Category: Career

Door To Door – 2009

Yesterday I was outside on my front lawn. Picking up rose branches left from cutting roses for my kitchen counter. A man walked up to

Very Solicitous Robots

Robots keep calling me on the phone. They are such nice young robots. Worried about my financial well-being. In this economy, as they point out,

Laid Off Laid On

Looks as though my misplaced job has found a little piece of itself. Part time. For now. Time to muster up the discipline not to

You Too Can Prevent Unemployment

I was talking to my youngest sister, who is also looking for work, although in her case as part of her emergence from the life

Job Misplacement = Anxiety

When I first misplaced my job, I was secretly thrilled. At least during those moments when I could put aside the fear of dying homeless

Not Working

I, like 2.6 million other people in 2008, and more in 2009, have recently lost my job. Well, technically, it isn’t lost. More like misplaced.