Showing posts with label underemployment. Show all posts
Showing posts with label underemployment. Show all posts

Monday, September 1, 2014

Labor Day


American Minute ran an interesting article on the origins of Labor Day.  It will be in the archives: http://www.americanminute.com/
The short version is Pres. Cleveland wanted to make the voters happy in the aftermath of nationwide railroad strikes.  He lost the election anyhow, but we got a holiday.


Learn a trade.  High demand trades pay better than most white collar jobs, and they do not force you into crippling student loan debt!  As an added benefit, they can't be outsourced to foreign lands.

Here is one of millions of hits (no kidding) that a search on learning a trade turned up: http://www.uncollege.org/skilled-trade-get-paid-to-learn/

Sunday, August 31, 2014

Worthless College Degrees

Are you choosing a college major?   Read this first. 

PayScale Underemployment Report
"Nearly half of the people we surveyed said they were underemployed. Find out why it's harder than ever for some people to launch a career while employers struggle to fill critical jobs."
http://www.payscale.com/data-packages/underemployment






Also, click on the Captain Capitalism link in the right sidebar and buy copies of Aaron Clarey's books Worthless and Bachelor Pad Economics.