Keep that in mind as you read the following article that is from an agenda-pushing globalist scitte sheet that said a depression would be a good idea; being poor is your fault; the financial crisis is the fault of American consumer; Boston business benefits from financial failings; financial failures are a good thing; that endless work and insecurity are a good thing; that these are the best of times; that this bear market is just like any other; that hunger is good business; that a shit pit is a good idea; has already told us what the Grand Depression of 2009 will look like; and thinks a nuclear war would be a good idea!
Also see: The Boston Globe Insults the Unemployed
They devoted a whole section and more to just that, readers. See how long you can stomach the shit propaganda before you puke up your morning bowl of MSM shit.
"Jobless rate hits 8.9%, but pace of cuts slows" by Peter S. Goodman and Jack Healy, New York Times | May 9, 2009
The US job market remains dreadful and is still worsening, but at a slower pace than before - good news, given the stomach-churning events of recent months. The government's monthly employment report buoyed hopes that the longest, most punishing economic collapse since the Great Depression may be relenting.
Every fucking day. This from the same liars who hid a recession for ten months!
The deterioration was milder than expected, which led to some encouraging talk....
Still water piling into the boat but it's less so we're okay!
I'm sick of this broken fucking record!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Michael T. Darda, chief economist at the research and trading firm MKM Part ners. "Less bad is always a prelude to good.... we might be closer to the recession ending."
What it can't reverse itself, guy? Fucking god-damn liars!!!!!!!!!
Investors bought into that message, sending stock prices soaring. A day after the Treasury pronounced American banks healthier than many analysts had anticipated, the jobs report presented the clearest evidence yet that the nation's economic free fall appears to have been arrested.
The shock that began last fall with the collapse of the prominent investment bank Lehman Brothers has largely passed. Panic is no longer the dominant emotion in American commercial life.
Why? Because the newspapers and tv removed it from the agenda?
But others emphasized that the easing of dire worries, while positive, says nothing about the economy regaining vigor. Crisis may have merely given way to something more ordinary, yet still miserable for tens of millions of people: a continued slog through recession, with demand for goods and services weak and jobs hard to find.
See: Leaked Agenda: Bilderberg Group Plans Economic Depression
"This is really horrible in any normal context," said Dean Baker, codirector of the Center for Economic and Policy Research in Washington. "This isn't recovery. It's a slowing recession. In any other time other than the recession we're in, we'd be appalled by these numbers."But the NEW YORK TIMES and BOSTON GLOBE are CROWING ABOUT THEM!!!
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But the DISTORTIONS, AGENDA-PUSHING and LIES don't end there, folks.
"Corporate conversion; Forced out or frustrated, many find satisfaction in new service careers" by Julie Balise, Globe Correspondent | May 9, 2009
When Elliott Kronenfeld was laid off by IBM in 2006, he saw an opportunity to switch from corporate to socially conscious.
Related: IBM Shines Sun Up Massachusetts' Ass
Is that what the $5 million in tax breaks they didn't want pays for?
The Quincy resident, 44, discovered that he could parlay the leadership skills he used in his former job as senior manager of organizational development into a new career in clinical social work. So, he returned to his alma mater, Simmons College, where he plans to graduate with a master's in social work on Friday.
Kronenfeld, who hopes to land a job in a hospital, said while the job market is stronger for social work, the pay will probably be about 18 percent of his previous $200,000 salary. But the single father of two is not fazed by the pay cut.
"I would tell my children to do what you love, not worry about the money," he said. "If I was going to give them this message, I would have to do it as well."
Job training specialists say some careers geared toward doing good - rather than doing well - have recently seen this kind of corporate conversion spurred by frustration, job availability, and a desire for change. As a result, they say, social work, teaching, and nonprofit sectors have become popular among individuals exiting corporate America....
Amy Bauman can relate to that. In 2001, Bauman was laid off after 12 years working as head of 401(k) development, 10 years at Fidelity then two years at a Waltham-based start-up. The layoff, she said, left her facing a massive home renovation, a lot of free time, and frustration toward wasteful resource use. The result: She started greenGoat, a nonprofit dedicated to reusing building materials.
I'm not saying it's a bad idea; however, the AGENDA is ADVANCED again!!!!
"Like with so many people, frustration can lead to a very productive business idea," Bauman said. Far from financial services, Bauman's new role pitted her against environmental unfriendliness. Among other projects, she has worked to reduce wasteful resource disposal at the Boston Children's Museum and recycling rusted shutters into set pieces at the American Repertory Theater.
"I think it illustrates the point that it's only trash if you call it trash," she said.
And it's only shit if you.... guess you wouldn't mind taking a swin in the shit pit then, huh?
In founding greenGoat, Bauman left a $100,000 salary for three years of no income. She funded the Somerville-based nonprofit by refinancing her house, using all her savings, and cutting back on personal spending.
That cutting back is what is holding the economy back, lady!
Don't you know that? Don't you read the papers?
When faced with the layoff, Bauman "decided to make lemonade out of lemons," she said.
I'm waiting to see some ELITE RICHER have to do that!
To ensure a smooth transition, she suggests leaving the previous job on good terms, being realistic, staying in touch with employers, and being creative about your next step.
Oh, is that were I fucked up?!!!!
"If you really didn't thoroughly enjoy the job you've been asked to leave, maybe it is time for a new direction," she said.
Yeah, if you aren't 100% happy maybe you should move on.
How many people are happy in their jobs?
Not many, readers, and some are lying to you!
Related: An Angry Newsroom
Whadda ya mean BOSTON GLOBE REPORTERS are UNHAPPY?
Kronenfeld is happy he changed courses. While he has not found a post-graduation job, he said he looks forward to the flexibility and opportunity available within clinical social work. It will take time for his financial situation to recover, he said, but he has no plans to turn back....
You know what? Neither do I.
I will NEVER, EVER, EVER buy a BOSTON GLOBE again!
And when I don't buy one, I READ their website EVEN LESS!!!!!!!
And they CONINUED into the NEXT DAY (did they ever)!
"Pushed in a new direction" by Ted Siefer, Globe Correspondent | May 10, 2009
If you were recently laid off, you've probably heard enough about "blessings in disguise" and "silver linings."
But for some people, these aren't just platitudes. Consider the banker who became a foreclosure prevention counselor. Or the marketing executive who now heads a catering department. Or the investment analyst making a career from his true passion: model trains. For them, a job loss was just the jolt they needed to set off on a more fulfilling - if not necessarily more lucrative - path.
Or the REPORTER who becomes a TOILET SCRUBBER?!!
I mean, he IS working for the LOSING ONE-MILLION, SIX-HUNDRED THOUSAND a week GLOBE!!!! And I'M NOT PURCHASING TODAY or ANY OTHER DAY ever again, s****ers!!! NOT AFTER THIS LIST of INSULTING STORIES!!!!!
Btw, when are the ELITE GOING TO JOIN US for such SACRIFICES, huh?
Truth is, NOTHING HAS CHANGED for the RICHERS!!! They are STILL GORGING THEMSELVES!!!! It is just YOU that has to DO WITH LESS so THEY CAN HAVE MORE, 'murkn!!!!!!
To be sure, starting over after a layoff is not for everyone. It involves time, energy, lengthy training, and a lot of reflection. But for people who have long nourished visions of more satisfying jobs, losing a job can be a catalyst, said Dan King, who heads Career Planning and Management Inc. in downtown Boston.
Yup, a CATALYST to STOP BUYING the BOSTON GLOBE!!!!
"Sometimes a layoff gives people just the push they need to change their reality, " said King. "If you were just waiting for the right time, now you have the incentive to do it."
You still here, reader?
For Deb Flohr, the decision to go to culinary school meant spending the better part of a year living out of her car and sleeping on friends' couches. The lifestyle was a far cry from the one she had before August of 2006, when she lost a high-paying sales job at a financial services company....
Flohr said the move was about reclaiming the career she was meant to have, as opposed to the one she fell into.
Yup, just FELL INTO a HIGH-PAYING JOB!!
Well, IF YOU DON'T WANT THEM, I'LL TAKE IT!!
Are you INSULTED YET, shit-eating Boston Globe readers?
Her parents owned a hotel and restaurant in Killington, Vt., and in her final years of college, she worked in event planning. She had hoped to make a career of it, but took a job out of college at a financial services company, and one thing led to another. "You get the financial responsibilities and you feel like you can't leave," she said. "I was miserable and looking for something else. Then [my company] started to lay people off, and I decided it's time to take that leap of faith."
Flohr has hefty student loans, topping $20,000, as well as a mortgage. She estimates she's taking a 75 percent pay cut this year, compared with what she was making in financial services. But she doesn't regret her decision for a moment....
I'll tell you a decision I regret: buying and reading the Boston Globe.
They suck! No wonder they are losing so much money!
And get a load of this next guy:
Banker turned counselor
Over a 30-year career in banking, Joe Madaio has taken his share of knocks. He was laid off during the banking crisis of the early 1990s, and a couple years ago, parted ways with a South Shore credit union that was experiencing financial problems. Now, he works for a nonprofit in Brockton as a foreclosure counselor, and when people ask, he says he's doing well. "Foreclosures are a growth industry in Brockton," he quips.
Yup, JUST the kind of JOBS we want here in AmeriKa!!!!!!
It may seem like an unlikely transition, from representing banks to helping people keep banks off their backs. But even before getting laid off, Madaio was involved in a local initiative that brought together housing advocates and business leaders to address foreclosures, which have hit Brockton as hard as any community in the state. After he lost his job, these contacts helped lead to his position with Neighborhood Housing Services of the South Shore.
In addition to his banking experience, Madaio's own bouts with unemployment allow him to empathize with homeowners struggling with job loss. At 60, Madaio has no illusions of getting rich from his new career. But there are other rewards, including the feeling that he's serving a greater purpose than a company's bottom line....
Oh, PLEEZ!!!!
This from the PRO-CORPORATE PROFITS PAPER?
Gimme a break!!!!!!
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Nope:
"For some, being laid off stirs the entrepreneurial spirit" by Jaci Conry, Globe Correspondent | May 10, 2009
In 2001, Peter Rinnig was laid off as art director at the Internet search firm Lycos Inc., joining thousands of technology workers left jobless by the dot-com collapse. After several months of searching for work without success, he decided to turn a sideline, designing T-shirts, into a career.
Today, Rinnig owns QRST's, a Somerville screen-printing and T-shirt maker that he bought in early 2002. Seven years later, the company has tripled sales, expanded into a wide-range of apparel, and increased employment to six from two. "I would never have done this had Lycos not imploded," said Rinnig, 45, of Brookline. "But when you get laid off, you are forced into a situation. You realize you might have to get creative to find a new job."
Yup. The individual success story promoted again by the agenda-pushing MSM!
Rinnig is among many workers who use layoffs to become their own bosses, often turning interests and hobbies into moneymaking enterprises. Some, like Rinnig, buy businesses; others build companies from scratch. Still others use expertise gained in their old jobs to work from home as consultants and freelancers.
This is just really getting to me now.
In some ways, it's a good time to start a company, despite the recession. The recently enacted federal stimulus package has made it easier and less expensive for small businesses to obtain financing, according to Robert Nelson, director of the Massachusetts office of the US Small Business Administration....
Yup, tell the loan lie again -- and notice how it is always the government coming to the rec=scue in the agenda-pushing papers when nothing could be further from the truth?! Same shit they tought me in my propaganda, I mean, history classes.
Financing, however, is only one factor that would-be entrepreneurs should consider, according Nelson. They need to research and identify markets; obtain licenses, permits, and insurance; and understand taxes. It's also important to understand a variety of legal issues, including fair business practices. "Before you jump into starting your business, you need to do your homework," said Nelson.
You got time to do your homework while wallowing in shit, America?
That's assuming you would want to; I find the lying and looting of business so distasteful that I hate economics. It's enough to make you into a a socialist of the Cuban/Venezuelan variety and want to pursue a history degree.
To finance the cost of buying and starting his business, Rinnig used some of his Lycos severance pay and cashed out $100,000 from his home equity. He soon learned that running a business wasn't easy. At Lycos, all he had to worry about was his own job; now, he had to deal with several employees, and adjust to their personalities.
Yeah, those pesty employees and their personalities!
Ah, the GLOBE SHOWS ITS ELITIST HAND!!
You know, I shouldn't be surprised at such things; after all, the Globe is firmly up the ass of Zionists and acts as their mouthpiece.
He also had to adjust to personal earnings that were at first much lower than his Lycos salary. In his first year in business, he took home $200 a month. "This isn't a 40-hour-a-week job. I'm working harder than I ever have in my life," Rinnig said. "[But] I love what I'm doing. I couldn't go back to sitting in an office cube reporting to someone else."
I'd take the cubicle at this point!
And think I want to hear this guy's whining? Fuck you!!!
Neither could Michael Hogan, who opened his own fishing tackle company after getting laid off from the Boston office of AT&T Corp.'s global markets group in 2004.
Hogan, now 32, packed up his apartment in Fenway and moved to Falmouth where he launched Hogy Lure Co., which manufactures soft plastic fishing lures he designs. Three years ago, he was making his lures by hand and selling them at trade shows. Today, his eight lines of lures are manufactured at a Midwest factory and sold in more than 100 shops along the East Coast.
When I compare the EMPHASIS of the Globe on the INDIVIDUAL SUCCESS STORY as opposed to the COLLECTIVE SUFFERING of MILLIONS of Americans it makes me want to vomit!
Using credit cards to finance his start-up costs, Hogan spent months perfecting the design of his lures, which feature a unique system for rigging hooks. He then spent countless hours filling out applications to secure trademarks and a patent, and many more developing business and marketing plans. He traveled across the country, making sales calls at tackle shops from New Jersey to Florida to California.
One wonders if these guys could get away with that NOW because the Globe DUG UP these success stories!!! You can DIG UP the DEAD OSAMA next, shit AmeriKan jewsmedia.
For some, getting started is a little less complicated. For Cheryl Alkon, a Natick freelance writer, all she needed was a phone, computer, and Internet connection. Alkon struck out on her own after she was laid off as an editor at teen website gurl.com in 2001. After sending her resume to magazines without response, she managed to land a freelance assignment as a fact-checker for Cosmopolitan.
That assignment led to a contract of several months with Cosmopolitan, which she parlayed into fact-checking and writing assignments for other publications, including Ladies' Home Journal.
"I wasn't afraid to approach editors offering my skills," she said, "and that's really important when you're freelancing." One of the key issues for freelancers to deal with is health insurance, said Alkon.
Need I even type Sicko?
Do you see why I am tired of this, readers?
ISN'T IT SAD that THIS is what passes for a NEWSPAPER in America?
Several organizations, such as the Small Business Administration and National Association for the Self-Employed, offer good rates to the self-employed. Trade associations such as mediabistro.com, an organization for media professionals, also offer reduced rates.
For Alkon, working freelance gave her flexibility to write a book about her experience managing her diabetes during a pregnancy. The book, "Healthy Mom, Healthy Baby: Balancing Pregnancy With Preexisting Diabetes" will be published in 2010. "I love working from home, working for myself," she said, "For me to go back to an office job, it would have to be a really phenomenal opportunity, with lots of money."
I thought money didn't matter anymore?
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At a time when it seems no one is safe from layoffs, can you find job security?
Perhaps lifetime employment is nonexistent in some traditional fields, but job placement experts say other careers hold more promise. The key, they say, is to identify growing and emerging industries, such as healthcare, life sciences, technology, alternative energy, and higher education in Massachusetts. Then, they say job seekers have to adapt their skills to fit the needs of those industries.
Even as they outsource, off-shore, and H1-B, 'eh?
Marilyn Santiesteban, a career coach at Waltham recruiting and career coaching firm King & Bishop, suggests job seekers ask themselves: What exactly is it I do? Who needs that done? What are the skills I have called upon in another field? "You want to move to industries that are in a growth mode, or at least flat, not shrinking," said Santiesteban, who advises her clients to stop thinking about their job titles and focus on skills.
By not focusing on job title, Andrew Appler, 24, was able to transfer his skills to a completely different industry. Appler had worked as a financial analyst for a mutual fund company since he graduated from college in 2006. But with financial services hard hit by the recession and shedding thousands of jobs, he figured his chances of landing a new job with a financial company as he relocated to Somerville from Maryland weren't good. So, he expanded his job search to other types of businesses, including a beer producer, insurance companies, and biotech firms.
After looking for three months, he landed a job doing business analysis at Boston Medical Center. The work is similar to what he was doing in financial services, but it still requires him to adjust a bit. He's working on patient financial services, as opposed to doing revenue and expenses like he did at the financial company. And he's learning the ins and outs of the healthcare industry.
As job seekers explore new industries, they also must adapt their search techniques, job placement specialists say. Kip Hollister, chief executive of Hollister Inc., a Boston staffing agency, said that a few years ago skilled workers could post their resumes on the job search website Monster.com, get 10 calls from employers, and land a job in no time. But not anymore.
"Now they post and nothing happens," Hollister said. "The times have changed, and we're in the new real. People need to adapt to the new real."
Translation: get used to eating shit, Amurkn!
Job seekers should keep in mind that jobs in emerging fields such as alternative energy tend to be "undercover," meaning openings won't be posted on job websites, Hollister said.
Pffft!
UNDERCOVER jobs, huh?
Yeah, you CAN'T SEE 'EM because they AIN'T THERE!!!!!!
So, people need to network: Hollister suggests using Twitter to engage the community in the target field, joining groups on LinkedIn, or networking with organizations like the Massachusetts Innovation & Technology Exchange, a regional professional organization for the Internet business and marketing industry.
There they go again, promoting Twitter!
I wouldn't use that fucking thing if my life depended on it.
In addition to networking, job seekers need to turn the gloom and doom of a layoff into a positive outlook, said Hollister. Rather than panicking, they should look at unemployment as a time of possibility.
That's from a guy who is STILL WORKING and DRAWING a CHECK, right?
Yeah, I HAVE HAD IT with ELITE SHIT-BAGS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
"The people who are laid off and now reemployed say, 'It's the best thing that's ever happened to me. I wasn't happy anyway. I am going to have a life change,' " Hollister said.
Yup, and now you are even LESS HAPPY!!!!
Truthfully, I have had it with this shit-slop propaganda and the Boston Globe!
You see what shit is passed of as news here, world? Total jewshit propaganda!
That's where Jeff Cabral, 38, of Winchester finds himself after getting laid off from a technology company in September. Though he worked in the financing department as a pricing analyst for technology companies for years, it wasn't a great career fit because he didn't think the job took much ingenuity. He prefers to "get new ideas brewing."
He is now looking for work in alternative energy or a green business. He is an advocate for recycling and reduced energy consumption and is excited about the field. He already volunteers with Sustainable Winchester, a nonprofit in his town that educates and raises awareness about sustainability.
"I feel enthused," Cabral said about volunteering for the nonprofit. "I feel needed and wanted."
Yeah, fart-misting propagandists do make you feel that way; massaging an ego is one of the world's oldest fooleys!
He is looking for a job in client services or as an account representative, either of which would be a good fit with his experience working as a conduit between departments. He has been going to conferences, seminars, and WIND networking events for New England professionals in transition. He's also scheduled a few informational interviews.
Cabral said when he is networking, he feels good about his prospects, but sometimes being at home, when the phone's not ringing, he gets down. Still, he believes he will find a job that is a good match.
Still, could be, but, if, may be.... that's what passes for "reporting" in the Boston Globe. No wonder they are tanking.
Oh, you mean LIKE IT HAS ALWAYS BEEN? Who you KNOW!!!!!
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So how much more can you take, readers?
"Find the right training program, find a new path" by Megan Jicha, Globe Correspondent | May 10, 2009
Nearly a year after being laid off from her job as a security screener at Logan International Airport, Tangy McQueen, 25, is still unemployed, has a mounting pile of bills, and fears she may soon be forced to live in a shelter. But the Dorchester resident is still optimistic about her future.
Have you had enough agenda-pushing bullshit from the Boston Globe?
Yup, she is OPTIMISTIC about EATING SHIT!!!
McQueen is enrolled in an 18-week culinary program at the Jewish Vocational Service, a nonprofit organization focused on career development. The program will help McQueen prepare for a career as a chef - something she has always been interested in.
Yup, it is always the JEWS and the GOVERNMENT that SO CARE for us, according to the obfuscating and omitting Zionist War Daily. Yeah, I am totally full of this type of Jewish propaganda, folks. Now she can go COOK for the ELITES!!!!
Many laid off workers, like McQueen, are now seeking training and continuing education opportunities. With the US unemployment rate at 8.5 percent in March, many hope re-training will help them stand out in the overcrowded job market.
There are a variety of re-training opportunities to be found in Greater Boston, from nonprofit organizations to colleges and universities, as well as online programs. McQueen discovered the culinary program while seeking guidance from the Massachusetts Department of Transitional Assistance. She said she was immediately interested in the program, and was set on attending once she found out the state would finance her participation.
Yup, WELFARE will find you WORK -- or training anyway!
"I couldn't have afforded it on my own, and it's giving me the chance to start a whole new career and whole new direction in my life," McQueen said. For those with economic barriers, such as McQueen, nonprofit programs may be the best route for re-training, as their courses are often offered free of charge or with financing options. Many career centers and state job assistance services are affiliated with nonprofit organizations and can point career changers to the right program, said J.D. Garcia, director of vocational services at Morgan Memorial Goodwill Industries.
Isn't that like cleaning up after the horse has left the barn?
State policy leads to the destruction of jobs, but they are there to help you?
Wanna refill on that bowl of shit, Amurka?
Most nonprofit programs are focused on developing soft job skills or industry-specific skills. For example, Goodwill offers training for the retail, food services, and hospitality industries, as well as programs that develop soft skills such as computer, office, and interviewing skills, Garcia said.
I was told those were immigrant jobs.
And what is this all for? Those good jobs that never materialized?
Traditional higher education programs are more ideal for those looking to earn a degree or certification, but tend to be pricier. Most colleges and universities offer professional education programs geared toward busy adults looking to further their current career or enter a new field, so "you really have to do your research to find the right continued education opportunity for you," said Dawna Levenson, associate director for MIT's Professional Education-Career Reengineering Program. To learn more about a specific program, Levenson suggests scanning the institute's website, requesting a brochure, or attending an information session.
Many schools have also gone online - making continuing education more convenient. "The great thing about online programs is that you can do the work whenever you have the time to breathe," said Russell Annis, who is enrolled in the University of Massachusetts at Amherst's University Without Walls program, which offers a variety of online, live, and blended adult-education classes. "You can log on day or night, whenever's convenient for you, and earn a degree. It works well if you work or have other things going on in life."
As if! No guarantee that degree is going to get you shit! I found it was nothing but wasted money, because most of what I learned was by myself. The school just lied to me.
Btw, when I was in school, the kids found it very easy to cheat on the on-line tests, etc.
The Belchertown resident went back to his educational roots at UMass to earn a bachelor's degree in public history, after being laid off from a music store where he had held a management position for 27 years. Annis, who is now 51, said he went to UMass as an undergraduate but never finished his degree due to a lack of focus.
You picked the wrong degree.
And look at the agenda-pushers tie everything up. One wonders if the paper is pushing the college bit so you can go into hoc to banks.
"I've encountered that there is a real need for a B.A. in order to get a job in this job market," he said. "There are just so many people looking for jobs out there. A degree is just one more thing to make you more attractive to potential employers."
Even if it isn't needed. CUI BONO?
But not everyone seeking training and continuing education has been laid off. After spending about three years out of the workforce as a stay-at-home mom, Rachelle Berk, 34, of Northborough enrolled in the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Career Reengineering Program to help re-launch her career.
MIT offers four unique part-time programs, including the Career Reengineering Program, which entails 10 months of coursework, individual research, projects, internships, and professional development seminars. Berk said she felt this was an opportune time to return to school and work since the science and technology fields are faring OK in the current economy. Some science and technology companies are receiving funds from the federal economic stimulus plan.
You getting to feel a theme to all this propaganda, readers?
"Stimulus plan or not, though, continuing education was a great way to revamp my skills and get into a new field," Berk said. "Anyone seeking new opportunities should seek out education and training, keep an open mind, and you'll definitely grow personally and professionally."
Yup, the Globe really is selling the back to school waste of time.
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I'm not saying the total experience was bad, readers; however, the PROMISE seldom matches the REALITY.
The problem is, NO ONE QUESTIONS EDUCATION in this country. I am reminded of what King Longshanks said in Braveheart when the soldier told him "first night" was a great idea to fetch Lords to Scotland and Longshanks asked "Is it?"
If someone asks you what you are doing in America, and you say going to school, they say, "Oh, good!"
It is a REFLEX they NEVER EVEN THINK ABOUT because they have had the PROPAGANDA DRUMMED INTO THEM since they were born that the STATE and its SCHOOLS are GOOD in AmeriKa!!!!!
Of course, that state is right there ready to help with the $$$!
"There's help retooling for a new career" by James O'Brien, Globe Correspondent | May 10, 2009
Baker went to the One-Stop Career Center in Norwood, one of 37 Massachusetts Department of Workforce Development sites that help job seekers find training and the financial assistance to pay for it. Baker discovered she was eligible for a $5,000 grant toward the training she needed to redirect her career. After a few months of computer classes, she started her new career last month: assisting and counseling incoming students at Sullivan and Cogliano's Brockton job-training center - the place where she learned her new skills.
Oh, yeah, that's an option for us all!!!
Sigh!
Are YOU TIRED of the INSULTS yet?
"I felt the car business was not rewarding for me," she said. "This is so much more rewarding."
There are dozens of grants and loans available through Workforce Development for job training, career development, and assistance with starting a business.
Yup, DOZENS of grants and loans(?) for THOUSANDS of people who have been put out of work!!!
And you don't have to fall on hard times to take advantage of the programs: the assistance, most of which is state- and federally-funded, is available to anyone seeking to change careers, said George Moriarty, the department's deputy director. "Don't self-select yourself out of coming to the career center," he said.
I've been down there. You wanna work at one of the two remaining factories in the area on a temp, minimum-wage, non-benefit basis -- assuming they need anyone, that is?
Whatever the funding options experts say the economy means that transforming your career will probably prove challenging: there's lots of competition for good jobs, only certain sectors are hiring, and banks are hesitant to lend for unproven business start-ups.
Oh, the BANKS are RELUCTANT to LEND, huh?
HOW MANY FUCKING LIES do you need to see before you realize the BOSTON GLOBE is a SHIT-SHOVELING agent of PROPAGANDA?!!!!!
But with the right counseling, reinventing your career path is possible, they say.
I HOPE YOU TOOK NOTES, Boston Globe reporter!!!!
See ya at the career center, shitter!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
"What happens during times of recession or depression is people start looking at what they can do to make a few bucks," said Ellie Rose, the One-Stop Career Center director in Norwood. "Maybe it was a hobby, but now they find there is an opportunity to make a career out of it."
Yeah, you have an OPPORTUNITY! Doesn't mean you are going to make it -- and most new businesses don't!!!
The process of getting job-training assistance through Workforce Development begins with a career center counselor assessing your skills, goals, the current job market, and financial assistance options. With the classes you want to take in mind, you choose three schools from a list of state-approved institutions, narrow that to the best option, and then work with the staff to put together a package of financial assistance.
Oh, it's back to school again, huh?
Assistance is provided for different types of career seekers:
If you lose your job to foreign competition, the federal Trade Adjustment Assistance Act provides money for job-training programs up to 104 weeks at what the state and federal government deem a "reasonable cost." The program used to apply primarily to manufacturing, but the recently enacted federal stimulus package extended eligibility to service jobs.
Likewise, National Emergency Grants, under the federal Workforce Investment Act, provide training grants of up to $10,000 per person for workers who lose jobs in layoffs of 50 or more people. If the incidental expenses of going to class start to add up, Workforce Investment Act funds known as Title I Adult can help those with smaller budgets cover costs such as bus fare or car insurance.
And Education Rewards Loans - up to $10,000, currently at 7.8 percent interest, through the Massachusetts Educational Financing Authority - can help pay for a nondegree program or up to half-time enrollment in an associate's degree program.
Meanwhile, Section 30 waivers allow you to collect unemployment benefits, even though your job search is on hold while you're attending school. The waivers are good for one year, and can extend unemployment benefits up to 18 weeks.
There's also help for people who, after layoffs perhaps, want to start their own businesses. The Massachusetts Small Business Development Center at Salem State College is one of six locations that offers workshops on building business plans and provides help with loans.
Yeah, thank God the GOVERNMENT is there to HELP, huh, Americans?
Never mind the TRILLION DOLLAR LOOTINGS and CORPORATE WELFARE while you are getting services cut, etc.
Obviously, I'VE HAD IT with the shit-stinking elitism of the Boston Globe because I am not color-coding anything now.
Once the center connects an entrepreneur with a bank, the US Small Business Administration - the center's parent agency - can further assist new business ventures by guaranteeing up to 90 percent of the loan amount. An example of guarantee fees for the borrower under the program: A seven-year $50,000 loan would be set at the prime interest rate plus 2.75 percent.
Maria Avramidis took advantage of the Norwood career center to start a business. Unemployed, Avramidis knew after talking with one potential employer about an office position in 2007 that a desk job was not for her. "People are extremely slow, and not moving fast enough," she said of her experience in the administrative environment. "I dropped it after that."
The kind of work she really preferred: running a busy shop, interacting with customers, like she did in years prior at a deli.
She got together with Evie Lykourgos, a baker with 20 years experience who also wanted to strike out on her own. Their goal was to open a café, but neither had much in the way of managerial skills. At the career center, Avramidis found that she could get federal funding for computer and business classes.
Now, she and Lykourgos are co-owners of The Common Café and Patisserie, which opened last year in Norwood. "The programs are there to help," Avramidis said. "They direct you in the right direction."
But no bailout for you, shit-chomping 'murkns!
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Necessity has pushed Ariel and Amiri Ayanna to downshift their finances - and life. But that has been a welcomed change for their family.
Are you sick yet, readers?
How many times can they flog this dead horse on a given day, huh?
Ariel Ayanna lost his $170,000-a-year corporate law job in December, and the Somerville family of four is making do on $35,000 a year in unemployment and savings. But the job loss had some unintended perks: The family was able to save money - and spend more time together - on a two-week camping trip to attend a cousin's Texas wedding.
WTF? This is the example the Globe chooses to highlight?
Seriously, readers, the LANGIAGE I USE is FUCKING JUSTIFIED!!
This AGENDA-PUSHING CRAP is OUT-FUCKING-RAGEOUS!!!!!!!!
And Ariel, who is considering becoming a stay-at-home dad for a year, is around more often to cook, practice violin with their 5-year-old son, and play with their 9-month-old son.
Oh, the Globe chose these people because they are ELITES!!!!!!!!!
And THAT'S WHO the GLobe WRITES FOR -- which is why they are GOING BANKRUPT and LOSING MONEY!!
The American people are FED UP and don't want to read this LYING JEWSHIT PROPAGANDA ANYMORE -- and that includes YOURS TRULY!!!!!!!!!!!!
"It's hard to slow down. It's hard to step back," says Amiri Ayanna, who plans to begin a master's degree program at Harvard Divinity School this summer. But "it's a blessing in disguise."
Have you had enough blessings disguised a turds, America?
The pains of this recession, with its millions of layoffs, shattered investments, and rising tempers, can't be glossed over. Yet
The GLOBE WILL DO EXACTLY THAT!!
They put a NICE SHEEN on the SHIT, didn't they?
amidst the crisis, families are finding gains that are, as the MasterCard ads say, priceless.
I can't take anymore of this insulting shit, readers!
Shrunken budgets are prompting more homemade entertainment, home-cooked meals, and pioneer-type survival strategies for families - all changes that slow down the pace of family life and the recent emphasis on materialism.
Yup, the ELITE LOOTERS want YOU to forget about "material!"
However it's defined, slow, a philosophy that emphasizes quality rather than quantity in every aspect of life, is certainly hot. Reacting to the overdrive and greed of the boom times, movements for slow food, and now parenting, have evolved....
Translation: the agenda-pushers are leading you around by the nose.
Btw, shouldn't these folks be out spending? Why is the Globe worshipping the reining in of consumption in this case?
"There is a silver lining to slowing down and focusing more on the things you already have. We already have a lot." Like Holbrook, many moms find that budget cuts that at first seem like deprivations instead have unexpected rewards....
Oh yeah?
TELL IT TO the GOD-DAMNED GOVERNMENT and STATE, asshole!!
We got TAX HIKES COMING because of budget cuts, so fuck off!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Then there is this insult: Five tips for lower grocery bills
You know what?
Tell it to the U.N., hanh?!!!!
"Every table was set with a single fresh rose (from the rose gardens outside, I was told) and a full complement of three forks, two knives, and two spoons in silver plate..... The buffet tables could have graced a high-end ocean liner. I watched a gentleman in colorful African garb pile his plate with slices of roast sirloin and potatoes mashed with feta cheese. A post-retirement-age couple from the East Side scarfed up most of the egg rolls, though more came out quickly....
I made for the roast leg of lamb with rosemary sauce after I filled my salad plate with chilled asparagus and slices of a duck and pork terrine.... fresh tomato soup and bowls of pasta primavera.... The dessert buffet table practically groaned under a spread of apple and pumpkin pies, cheesecakes, tarts, half a dozen cheeses, sliced fruits, bowls of berries, and, off to one side, three urns of ice cream"
Also see: Globalist Gluttons Gorge Themselves
Full yet, Amurkn shit-chewers?
Of course, there is one special interest that needn' t worry (even if they kill people with their poisons): Biotech group confident, despite economy
Straight from their business age..., er, from the Boston Globe.
Yeah, when you are SHOVELED TAXPAYER LOOT despite a losing enterprise I guess you wouldn't worry.
