod Despite the recession, some industries are still going strong, and apparently long and hard through the night if you get my drift. White collar women who once held top dollar jobs on Wall Street are now shakin it fast on easy street [...]

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• Left Behind in a Layoff: Getting Ready for What’s Next

  This is a guest post by Rebecca Brown via DivineCaroline.com The pink slips have been handed out, the severance checks cashed, and the farewell drinks consumed. Everyone has offered their condolences to those who were let go, yet you’re still here, reeling in your cubicle, [...]

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• Is My Money Safe?

  This is a guest post by wowOwow, via Divine Caroline.com The dramatic events on Wall Street are making us on Main Street nervous about the safety of our money. Is my savings account safe? What about my investment accounts? What about my IRA account? Who [...]

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• Jingle Mail Revisted: Possible Bank Recourse And Borrower Consequences

  There’s been heavy talk recently around “walking away from foreclosures” and the devastating effect it’s having on banks and homeowners.  Jingle mail occurs when the borrower drops the keys in the mail and sends them back to the bank as final step in walking away [...]

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• Recessionista Tip: Plan Weekly Menu Around Supermarket Sales

  I don’t have to tell you that food prices have been on the rise right?  I’d be preaching to the choir so rather than go into a long diatribe about my grocery bill, I thought it best to discuss how to plan your menu around [...]

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  It’s a Woman Thing: Men Are in Recession, Women Apparently Not

  At first glance, I thought women fairing better than men in the recession is because we are naturally more resourceful and flexible in our careers but I was wrong. It seems that the recession is hitting men harder because male dominated jobs such as construction [...]

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• Beneath the Iceberg: The Psychology of the Recession (and a silver lining)

  (The psychology majors know where this post is headed, for the rest of you check out this picture for the iceberg reference.) It’s pretty clear that we are now in a recession, and, without going into the doom and gloom of recent job loss and [...]

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