Breaking News Alert
The New York Times
Fri, October 02, 2009 — 8:37 AM ET
—–U.S. Economy Lost 263,000 Jobs in September; Jobless Rate Rises to 9.8%
American employers cut 263,000 jobs last month, far more than
forecast, and the unemployment rate rose to 9.8 percent from
9.7 percent in August, the Labor Department said.Read More:
http://www.nytimes.com?emc=na
Since I cannot find full time employment, and I am approaching a one-year anniversary of unemployment, I have been contracting and making my own job. In fact, Dave Ramsey recommends creating a job for yourself if you cannot find one.
I have started pet sitting for my neighbors. I’m getting business cards designed by an intern. I’ll print them up and pass them out to every pet owner I see in the neighborhood. I’m targeting Boone Trace, Lexington Point and Riverwalk in Bellevue, as I will not have to drive very far to my job. Hopefully, this will turn into a personal assistant position in which I can run errands for people, drive them to the airport and pick them up (in their own cars), etc.
I’m very frustrated with the commission sales job that I have been trying for the past nine months. I’m just not a sales person. There are areas of the job that I love, but I have almost concluded that I will not be able to make a living by selling promotional products.
