The number-one crappy job, as determined by the whiners on askmen.com, is hiring and firing call-center staff. Give me a break! Number two goes to the people who manually stimulate pigs in order obtain their tissue for research and breeding purposes.
Come on! No matter how long the current job dearth continues, no matter what we have to do in order to hold body and soul together until it does, nothing will approach the kind of job Bruneseau offered. Read the rest of this entry »
Some people are paying companies—I guess you’d call them recruiters or staffing agencies—to help them land unpaid internships. Not jobs, where you get paid, but internships where you don’t. This is either a sign of how bad the job market is or a shining example of staffing service creativity.
On its face, it seems absolutely nuts, but as I write, the demand for this oxymoron of a staffing solution is rising. One such staffing agency of 45, full-time workers charges from five to close to a cool ten grand to guarantee placement as an intern. Read the rest of this entry »
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