Nevadans grow desperate as unemployment benefits run out

        About 120,000 Nevadans receive unemployment benefits, according to the Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation. Since June about 6,000 of them have stopped receiving benefits each week because of the gridlock in Congress.


READ MORE

Have you ever wondered why you can't find a job these day's?

U.S. Jobs for Non-U.S. Nationals (Afghanistan)
(This is a real advert on craigslist)

Positions Available:


SkidSteer Operator

HAZMAT Specialist

Dozer/Grader Operator

Wheel Loader Operator

Fuels Operator

Hazardous Material Supervisor

Accountant, Mid

Administrative Assistant Jr

Administrative Assistant, Mid

Administrative Assistant, Sr

Administrator, Contracts, Sr

Administrator, Subcontract
 

America's Lowest-Paying Jobs 2010 (PHOTOS)

As you may have heard, the U.S. economy is predominantly a "service economy." Which means, for better or worse, a large percentage of Americans have been pushed away from once-stable positions to relatively low-paying and less secure jobs in service industries. (Newsweek recently dubbed this the "Blue-Collar Blues".)

READ MORE

Some Indian call centres resorting to trickery

India’s call centres — a key cog in the country’s championed services industry — have been going through hard times as anger has simmered in North America over jobs being outsourced overseas. The issue is a political minefield and in some call centres, including this one in Noida, employees are convinced it’s easier to say they’re calling from Canada.
Perhaps a laid off General Motors worker in Michigan would be less likely to snap at a caller from Calgary rather than one from India, the thinking goes. It’s also easier to coax a U.S. customer to provide credit-card information for a purchase if they think they’re dealing with someone “next door” in Canada.

READ MORE

Is NBC's 'Outsourced' Funny Or Offensive?

Will Americans laugh at a sitcom about outsourcing their jobs to India? With our country reeling from the deepest recession and the largest job losses in decades? NBC certainly thinks so. The network just bet big on the premise by picking up the provocatively titled Outsourced as its first new primetime comedy series order for next season.

READ MORE