Who’s gonna land the best job in the world?

You’ve probably heard about the contest to land the world’s best part-time job as the caretaker for a sweet island paradise in the Great Barrier Reef.  Sixteen very lucky people have been selected as finalists for the position and the winner will have to do back breaking work like “swimming in the pool” and “sampling [...]

Black Friday II: The Revenge

The day after Thanksgiving has long been associated with early-morning mall getaways, long lines stacked in front of the cash register and mob scenes worthy of a Guatemalan soccer game… although they call it football down there.
But the day after Christmas ranks a close second in terms of retail activity. And being that this year’s [...]

Job Loss Is Worst In 30 Years

Finding holiday cheer in a crumby economy
The news isn’t good. We lost 533,000 jobs in November. (We checked in the lost and found, but unfortunately all we found was a few WHAM! CDs and some broken sunglasses.)
That makes two million total jobs flushed down the drain this year. Jobs of all shapes, sizes and industries…Teen [...]

Seasonal & Holiday Jobs Rule

Three reasons working holiday hours rule
As we constantly mention, one of the best benefits of shift work is the scheduling flexibility if often affords workers. Then again, one of the worst parts about part-time jobs can be the challenging schedule. Huh.
If that doesn’t make sense, maybe this will help: Depending on your seniority, the size [...]

Gobble, gobble…Turkey Day workers are a gas!

When you’re checking out the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade on Thursday morning, and suffering through the incessant, scripted banter of the network talking heads, think about this: Where the heck does the helium for those massive balloons come from?
It comes from The Linde Group, a 50,000-strong global gases company and one of the world’s biggest [...]