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Spare Change Adds Up to a Lucrative Panhandling Career

Posted on 26. Jul, 2012 by Dana Linn in category of Lifestyle, careers, Colleen Walsh-Jervis, stuff you didn't know

Who knew panhandling could be so lucrative? While there are some panhandlers who have genuinely fallen on hard times, there are a few surprising professionals who are making a good chunk of change by begging on the street.Read More »

Yoga Teacher Fired Over Cell Phone

Posted on 12. Jul, 2012 by suz in category of Technology, careers, Jordan Alexis, whoa

If you’re ever hired by Facebook, don’t forget one major fact (that might seem pretty obvious): they sure love technology.  So much so, in fact, that apparently it was too much for Facebook staffers to bear when a yoga instructor hired to teach classes at the employee gym in the social networking company's Menlo Park campus asked them to stop fidgeting with their smartphones mid-pose. I can only assume they were checking their Facebook newsfeeds, or maybe updating their statuses about the challenges of downward dog or omo plata.Read More »

Looking for a Job? Check These Industries.

Posted on 12. Jul, 2012 by suz in category of Lifestyle, careers, Jordan Alexis

If you’ve been looking for a job at all within the last five years, I probably don’t need to tell you twice that it’s been pretty tough out there. Unemployment rates have been at record highs, and available jobs have been, well, seemingly non-existent for some. But all hope is not lost for recent graduates or people seeking new jobs – the market seems to slowly but surely be coming back, and there are a number of industries that have seen growth over the last year.Read More »