Here is a basic job-hunting guide for the growing number of people who are unemployed, and don’t have the time, or desire, to read a lot of details. Among the first things you should do is to … more
Barbara Ehrenreich's Bait and Switch provides insight into the struggles that many white-collar Americans face when laid off late in their careers. In this book, Ehrenreich pretends to be on the job hunt … more
Being an unabashed liberal Barbara Ehrenreich had little empathy for the plight of white collar workers in America. Before embarking on the year long project that would result in her book "Bait … more
As someone who recently went through a job search, I could definitely relate to Barbara's book. Her discussions of less than ethical recruiters, strange unknown standards, and supposedly insightful "personality" … more